MENDRISIO, Switzerland, July 14 (Reuters) - Swiss gold refinery Argor Heraeus opened the doors of its site in Mendrisio, in Switzerland's Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, showing the refining ...

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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 ...

By Chen Aizhu, Trixie Yap and Siyi Liu SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chinese state oil firm CNPC plans to restart a unit at ...

Purpose: Convert heterogeneous crude oil into on-spec products (LPG, gasoline, jet, diesel, petrochemical feedstocks, base oils, asphalt) via staged separation, conversion, treating, and blending. I.1 ...

Historically speaking, optimizing the refinery has been mostly focused on final products (e.g., gasoline and diesel), slowly shifting focus to conversion and upgrading process units across the ...

Petróleo Brasileiro SA has officially started the nonbinding phase in its program to sell three of its Brazilian refineries and associated logistics assets, the sales of which were previously delayed ...