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There is a famous quote, “insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” By this definition, it is senseless for a refinery to all allow major equipment to fail the same way multiple times. These types of failures can lead to expensive production stoppages and result in unplanned overtime,… read more →
Two common expense reduction strategies that companies in any industry often pursue are abandoning long-term projects and cutting corners, but both are a mistake. In refineries, one of these mistakes is often made by reducing one of the largest operating expenses – preventative maintenance costs. Refinery maintenance costs are broken-down into preventative and reactive. Preventative… read more →
Butane is one of the most important components in gasoline blending and arguably one that could provide the most economic benefit to the bottom line of more and more skinny refinery margins. Butane has a high octane and high RVP which makes it the ideal component to improve the quality of gasoline blends, especially in… read more →
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