Venezuelan crude oil is relatively cheap to buy because it is much more difficult to process. It is very heavy, thick, dark ...

U.S. refineries can process shale oil, but economics—not capability—drive imports and exports. Here’s why the system works ...

Axens announced that it has been selected by America First Refining (AFR) as the technology licensor for its large-scale refining facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. The project marks the ...

Rendering for America First Refining Facility in Brownsville. Among the many benefits of the $300-billion America First Refinery under construction at the Port of Brownsville will be that it is ...

Purpose: Optimize, troubleshoot, and design refinery process units to maximize throughput, yield, energy efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance while safeguarding people, assets, and the ...

Light US crude requires a different configuration at refineries Changing refinery setup can be a lengthy and expensive process Running different crude types impacts refinery yields, margin April 9 - U ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

Oil is never just oil. In its crude form, it is merely potential — latent energy waiting to be transformed. Only through the ...

I.1 Process monitoring and optimization: Lead daily technical stewardship of assigned units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, hydrocracking, sulfur ...