Early oil refining was unpredictable and often dangerous. Over time, industry leaders like John D. Rockefeller and companies like Standard Oil introduced scientific methods and ...

The oil and gas industry involves capital intensive processes with continuous output. Raw materials, such as crude oil, are converted to petroleum products on a very large-scale, making process ...

A new composite ionic liquid (IL) alkylation process has been proven in a pilot plant and retrofitted into an existing 65,000-tonne/year H2SO4 alkylation unit in China. This article discusses the new ...

Hydrotreating is an essential refining process that removes sulfur, nitrogen and metal contaminants while saturating hydrocarbons to meet fuel quality standards. However, traditional fixed-bed ...

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