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.

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 ...

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has achieved a major operational milestone with the full restoration and optimisation of its Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) and Motor Spirit (MS) production block. Both ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...