Technology Trends to watch – An Introduction
Emerging sector paradigms and their potential impacts on refining margins, strategy and technology (Hydrocarbon Processing Supplement 2016)
Industry Focus
Technology Trends to Watch: Emerging sector paradigms and their potential impacts on refining margins, strategy and technology (Hydrocarbon Processing Supplement 2016)
Inside Industry Focus
The bunker fuels challenge: How should you respond?
The sulphur content of marine bunker fuels will be cut from 3.5 to 0.5% by 2020. Discover some of the leading residue conversion technology options.
Solvent deasphalting (SDA) – Residue Gasification
Residue gasification, especially in combination with SDA, offers a compelling investment opportunity for many refiners looking to adapt their assets due to the bunker fuels specifications.
Ebullated-bed residue hydrocracking
Discover why residue upgrading through the application of ebullated-bed hydrocracking is a well established, commercially proven technology due to the improved crude flexibility now achievable.
Hydrocracker–ethylene cracker integration
Discover how hydrocracker-ethylene cracker integration is proving to be an important differentiator for the competitiveness of refineries.
Tuning the hydrocracker for lubricant base oils
Discover how a refinery can be reconfigured to prioritise feed for lubricant base oils.
Catalytic dewaxing
Learn how refiners are using catalytic dewaxing as a process for improving the cold flow properties of diesel and lubricating oils.
Increasing crude flexibility
How refiners should assess the risks of a crude diet change to ensure they do not adversely affect plant performance.
Converting a residue desulphurisation unit to a DAO hydrocracker
Discover how Shell’s Pernis refinery converted their residue desulphurisation unit to a deasphalted oil (DAO) hydrocracker so they can simultanteously increase crude flexibility and minimise fuel oil production.
Aromatic saturation technology
Understand why many refiners are upgrading light cycle oil (LCO) in an existing hydrodesulphurisation (HDS) unit using aromatic saturation technology.
Distillate mild hydrocracking
Understand how a distillate hydrotreater (DHT) can be revamped at a low cost into a distillate mild hydrocracker (DMHC) to meet specifications and capture additional margin.
Archive issues of Hydrocarbon Processing Supplements
Moving the operating window
An in-depth look at some high-performing revamping and upgrading projects that are helping refiners to capture additional margin from existing assets.
Reimagining capital projects
Exemplars of value-adding projects described using the Shell Global Solutions Honeycomb Model
Co-create. Integrate. Innovate.
Why integration, along with technology and partnership, is emerging as a business imperative on oil and gas projects.
Cultivating effective technical collaboration
A granular look at how some highly successful refinery projects achieved their objectives
Key lessons from successful Hydrocracker projects
Capturing important lessons, best practices and thought leadership that may help other refiners to deliver their own value-added initiatives.
Integrated solutions for thriving in tomorrow’s refining industry
Showcasing the thinking and technologies which facilitate the effective management of sulphur and other emissions using Shell Global Solutions’ Pentagon Model.
Challenges and opportunities for the global refining industry
Describing process and catalyst technology solutions for processing headier, dirtier feedstocks while meeting emission specifications, specifically in relation to sulphur.