Operates and monitors refinery process units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, alkylation, isomerization, utilities, tank farm) to meet production ...

From small private wells producing around 100 barrels a day to the large bore wells producing more than 40 times that volume, gas and oil and for fuel are produced in nearly every corner of the globe.

The cost of refining crude oil varies depending on the complexity of the refining process and the quality of crude oil. High-quality crude oil requires less refining and produces more high-value ...

In this 10-part series, William Leffler covers the information found in his best-selling book Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language, 4th Edition, breaking down into easily digestible concepts ...

This article first considers the background: why optimization of refinery process units is so necessary and so common, and what analytical tools exist to help. The main problem in refining is that, ...