(EnergyAsia, March 20, Thursday) — The latest edition of the ‘Handbook of Petroleum Refining Process’ offers detailed description of process chemistry and thermodynamics and product by-product specifications of plants, covers the latest technologies in the field of petroleum refining processes and contributors are drawn from largest petroleum producers in the world, including Chevron, Mobil, Shell, Exxon, UOP and Texaco.

The book delivers comprehensive coverage of how major players like UOP, KBR, STRATCO, Belco, Stone & Webster, Foster Wheeler, Chevron Lummus Global, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco, and Shell, are taking these processes to new heights through technology.

This revised and expanded edition features new chapters that focus on the technological, pollution-control, and economic aspects of 61 petroleum refining processes as created by a host of industry powerhouses.

Technologies covered include alkylation and polymerisation, base aromatics production processes, catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, dehydrogenation, hydrogen production, hydrocracking, hydrotreating, isomerisation, separation processes, sulphfur compound extraction and sweetening, visbreaking and coking, oxygenates production technologies, hydrogen processing and gas to liquids technologies.

The book also discusses estimates of capital and operating costs along with information on the design of additions to existing refineries and the construction of new ones.

‘Handbook of Petroleum Refining Process’ author Robett A. Meyers was manager of Chemical Process Technology at TRW and is now President of RAMTECH Limited.

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