Hydrocarbon Engineering
Protecting the Precious
Bradford Cook, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, and Marcy Kurtz, Sabin International Logistics Corporation (SILC), USA, discuss how spent precious metal bearing catalysts can be moved around the globe quickly and cost effectively. If one was…
How Spent Precious Metal Bearing Catalysts can be Moved Around the Globe Quickly and Cost Effectively
Bradford Cook, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, and Marcy Kurtz, Sabin International Logistics Corporation (SILC), USA, discuss how spent precious metal bearing catalysts can be moved around the globe quickly and cost effectively. If one was…
Enhancing PGM/rhenium returns from spent hydrocarbon and petrochemical process catalysts
All hydrocarbon and petrochem refiners believe they know the precise composition of their precious metal-bearing process catalysts at the start of a campaign. But how many know their precise composition at the end of a campaign — after years of working under extreme conditions?
The Key Advantage
Bradford M. Cook, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, outlines how to enhance platinum group metals and rhenium returns from spent hydrocarbon and petrochemical process catalysts. All hydrocarbon and petrochemical refiners believe they know…
Rhenium: A Hidden Asset
Robert T. Jacobsen, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, discusses how rhenium in spent precious metals bearing process catalysts can prove a hidden asset, enhancing hydrocarbon processing profits. Hydrocarbon processing catalysts typically…
Cracking The Code
Kevin M. Beirne, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, comments on how advanced catalysts enhance hydrocracking processes, showing that profits can be advanced by platinum group metals recovery and refining. It is now more than seven decades since the…
Shifting Sands: Petrochemical Processing In The Middle East
Kevin M. Beirne, Sabin Metal Corporation, USA, argues that the myriad changes in the Middle East demand tighter control over precious metals recovery and refining programs. It is not especially noteworthy that 80% of the world’s readily accessible…
The Science And Art Of Sampling Precious Metals Catalysts.
Kevin M. Beirne, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, looks at the art and science of recovering precious metals from spent hydrocarbon processing catalysts. When precious metal bearing catalysts in hydrocarbon processing applications lose their…
It’s A New Game For EU Hydrocarbon Refiners
Richard DeSantis, Sabin Metal Corp., USA, analyses how under utilization, and over capacity and profit pressures are presenting new challenges and opportunities to European Refiners. Hydrocarbon and petrochemical refining represent a…
Assesses The Impact Of Platinum Group Metal Values On The Profit Margins Of Precious Metal Catalyst Users.
RICHARD J. DESANTIS, SABIN METAL CORP., USA, Assesses the impact of platinum group metal values on the profit margins of precious metal catalyst users. The global economic crisis of the past few years has been rough on virtually all sectors,…