In today’s highly competitive marketplace, the economic and efficient management of blending operations and automation can give you that critical edge over competitors. Join refinery offsite automation expert Suresh S. Agrawal for an overview of the principles of operation and decision-making involved in the management, operation, control, optimization and scheduling of gasoline, diesel, fuel oil products and crude oil.Read more
Alfonso F. Ibarreta, Delmar R. Morrison, Harri K. Kytomaa, Ryan J. Hart
Recent growth in the availability of domestic natural gas has led the industry to push for the development of liquefaction facilities, at both existing import/regasification facilities and new locations. As a consequence of this evolving need for North American liquefaction capacity, the Federal...
Shashi Mistry, Sanjay Sharma, Jim Eshpeter, Craig Mangan
Refiners around the world are continually seeking ways to maximize margin on gasoline production. Optimization of various unit operations and gasoline blending using online blending packages are commonly employed. However, an area of opportunity that is less commonly exploited is the optimization...
Strategies for Acid Gas Enrichment and Tail Gas Treatment: Special Solvents or Better to Stick With Generic Solvents Tofik K. Khanmamedov TKK COMPANY, Sugar Land / Houston, Texas Abstract The quality of the acid gas feed stream to sulfur recovery units is crucial for proper operation. In this...
The U.S petrochemicals industry is back … and this resurgence is based upon the availability of cheap feedstock derived from shale gas. This follows closely behind the innovative technological efforts of our colleagues in the U.S. oil & gas industry, who have effectively tapped the massive U.S...
As the design life expiration date(about 25 years) approaches for domestic LNG storage tank, the issue of tank lifetime extension is paid more and more attention by the Korea LNG industry. Recently, Korea Gas Safety Corporation is carrying out a project for developing technologies and standards for...
The success in Shale and other unconventional formations has dramatically expanded the N. American Natural Gas reserves and promises to also do so in many other parts of the world. New LNG liquefaction capacity in the Middle East and Asia along with additional large scale capacity from Australia...
Accurate measurements of skin temperature on cracking furnace coils have become necessary for improved process control. Infrared devices have proven inaccurate for measuring skin temperatures on furnace coils. The inaccuracy has been driven in large part by an uncharacterized and misunderstood...
Concerns over public safety and security of an accidental LNG spill have motivated the continued study of LNG mitigation measures. Forced dispersion of LNG vapors using a water curtain system has been proven to be effective in reducing the LNG vapor exclusion zone by enhancing the dispersion...
The LNG industry, if not the entire energy industry, may be at a crossroad. Expectation of large shale gas supplies in the United States, with a backdrop of international economies in precarious states, makes more uncertain the promise of major investments in LNG import facilities. Already, a...
The federal safety standards for LNG facilities under 49 CFR Part 193 approves the use of specific dispersion models for performing vapor-gas dispersion exclusion zones. In addition, provisions allow for the use of alternative models if approved by PHMSA. In 2010, PHMSA, in consultation with FERC,...
Damage Level Matrix and Damage Curves for Buildings in Petrochemical Facilities One important component of a Facility Siting Study is the prediction of building response due to blast loading. Commonly used building damage criteria for siting studies are the ones published in ASCE's ?Design of Blast...
In order to comply with regulation requirements, a refinery needs to perform major revamps to produce different grades of Diesel, namely ULSD, Off-road Grade and Regular Diesel. The existing tankage allocation needs to be changed to accommodate the hydrotreater feed components and the new products...