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![Towards Plastics Circularity - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Images/fromplastictoplastic.png)

### 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

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Written by Jeanne Tourdjman18 Oct 2022 

<https://blog.axens.net/towards-plastic-recycling>

![On The Road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Illustrations/Ticket_SAF.jpg)

### On The Road to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Despite the unprecedented drop in global air traffic due to the Covid-19 crisis in the past years, passenger numbers and cargo volumes are ...

[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 Yvon Bernard - Business Development Manager13 Jul 2022 

<https://blog.axens.net/on-the-road-to-sustainable-aviation-fuel>

![How to Achieve Gasoline Pool Octane Requirement and Boost Light Cut Naphtha Contribution with an Environmental-friendly Process? - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Images/Qirun%20C5C6%20ISOM%20unit%20picture.jpg)

### How to Achieve Gasoline Pool Octane Requirement and Boost Light Cut Naphtha Contribution with an Environmental-friendly Process?

Summary What are RON & MON? ➜ C5/C6 Isomerization in a Nutshell ➜ HCl ...

[C5-C6 Isomerization](https://blog.axens.net/tag/c5-c6-isomerization) + 2

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

Written by Axens15 Jun 2022 

<https://blog.axens.net/how-to-achieve-gasoline-pool-octane-requirement>

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![Maximizing the Production and the Transformation of Aromatics - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Placeholders/AdobeStock_257640048_VAR2_1200px.png)

### Maximizing the Production and the Transformation of Aromatics

A Crude-to-Chemicals (CTC) conversion block maximizes Heavy Naphtha (HN) production for the aromatics block (figure below) of a petrochemical complex.

[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 Nov 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/maximizing-the-production-and-the-transformation-of-aromatics>

![Targeting the Highly Coveted Olefins - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Placeholders/AdobeStock_257640048_VAR1_1200px.jpg)

### Targeting the Highly Coveted Olefins

In order to optimize the Olefins Block in Crude-to-Chemicals Complexes, two main routes to produce olefins are generally considered:

[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 Axens16 Nov 2021 

<https://blog.axens.net/targeting-the-highly-coveted-olefins>

![Two Conversion Routes to Maximize the Economic Returns of a Crude-to-Chemicals Project - Image](https://blog.axens.net/hubfs/Blog/Placeholders/AdobeStock_265156869_VAR2_1200px.png)

### 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>

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