Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It's a big societal problem and an even larger environmental threat. In the United States, less than 9% of plastic waste is recycled.

Hydrocracking and catalyst development occupy a pivotal role in the upgrading of heavy oil, offering a pathway to convert low-value, high-impurity feedstocks into higher quality fuels and ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 21-- BP PLC has signed an agreement under which KBR will offer licensing and engineering services for a proprietary resid hydrocracking process. KBR said it will market BP’s Veba ...

RICHMOND, Calif., Sept. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Eni and Chevron Lummus Global LLC, (CLG) are pleased to announce the execution of a Joint Cooperation and Licensing Agreement for a complete suite of ...

HOUSTON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp expects the hydrocracking plant in the Isomax unit at its 260,000 barrel per day Los Angeles-area refinery in El Segundo, California, will return to service ...

Depending upon market demand, any of the three dominant resid-conversion processes-coking, resid fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC), or hydrocracking-can be a profitable option for using refinery resids.

Automobiles that never need oil changes? ...Severe-hydrocracked lubricating oils could make all this possible --- at about half the cost of synthetic oils. Makers of most European cars today suggest ...

The FINANCIAL — ExxonMobil will expand the hydrocracker unit at its Rotterdam refinery to upgrade heavier byproducts into cleaner, higher-value finished products, including EHCTM Group II base stocks ...

Hydrocracking catalyst is projected to be the fastest growing type of refinery catalysts, in terms of value, during the forecast period. The hydrocracking catalyst type is the fastest growing refinery ...

The surge in demand for hydrocracking is also propelled by the need for versatile materials that withstand the rigorous conditions of modern refining processes. Hydrocrackers require durable ...