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How Offshore Drilling Works: A Deep Dive into the Ocean’s Oil 🌊🏗️
Introduction Beneath the vast oceans, billions of barrels of oil and gas are trapped in…
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The Birth of Petroleum Engineering: How It All Started 🛢️⚙️
Petroleum engineering is a field that powers the modern world. From fueling cars and airplanes…
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Can We Turn Plastic Waste Back into Oil? 🔄🛢️
Plastic pollution is a global crisis, with over 400 million tons of plastic waste produced…
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A Day in the Life of a Drilling Engineer 🛢️⚙️
Drilling engineers play a crucial role in the oil, gas, and geothermal industries, overseeing the…
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VAALCO completes two well workovers at Etame field
VAALCO Energy, Inc. has completed two workovers at the Etame field offshore Gabon and added…
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY STEAM REFORMING
Steam reforming of natural gas at petroleum refining facilities is the predominant means of producing…
Isomerization
Isomerization processes have been used to isomerize n-butane to iso-butane used in alkylation and C5 /C6 n-paraffins…
Polymerization
The polymerization process combines propenes and butenes to produce higher olefins with high-octane numbers (97…
Uses of Hydrocracking
In a refinery, hydrocracking complements catalytic cracking by taking on the more aromatic feedstocks that…
Catalytic Hydrocracking
Catalytic hydrocracking is one of the latest additions to petroleum refining processes, with the first…