Petroleum refining: Poised for profound changes

Chemical Engineering Progress

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 41-51

  Katzer, James R ^a   Ramage, Michael P ^a   Sapre, Ajit V ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

NATURAL GAS REFINERY;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

EID: 0034214973     PISSN: 03607275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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