Optimizing a crude oil distillation unit, or CDU, means simultaneously tuning structural variables, such as the number of ...

Oil refining is necessary for transforming raw, unusable crude oil into valuable goods like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks. However, the usual distillation process is ...

While crude oil gets most of the blame for today’s sky-high gas and diesel prices, the refiners that turn crude into fuel ...

Researchers used quantum chemistry to pinpoint the reactive group driving acyl migration in enzymatic soybean oil degumming ...

Purpose: Optimize, troubleshoot, and design refinery process units to maximize throughput, yield, energy efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance while safeguarding people, assets, and the ...

Nevada's only oil refinery is restarting operations after obtaining a state air permit. It's a baby step in a state that has seen fuel prices climb as California refineries shut down.

I.1 Process monitoring and optimization: Lead daily technical stewardship of assigned units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, hydrocracking, sulfur ...

Editor's Note: The conversation is broken down into two episodes. Listen today to Part I and stay tuned for Part II. In this Insights episode of the Oil & Gas Journal ReEnterprised podcast, downstream ...