Hydrocarbon Processing

The octane boost: How FCC chemistry and ingenuity fill the last barrel of the alkylation unit

A rising tide. The octane incentive has steadily climbed over the past decade, driven by: Tightening environmental ...
Reuters

Motiva restarts FCC at Port Arthur, Texas refinery, sources say

HOUSTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises (MOTIV.UL) restarted the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 626,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas refinery, people ...
Morningstar

Motiva Begins Planned Startup of FCC, Alkylation Units at Texas Refinery

Motiva Enterprises has begun a planned startup of its fluid catalytic cracking and alkylation units at its 659,700 b/d Port Arthur refinery, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on ...
Oil

Petronor’s Múskiz refinery begins major turnaround event

The $99.6-million turnaround of the refinery’s crude distillation Plant 1 involves the shutdown of 14 units at which more than 393 pieces of equipment will be opened, cleaned, inspected, and ...