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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...