Discover the crucial exploration and production stages in upstream oil and gas. Understand how drilling and extraction are ...

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 ...

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Following a fire at its Port Arthur refinery, Valero has restarted several units, but the diesel hydrotreater's rebuild is ...

Refining converts mixed crude oil into specification fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and other products by physical separation, chemical conversion, and product treating/blending. It ...

The highly complex refineries located on the U.S. Gulf Coast could resume processing heavy Venezuelan crude oil in the years following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, possibly pushing out ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. CARSON, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 10: In an aerial view, Marathon ...

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

As the fuel crisis continues, a proposal for an $11 billion new oil refinery in central Queensland has been put forward.