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Introduction In today’s global economy of fluctuating crude oil prices, the worldwide refining industry is struggling. Costs are rising while refining volumes are decreasing. High fuel prices in recent years have reduced its global use, resulting in an oversupply of…
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Introduction The downstream crude oil refining business is correctly synonymous with the production of fuels such as gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, LPG, etc. A typical refinery produces 75-80% of blended fuel products, made from mixing 10-12 intermittent products from process…
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Introduction Part 1 of this blog (HE, March 2018, pp 101-108) had discussed a methodology developed by the authors of this series to benchmark a refinery’s fuels blending system. This methodology produces two indices, namely, automation effectiveness and operational efficiency,…
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