SYKESVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Refiners know that coking is a highly profitable and indispensable part of their portfolio. Unlike many other refining processes, coking is not a “Set and Forget” ...

Koa Oil Ltd. improved operations and increased its coker feed rate by applying model predictive control technology combined with an inferential coke-yield model to its No. 2 delayed coking unit at the ...

Over the last few years, Frontier Refining’s plant in El Dorado, Kan., has undergone a major refinery reconfiguration to facilitate processing a greater proportion of very heavy crudes. The project ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Petro-Canada said on Wednesday it could cost up to C$1 billion ($1 billion) to install a new unit so its Montreal refinery can process cheaper heavy oil, the upper ...