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Crude oil prices and the postwar Japanese refining industry.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics. Thesis. 1967. Ph.D.
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Technology transfer in the palm oil refining industry of Malaysia
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1982.
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Financial Analysis of the Expansion of the Petroleum Refining Industry, 1946-1960
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T16:44:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6910624.pdf: 11912039 bytes, checksum: 4b19d7ad721e4b72f4fde5303fc77649 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968
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Energy efficiency in the South Africa crude oil refining industry drivers, barriers and opportunities
… performance in the South African crude oil refining industry, thus providing information to further support energy efficiency improvement efforts. Energy efficiency is a cost effective means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs, bringing additional quality and production …
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Human Health Risk Assessment for Petroleum Refining Industry of the Remaining Air Toxics after MACT I Emissions Reductions
… air pollutants emitted from MACT I petroleum refining industry were determined using EPA HEM-3 Program. Methodology included compiling vertical and fugitive emissions from 2002 National Emissions Inventory for sources inside two facilities in Louisiana, 'Motiva Norco' and 'Valero St. Charles' …
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The use of life cycle assessment in the evaluation of environmental performance in the base metal refining industry
In the last decade, life cycle assessment has come into consideration as an environmental decision support tool for the design and operation of industrial processes. The usefulness of this technique for the purpose of environmental management was assessed by means of a case study carried out at the …
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An Empirical Study of Selected Causes and Effects of Semirigid Prices in the Petroleum Refining Industry with Emphasis on the Period 1963 through 1972
… policies within and without the petroleum industry have interacted to produce semirigid industry prices. One effect of this price rigidity is the inflexibility that is passed on to costs whenever the traditional joint-cost-accounting allocation (based on relative market value) is used in …
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Exploring the socio-economic role of the petroleum refining industry in the Democratic Republic of Congo : a case study of the Congolese Company of Oil Refining Industries (SOCIR)
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters: Public Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, south Africa, 2017.
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Effects of Ni Promotion and Chelating Reagent On thePreparation, Structure and Performance of Molybdenum-Based Hds Catalysts
… hydrodesulfurization (HDS) in petroleum refining industry is increasing due to stringent and tightening environmental regulations regarding the sulfur content of diesel fuels. Thus, there is a very strong incentive to develop the next generation of highly active HDS catalysts. In this …
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Industrial conflict management in a developing country
… for the Swaziland Sugar Manufacturing and Refining Industry 1982 - 1992 from a human resources management perspective). This study has attempted to consider the complexities of labour relations and industrial conflict within a developing African country. A major case study was followed. The …
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Solving the fuel supply and distribution problem in Nigeria using a 3-node structure model
… challenging the Nigerian petroleum downstream industry were stated. Current state system dynamic loops with powerful positive and negative feedback effects to the economy of the country were captured and used as the basis for policy recommendations. More so, system dynamics has been used to …
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Economic impact of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme : evidence from the refining sector
… Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on the refining industry in Europe. I contrast previous ex-ante studies with the lessons from a series of interviews I conducted with industrials, and the public data available on the first phase of the scheme, effective from January 1st, 2005 to December …
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Advanced Safety Methodology for Risk Management of Petroleum Refinery Operations
Petroleum refineries are important facilities for refining petroleum products that provide the primary source of energy for domestic and industrial consumption globally. Petroleum refinery operations provide significant contribution to global economic growth. Petroleum refineries are complex, …
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Petroleum refining and air quality management
… Refineries deserves attention because the industry contributes almost five percent of the total emissions from all anthropogenic sources. A document containing a complete set of guidelines for use in the refining industry which satisfies the current and anticipated air quality legislations …
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Multiphase Flow Effects on Naphthenic Acid Corrosion of Carbon Steel
… need for improving business margins, the refining industry faces new challenges by processing cheaper oils, such as "opportunity crudes". These usually contain higher amounts of corrosive sulfur compounds and naphthenic acids (NAP) which, at high velocity multiphase flow conditions, can …
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Numerical simulations of supercritical water-hydrocarbon mixing in a 3-D cylindrical tee mixer
… (SCWUDS) is a new concept in the oil refining industry wherein, crude oil is mixed with supercritical water in a reactor leading to chemical breakdown of the sulfur containing compounds (desulfurization) and cracking of long chain hydrocarbons to shorter chain compounds closer to …