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Study Identifies Resin Fraction Distribution with Cobalt-Containing Catalysts

Ashalcha oilfield in Tatarstan is one of the famous sites to investigate the extractions of heavy oils. Specifically, the In-Situ Combustion Lab in Kazan Federal University has been operating there for a few years.

14 Jul 2021

New Zeolite Indispensable for Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industries

POSTECH researchers have unraveled a potential new zeolite expected to be a milestone for the oil refining and petrochemical industries.

7 Jul 2021

Karl Fischer Oven Technique Approved for Water Content in Petrochemicals

Poorly soluble, viscous, and often highly contaminated– determining the water content in lubricants, hydraulic oils, and other petrochemical samples can be a messy business.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 4 Feb 2021

New Dual-Well System Could Increase "Difficult" Oil Recovery

Recently in Russia there has been a significant increase in the share of hard-to-recover oil reserves - these are high-viscosity hydrocarbons or reserves in low-permeability reservoirs.

28 Jul 2020

Novel Technology Developed to Mass-Produce Bio-Aviation Fuels

A Korean research team has developed a key technology for the mass-production of bio-aviation fuels.

20 Jul 2020

Sun and Water Cause Asphalt Binder to Leach Potentially Toxic Compounds into the Environment

A study by chemists at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory shows that asphalt binder, when exposed to sun and water, leaches thousands of potentially toxic compounds into the environment. The study was published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology

16 Jul 2020

New Catalyst to Dehydrogenate Propane to Produce Propylene

A group of Japanese scientists has developed an ultrastable, selective catalyst to dehydrogenate propane - an essential process to produce the key petrochemical substance of propylene - without deactivation, even at temperatures of more than 600 °C.

8 Jun 2020

Sphere Fluidics Expands Commercial Operations to Increase Supply of Pico-Surf Surfactant for Droplet Microfluidics

Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today announced investment in the production and supply of its proprietary biocompatible surfactant, Pico-Surf™, for reliable and highly stable droplet generation and processing.

From Sphere Fluidics Limited 19 Feb 2020

New, Economical Method to Separate Useful Ethylene from Ethane Gas

Ethylene is a part of numerous products people use daily, ranging from soda bottles to polyester clothing.

24 Sep 2019

Clariant Continues the Advance of Propane Dehydrogenation Technology with New CATOFIN® 311 Catalyst

Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today announced the launch of its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst, CATOFIN 311.

From Clariant Corporation 27 Aug 2019

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