Clariant presents best in class cold flow improving technologies

Clariant presented a paper on ‘Processing waxy opportunity crudes with advanced cold flow improver and catalytic dewaxing technologies’ recently at the 5th Refining India Conference held in New Delhi, India.The paper was presented by Dr Werner Reimann, global marketing manager, Clariant Refinery Services.To process the challenging waxy opportunity crude types, Clariant has developed several products, such as pour point depressants, cold flow improver-booster systems and dewaxing technologies. Read More

Measuring macro- and micro-nutrients in soil with ICP-OES

A key to producing abundant crops is the quality of the soil in which they are grown. Soils lacking the proper nutrient content will yield fewer crops of lower nutritional value than crops grown in good soil. Poor soil can be enhanced by the application of fertilizer, but the nutrient content of the soil must be known in advance so that the proper type and amount of fertilizer can be added. When determining the elemental content of soils, both sample preparation and analysis must be considered. Read More

Indian Oil approves INR 27K cr Cauvery Basin refinery project

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said that its board has given approval to setting up of a Rs 27,460 crore refinery by its subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd.The board of directors of CPCL had earlier this year recommended setting up a new 9 million tonnes a year refinery at an estimated cost of Rs 27,460 crore (with an accuracy of plus-30 percent). The final approval of the project would be obtained after preparation of detailed feasibility report of the project.Read More

ExxonMobil enhances program to reduce methane emissions

ExxonMobil Corporation said that it has enhanced A program to reduce methane emissions from its production and midstream facilities across US.The program, which builds on the company’s longstanding commitment to emissions reduction, prioritizes actions at sites operated by subsidiary XTO Energy and includes efforts to develop and deploy new, more efficient technologies to detect and reduce facility emissions. Read More