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Flowsheet of isopropanol and acetone recovery process using vacuum distillation (VD) process configuration (W - water, IPA - isopropanol, AC - acetone, AA - acetic acid). In a major stride towards ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan's top oil refiner, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, a unit of JX Holdings, said it shut the No.2 vacuum distillation unit at its 140,000 barrels per day (bpd) Mizushima-A ...

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