In the case of petroleum, four distillation columns are needed to separate raw crude into five separate components - naphtha, kerosene, diesel fuel, gas oil and heavy residue.

As of January 1, 2013, the United States had 139 operating refineries and 4 idle refineries with total atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity of 17.8 million barrels per calendar day (bbl/d ...

The aromatic production capacity of an existing extractive distillation column increased more than 18% when the operator executed an equipment test run and a distillation review. Oct. 3, 2003 ...

Oil refining aims to supply a defined range of products according to agreed specifications. To separate crude oil into different fractions based on their chemical properties, simple refineries utilize ...

Croatia’s INA Industrija Nafte DD has added a new fractionation column at the crude distillation unit (CDU) of its 90,000-b/d Rijeka refinery along the northern part of the Adriatic Sea as part ...

04 March 2013 AMMAN -- The Cabinet on Sunday approved a concession agreement signed with the Saudi Arabian Oil Shale Company for the distillation of shale oil. The company has conducted the required ...

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 ...

Japan's biggest oil refiner, Eneos Corp, shut the 141,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sakai refinery on Oct. 16 after a glitch, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.