Ten for 10 … The 10 most popular posts since the Desulf Blog began 10 years ago

Unbelievable … in March, 2019, the Desulfurization Blog will be 10 years old. In celebration of that fact, here is a list of the top 10 posts since March, 2009.

Caveat … the Web is an ever changing organism. While I have done my best to review the links in the following posts, some of them may be obsolete.

Post Title	Post Date
Murray Gray, Specializing in Canada Oil Sands Research	May 1, 2009
UPDATE: Since the publication of this post, Dr. Gray, who was the scientific director for the Institute for Oil Sands Innovation until summer of 2014, retired from the University of Alberta and became Professor Emeritus. He is not accepting any new graduate students or post-doctoral fellows. Source https://www.ualberta.ca/chemical-materials-engineering/faculty-and-staff-new/professors-emeriti/murray-gray
Google Scholar: Desulfurization at Saudi Aramco	January 1, 2011
Here is something you can do to improve your online research results … Let’s say you’re interested in recent published results of Saudi Aramco’s desulfurization activities. But you’re interested in substance, not news. Try the TIPS offered in this post.
Revisiting a LinkedIn Discussion	October 27, 2010
Not all LinkedIn groups are created equal. Some are little more than infomercials. Others are a mix. The Oil Refining Global Technology Forum is a mix. UPDATE: A recent search on the Oil Refining Global Technology Forum resulted in the following message: ***THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER UP TO DATE: Please join our other group 'Oil Refining: World Refining Association'​ ***
ChevronTexaco, Vacuum Resid Slurry Hydrocracking (VRSH)	November 13, 2009
A few posts ago I highlighted Sulphco’s efforts to commercialize its Sonocracking™ desulfurization technology. As noted in the Wikinvest article on Sulphco, “Major companies like Merichem, ChevronTexaco (CVX) , CONOCOPHILLIPS (COP) and other large oil producers have been actively pursuing their own versions of sonocracking.” However, even companies with such vast resources at their disposal can have setbacks. TIP: For current information on similar processes, Google® the phrase vacuum residue slurry hydrocracking
Why search more than one journal database: ACS v. ScienceDirect	March 29, 2010
Why search more than one journal database? Simple answer … because they cover different journals.
You’re an expert in something … let the rest of us know	June 8, 2010
Consider showing your expertise by following and participating in a LinkedIn® group. I do. I am not an expert in the technologies used in refining heavy oil. But I am an expert in searching for information on these technologies. So when I found the following post to the Heavy Oil group, I responded with a helpful comment
Case Study: Stay Alert … With Alerts	April 22, 2011
Online database vendors like EbscoHost, LexisNexis, and ScienceDirect work hard to make it easy for you to access their data.  Librarians and other information professionals work hard to make your people aware of the resources and how to use them.
iGoogle Tool: Arabic Keyboard	March 1, 2010
Foreign languages have fascinated me since I was a kid. So every once in a while, I use the Arabic Keyboard, an iGoogle tool, to type in words I have found as I search the Internet for useful desulfurization items. Of course, I can’t read the resulting pages, and the Google® translation is sometimes bizarre. But if you are fluent in the language, you might try it out. UPDATE: iGoogle was discontinued November 2013. TIP: To find an Arabic keyboard, visit: http://www.arabic-keyboard.org/
More Free Stuff ... 16 Desulfurization Articles	June 26, 2011
It is nearly impossible to find quality technical articles for free these days … nearly, but not entirely.  Here are 16 items I found recently.  Browse through and pick out the ones you like. NOTE: The Web changes over time. Some of the links in this post may no longer work. TIP: Try Googling an article title. It may lead you to the current location of the free full text.
Ionic Liquids Update	September 14, 2011
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You’re an expert in something … let the rest of us know

"The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity” -- George Carlin (American stand-up Comedian, Actor and Author. b.1937)

Consider showing your expertise by following and participating in a LinkedIn® group. I do. I am not an expert in the technologies used in refining heavy oil. But I am an expert in searching for information on these technologies. So when I found the following post to the Heavy Oil group, I responded with a helpful comment ...

Refinery modifications to increase flexibility in treating heavy crudes and strong emulsions - several projects initiated? Add a comment »
Started by Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
Hi!
I have read that some major integrated oil companies have initiated activities to add crude treatment flexibility to their refineries, as the volumes of
heavy crude supplies will increase over the coming years.
Do you know which refineries that are being upgraded for this purpose?

I think the following refineries are under consideration:
Chevron Pascagoula
Chevron Kaltex South Korea
Chevron Richmond
ConocoPhillips ??
ExxonMobil??
Other?

By Mika K. S. Tienhaara, Vice President Separation Technologies at Aker Process Systems
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My comment, which resulted from the use of online research skills developed over a 30 year span as an information professional …

Saudi Aramco is active in this area ... take a look at the following article (small excerpt included in this post) ...
Excerpt from ...
Weekend Edition
June 6, 2008, 6:38 p.m. EDT • Recommend (9) • Post:
By Moming Zhou, MarketWatch
Saudi Arabia plans royal treatment for heavy crude
Kingdom to raise refining output, but plans may do little to ease high prices
"Outside Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco signed a contract with Sinopec and ExxonMobil early last year to upgrade a refinery in China's coastal Fujian
province to 240,000 barrels a day.
"In the United States, in a joint venture project with Royal Dutch Shell /quotes/comstock/13*!rds.a/quotes/nls/rds.a (RDS.A 54.06, +0.25, +0.47%) ,
Aramco is upgrading a Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to nearly double its capacity.
"Instead of selling heavy crude at a heavy discount, it makes more economic sense to sell petroleum products," Alhajji said"
source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/saudi-arabia-plans-royal-treatment-for-heavy-crude?pagenumber=2
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