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Although not commercialized, both Elf Atochem and Rn hm GmbH have pubUshed on development of hydrogen fluoride-catalyzed processes. Norsolor, since acquired by Elf Aquitaine, had been granted an exclusive European Hcense for the propylene-hydrogen fluoride technology of Ashland Oil (99). Rn hm has patented a process for the production of isobutyric acid in 98% yield via the isomerization of isopropyl formate in the presence of carbon monoxide and hydrofluoric acid (100). 

FIG. 17-24 Modem FCC unit configured for high-efficiency regeneration and extra catalyst cooling. (Reptinted with peimission of UOF. RCC is a service ma7k of Ashland Oil Inc.)... 

Hydeal [Hydrodealkylation] A process for making benzene by de-alkylating other aromatic hydrocarbons. Generally similar to the Litol process. Developed in the 1950s by UOP and Ashland Oil Company, but abandoned in favor of UOP s THDA process. See dealkylation. 

RCC [Reduced crude oil conversion] A process for converting reduced crude oil (a petroleum fraction), and other petroleum residues, into high-octane gasoline and other lighter fuels. Based on the FCC process, but adapted to accommodate higher levels of metal contaminants which can harm the catalyst. Developed by Ashland Oil Company and UOP and... 

Event 8 Chemical Spill—Oil. Ashland Oil Company, Inc., Floreffe, Pennsylvania (January 1988). The oil spill temporarily contaminated drinking water sources for an estimated 1 million people in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio contaminated river ecosystems killed wildlife damaged private property and adversely affected businesses in the area. More than 511,000 gallons of diesel fuel remain unrecovered and are presumed to be in the rivers (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2008). 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). 2008. Ashland oil spill, www.epa.gov/reg3/ PA/ashlandoil/. 

In 1976, Ashland Oil (Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Inc.) was awarded the prime contract to construct a 540 t/d H-coal pilot plant adjacent to its refinery at Cadettsburg, Kentucky, by an industry—government underwriting consortium. Construction was completed in 1980 (112). The pilot-plant operation ended in early 1983. 

J. C. SWAN, Project Director, Ashland Synthetic Fuels, Ashland Oil Company... 

SORAB R. VATCHA, Senior Research Engineer, Ashland Oil Co. How can methanol at 6 or 7.50 per million Btu compete with intermediate Btu gas at about half the price ... 

Ashland Petroleum Research and Development Department, Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland, KY 41114... 

SRI (1994) lists the following companies as producers of benzene in the United States in 1994 Amoco Oil Co., Texas City, Texas Ashland Oil Co., Catlettsburg, Kentucky BP Oil, Alliance, Louisiana, and Lima, Ohio Chevron Chemical Co., Pascagoula, Mississippi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Port Arthur,... 

MagnaCat A process for selectively removing metal-contaminated catalyst particles from an FCC reactor by magnetic separation. A high-strength magnet made from a neodymium-boron-iron alloy is used. Developed by the Ashland Oil, which sold it to MW Kellogg in 1997. 

Grateful acknowledgment is made to the Ashland Oil and Refining Co. for supporting this work with a fellowship. 

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