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### SAF or e-SAF but One Path to a More Sustainable Air Transportation

 Traditional fuels used in aviation, such as kerosene, are responsible of 3% of Global GHG emissions. With the long-term climate goal of net-zero emissions by 2025, the ambition is to reduce aviation ...

[Renewable Diesel and Jet](https://blog.axens.net/tag/renewable-diesel-and-jet) + 1

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Written by Jeanne Tourdjman • 12/02/2024

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Towards Plastics Circularity

Considering the amounts of worldwide plastics consumed, their recycling represents a significant lever to limit the impact on environment. The ...

[Plastic Recycling](https://blog.axens.net/tag/plastic-recycling) + 1

[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)

Written by Jeanne Tourdjman18 Oct 2022

<https://blog.axens.net/shaping-the-future-of-refining-with-advanced-technologies>

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Shaping the Future of Refining with Advanced Technologies

The refining industry has a unique expertise, which is to process and convert multiple feedstocks made of highly complex molecules. Refining should ...

[Plastic Recycling](https://blog.axens.net/tag/plastic-recycling) + 4

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Written by Jean Sentenac20 Jan 2022

<https://blog.axens.net/crude-oil-to-chemicals-ctc-a-straight-forward-route-for-a-strategic-turn>

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Crude-to-Chemicals (CTC): a straight-forward route for a strategic turn

In the background of fuels demand shifting towards petrochemicals growth, ...

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Written by Axens17 Feb 2021

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### Two Conversion Routes to Maximize the Economic Returns of a Crude-to-Chemicals Project

The conversion block plays a decisive role in the economic returns of the ...

[C4 Fractionation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/c4-fractionation) + 10

[High-conversion Hydrocracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/high-conversion-hydrocracking)[Catalytic Cracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/catalytic-cracking)[Etherification](https://blog.axens.net/tag/etherification)[Olefins Selective Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/olefins-selective-hydrogenation)[Solvent Deasphalting (SDA)](https://blog.axens.net/tag/solvent-deasphalting-sda)[Thermal Process](https://blog.axens.net/tag/thermal-process)[Total Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/total-hydrogenation)[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)[Oil Refining](https://blog.axens.net/tag/oil-refining)[Petrochemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/petrochemicals)

Written by Axens02 Nov 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/two-conversion-routes-to-maximize-the-economic-returns-of-a-ctc-project>

![Recommended Process Routes for Maximized Oil Conversion to Aromatics and Olefins - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Placeholders/AdobeStock_265156869_VAR3_1200px.png)

### Recommended Process Routes for Maximized Oil Conversion to Aromatics and Olefins

The refining industry has evolved over time in order to adapt to the ...

[C4 Fractionation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/c4-fractionation) + 11

[High-conversion Hydrocracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/high-conversion-hydrocracking)[Catalytic Cracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/catalytic-cracking)[Etherification](https://blog.axens.net/tag/etherification)[Olefins Selective Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/olefins-selective-hydrogenation)[Residue Hydroconversion & Hydroprocessing](https://blog.axens.net/tag/residue-hydroconversion-hydroprocessing)[Solvent Deasphalting (SDA)](https://blog.axens.net/tag/solvent-deasphalting-sda)[Thermal Process](https://blog.axens.net/tag/thermal-process)[Total Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/total-hydrogenation)[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)[Oil Refining](https://blog.axens.net/tag/oil-refining)[Petrochemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/petrochemicals)

Written by Axens25 Oct 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/recommended-process-routes-for-maximized-oil-conversion-to-aromatics-and-olefins>

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### Squeezing the Bottom-of-the-Barrel to Lift-up the Crude-to-Chemicals Conversion

For a maximum ROI of Crude-to-Chemicals (CTC) complexes, around 40% of ...

[C4 Fractionation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/c4-fractionation) + 10

[High-conversion Hydrocracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/high-conversion-hydrocracking)[Catalytic Cracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/catalytic-cracking)[Etherification](https://blog.axens.net/tag/etherification)[Olefins Selective Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/olefins-selective-hydrogenation)[Solvent Deasphalting (SDA)](https://blog.axens.net/tag/solvent-deasphalting-sda)[Thermal Process](https://blog.axens.net/tag/thermal-process)[Total Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/total-hydrogenation)[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)[Oil Refining](https://blog.axens.net/tag/oil-refining)[Petrochemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/petrochemicals)

Written by Axens18 Oct 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/squeezing-the-bottom-of-the-barrel-to-lift-up-the-crude-to-chemicals-conversion>

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### From Refining to Chemicals, a Switch of the Yield in 4 Stages

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), petrochemicals are ...

[C4 Fractionation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/c4-fractionation) + 11

[High-conversion Hydrocracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/high-conversion-hydrocracking)[Catalytic Cracking](https://blog.axens.net/tag/catalytic-cracking)[Etherification](https://blog.axens.net/tag/etherification)[Olefins Selective Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/olefins-selective-hydrogenation)[Residue Hydroconversion & Hydroprocessing](https://blog.axens.net/tag/residue-hydroconversion-hydroprocessing)[Solvent Deasphalting (SDA)](https://blog.axens.net/tag/solvent-deasphalting-sda)[Thermal Process](https://blog.axens.net/tag/thermal-process)[Total Hydrogenation](https://blog.axens.net/tag/total-hydrogenation)[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)[Oil Refining](https://blog.axens.net/tag/oil-refining)[Petrochemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/petrochemicals)

Written by Axens12 Oct 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/from-refining-to-chemicals-a-switch-of-the-yield-in-4-stages>

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### Crude-to-Chemicals (CTC): a straight-forward route for a strategic turn

In the background of fuels demand shifting towards petrochemicals growth, ...

[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies) + 2

[Oil Refining](https://blog.axens.net/tag/oil-refining)[Petrochemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/petrochemicals)

Written by Axens17 Feb 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/crude-oil-to-chemicals-ctc-a-straight-forward-route-for-a-strategic-turn>

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### Renewable Transportation Fuels - a U.S. Focus

Private American businesses are investing to reduce the carbon-intensity of the nation’s transportation fuels pool. The investment has been primarily ...

[Renewable Diesel and Jet](https://blog.axens.net/tag/renewable-diesel-and-jet) + 2

[Renewable Fuels & Bio-based Chemicals](https://blog.axens.net/tag/renewable-fuels-bio-based-chemicals)[Process Technologies](https://blog.axens.net/tag/process-technologies)

Written by David Schwalje - Business Development Manager17 Sep 2020 

<https://blog.axens.net/renewable-transportation-fuels-a-u.s.-focus>

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