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Could electrifying thermal processes help refiners to lower their carbon footprint?

Opinion

Could electrification decarbonise petrochemical refining?

...required to maintain proper control of large electric heaters? Here, Dennis Long, chief system designer at industrial electric equipment manufacturer Watlow, answers these questions and argues why opting for electric...

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UKIFDA support for E10 fuel proposals

...modern petrol cars have been designed to use E10 effectively, and most petrol cars since 2000 have also been certified to use the proposed blend. However, there is still a...

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New petroleum measurement training and technical guidance

...has been designed to improve knowledge of these issues across various parts of the industry.  Given the international focus of hydrocarbon management, there is a clear need to standardise and...

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Oil Terminal 2015 – positive feedback

...analyst  communities attended the strategic congress with more than 150 people attending Tank Farms and Oil Terminals: from advanced design to efficient operations. There were large delegations of technical experts...

Opinion

BEIS backs oil resilience bill with limits

...for this bill, which is designed to enable the BEIS Department to coordinate the actions of companies involved in the storage, import and transportation of the UK’s petrol products, in...
Firefly award win

News

SAF innovator Firefly Green Fuels wins innovation award  

...infrastructure, designed to optimise efficiency and flexibility while minimising emissions for Firefly’s commercial-scale plant. Following the successful night at the glittering award ceremony, James added: “The team are hugely grateful...
Andrew Mochrie, WCF

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People Moves – December 2024

...has started a new role as Senior Business Implementation Analyst at C.D.S. COMPUTER DESIGN SYSTEMS LIMITED and thanked the team for a warm welcome. Gordon Wallis has started a new...

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Certas Energy refuels on Anglesey

...manager.  “The Holyhead site has been designed to meet the needs of the 400,000 lorries and trailers that pass through the port each year. The location of the refuelling bunker...
Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

Insight

Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO

...has almost the same chemical structure as middle distillates derived from oil refining, so it can be used in engines and plant that are designed to run on petroleum distillates,...

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New remote control enhances popular fuel metering system

Following a design collaboration with ALMA, MechTronic was delighted to announce OptiControl, a new wireless remote control which supports and enables the complete management of the OptiMate delivery process. Launched...