As the tail end of Hurricane Isaac left the US Gulf Coast battered and sodden with floodwater, ExxonMobil announced a US$ 500 000 contribution to the disaster relief fund. It was a benevolent and under reported gesture from the world’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Refining
ACHEMA 2012 review
Hydrocarbon Engineering recently attended ACHEMA 2012 held in Frankfurt, Germany. ACHEMA is held every three years and brings together around 4000 companies involved in every aspect of the process industry from oil and gas to pharmaceuticals. The event The event … Continue reading
UK’s fragile fuel supply
In the developed world, we tend to take the essentials – fuel and food – for granted. Ensconced in our routines, we forget that these items reach us at the end of a long supply chain, and that it is … Continue reading
Ethanol debate
If you’ve been a reader of Hydrocarbon Engineering for the last 2 years or so, you will have noticed that I’ve been following the E15 debate with great interest. The US EPA proposed the introduction of a 15% ethanol level … Continue reading
