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Study shows potential for sustainable azelaic acid production from vegetable oils

Azelaic acid is a renewable monomer used in the production of lubricants, polymers, and skincare. While conventionally ...
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Characterizing the potential for sustainable azelaic acid production from high-oleic vegetable oil using two-step oxidative cleavage

Researchers developed a biorefinery model in BioSTEAM to evaluate industrial-grade azelaic acid production from high-oleic soybean oil using the two-step oxidative cleavage (TSOC) process. The modeled ...
Rigzone

What is the process of crude oil refining in oil and gas?

Refining converts mixed crude oil into specification fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and other products by physical separation, chemical conversion, and product treating/blending. It ...
Rigzone

What are the processes involved in refining crude oil?

Purpose: Convert heterogeneous crude oil into on-spec products (LPG, gasoline, jet, diesel, petrochemical feedstocks, base oils, asphalt) via staged separation, conversion, treating, and blending. I.1 ...
Reuters

Refinery workers see hydrofluoric acid release risk -USW survey

HOUSTON, April 16 (Reuters) - A survey of workers at 23 U.S. crude oil refineries found the majority of safety systems were less than very effective in preventing a release of highly toxic ...