Alkylate is in short supply in the US. The renewable fuels standard (RFS) mandates the use of ethanol in gasoline. The high vapor pressure of ethanol requires a reduction in other light gasoline ...

The head of a federal agency investigating last Friday’s explosions and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions called the incident “catastrophic” and said the main unit where blasts occurred is ...

Motiva Enterprises has begun a planned startup of its fluid catalytic cracking and alkylation units at its 659,700 b/d Port Arthur refinery, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on ...

The system dramatically lowers personnel exposure as well as costs and delays in online monitoring of hydrofluoric acid (HF) by replacing two conventional methodologies for HF monitoring, manual ...

CARACAS, April 16 (Reuters) - Operations at the alkylation unit at Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's El Palito refinery resumed on Sunday, according to the refinery's Twitter account. The refinery, ...

Torrance Refinery officials have long said modified hydrofluoric acid is the safest commercially available chemical to use in its refining process Congresswoman Maxine Waters speaks during a press ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A massive fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc's oil refinery on Friday damaged the largest U.S. East Coast plant to the point that it could remain shut for an extended ...