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Steven Greene Would you purchase an electric vehicle solely on the assumption of fuel savings? Would you purchase one if you got a significant tax break? What is your personal hurdle rate for an electric vehicle?
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Amir DePaz I am looking for a contact at a non major independent refinery with port access to refine minimum of 50,000 BPD. Crude is from overseas.1-5 years contract. Happy to discuss in detail with serious person.
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Sandra Wong is there a difference between measuring cutpoint from endpoint? all of the engineers and operators talk about endpoint, but on occasion i hear someone say cutpoint. how do you distinguish?
May 11, 2012 02:21 pm Like - Reply
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Chris Steves: You can, but to visualize it, you can look at the curves "stacked" over one another and compare... More
May 14, 2012 05:08 am
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Richard Rhead: Cut points are more accurate than endpoints due to the nature of the D-86 whether automated or... More
About 1 day ago
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Phil Johnston I have had a lot of recent debate about the most effective/optimal torch oil to use in our FCC. Some of the older operators insist that using feed is good. I am trying to convince them that cycle oil is better. Any supporting thoughts out there?
May 07, 2012 10:06 pm Like - Reply - Connect
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Phil Johnston: Stuart, those were my thoughts exactly!! Chris - thank you for your thoughts as well.
May 13, 2012 08:08 pm
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Richard Rhead: Only use feed when you are starting up because there won't be any HCO available. But then switch... More
About 1 day ago
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Darrell Gallup Mercury in the Petroleum Industry Training, June 26-29, Bandung, Indonesia I am presenting this training class next month. For details see http://www.rhenindo.com. Please contact me if interested or wish more information (via LinkedIn or darrell@thermochem.com).
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Adrian Iacob Do you developed a contracting strategy for a typical refinery operation? Where is the limit for in-house/outsource decision?
May 05, 2012 10:09 am Like - Reply
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Evelyn Baker: We surely do that. Our strategy is a balance between Opex, Personnel Index, and need to maintain... More
May 05, 2012 02:39 pm
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Giridhar Bodke: We try to minimize outsourcing since we've found that these costs escalate quickly and we have a... More
May 06, 2012 01:21 pm
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Emily Wilson Does anyone use scheduling applications to update LP models? I thought the job of process engineers is to help validate the LP, not the schedulers.
May 02, 2012 11:29 pm Like - Reply
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Leslie Washington: We start with the LP model then make all the tools match the same underlying yield vectors. Then... More
May 06, 2012 07:01 am
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Graham Possingham: One advanrage scheduler have is that they often have a better view of stream properties than the... More
May 14, 2012 10:18 pm
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Adrian Iacob What happens if you turn variable costs into fixed costs?Operating expenses are affected?
May 01, 2012 02:15 pm Like - Reply
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Dae-Ha Choi: Generally there are tax implications and time-value of money when booking items as variable vs... More
May 02, 2012 10:13 pm
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Adrian Iacob: Thank you all! This is the point.They (our Economic Department ) want to change from variable to... More
May 02, 2012 10:52 pm
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Sandeep Mehta Delta Refining?
Delta To Buy Oil Refinery - Apr. 30, 2012
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/30/news/companies/delta-oil-refinery/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
Delta Airlines announced plans Monday to purchase an oil refinery outside of Philadelphia, a...
Apr 30, 2012 05:47 pm Like - Reply
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Sandeep Mehta: If an oil company couldn't turn a profit on the place I wonder why Delta thinks it can. I guess... More
May 02, 2012 06:33 pm
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Phil Johnston: I know it's big news, but anyone else tired of hearing about Delta? i'm getting there.
May 02, 2012 10:05 pm
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