Refinery vacuum distillation units (VDUs) use ejector systems to establish and maintain distillation-column pressure for capturing valuable crude fractions and reducing vacuum residuum. Reliable ...

This article introduces a CDU-VDU configuration tailored for grassroots refineries, decoupling stripping and rectification sections via a dedicated flash drum to enable steam-free rectification.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Petroleo Brasileiro SA began operating the furnaces in the atmospheric distillation unit at its Abreu e Lima or "RNEST" refinery near Recife, the state-run oil ...

Citgo Petroleum Corp., Houston, has restarted a vacuum distillation unit and a delayed coker at its Lake Charles, La., refinery, both of which had been offline since the summer of 2020. Citgo ...

A key crude oil distillation unit has been destroyed at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai by Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF), together with the Russian resistance movement ...

HOUSTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Pemex PEMX.UL returned the main crude distillation unit (CDU) to production on Sunday at its 312,500 barrel-per-day Deer Park, Texas refinery, people familiar with plant ...

CARACAS, May 16 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has restarted operations at a crude oil distillation unit at its El Palito refinery after a stoppage due to an electrical failure last ...

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, March 22 (Reuters) - A fire early on Friday at Venezuela's 310,000-barrel-per-day Cardon refinery left two workers injured and forced the shutdown of the crude distillation ...

Climbing to the Bonghwasan Observatory on Myodo Island in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province at night, a vast Milky Way of industrial lights fills the view. Glowing distillation towers and pipelines ...