A major part of making heavy crude oil into gasoline and other products is the fluidic catalytic cracking processing. The process, first used commercially in 1915, has since undergone a variety of ...

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the primary conversion process in most petroleum refineries 1. FCC technology consists of a pipe coil reactor (usually a riser), where the cracking reaction takes ...

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Kazakhstan’s state-owned JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) subsidiary ANPZ LLP is repairing the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 100,000-b/d Atyrau refinery following the unit’s unplanned shutdown in early ...

The Japanese firms Mitsui Chemicals, Microwave Chemical, and Chiyoda are collaborating on a new electrical route to ethylene. Microwave Chemical is developing a process, using microwave radiation, to ...