Multi-Client Strategic Report Publication date:March 2017 Item#:C01600 Major challenges now facing refiners amid market uncertainty: What crudes to buy? What products to make?
Multi-Client Strategic Report Publication date:February 2014 Item#:c01300 Unplanned refinery shutdowns hit company earnings two ways: lost production and potential liabilities for excess flaring and unsafe operations.
Multi-Client Strategic Report Publication date:July 2012 Item#:C01200 NEW. The global refining business is pressing forward in a difficult operating environment in which only the best, most sophisticated refineries will be profitable. Complex refineries are considered the ones that can buy the cheapest feeds and convert them into the products the market wants using the most cost-effective processes in the near term with a long-term operational strategy. The cost factor is the key in maintaining profit margins.
Multi-Client Strategic Report Publication date:June 2011 Item#:C01100 At a time of volatile oil prices and crude supply uncertainty, many refiners around the world are again turning their attention to relatively less expensive, unconventional or opportunity crudes (opcrudes). Opcrudes generally include heavy sour grades, oilsand/bitumen, extra heavy oil, high TAN crudes, and oil shale. Refineries without a capability of handling opcrudes will lose out to the competition in the long term.
Conference Papers Publication date:November 2010 Item#:F01010 Papers presented by various companies at the Opportunity Crudes conference held in Houston, TX in 2010.
Multi-Client Strategic Report Publication date:March 2009 Item#:C00901 Report answers the ultimate question of how to allocate resources in future operations based on feed availability, product values, operating costs, financial capability, and carbon footprint.
Conference Papers Publication date:May 2008 Item#:F00805 Papers presented by various companies at the Opportunity Crudes conference held in Houston, TX in 2008.