At the International Nickel Company (INCO) nickel refinery in Clydach, Wales, U.K., which has operated since 1901, 365 respiratory cancers, including 85 nasal cancers and 280 lung cancers, have occurred in workers since the 1920s. From 1901 to 1923, incidences of these cancers were high. In 1923, the refining process was changed, eliminating a nickel arsenide, Ni5As2, called orcelite, from the ...

Background & Aims: Shift work is programmed in various schedules, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The main purposes of this study were: a) to determine common shift schedules used in petrochemical industries, b) to compare shift work health-related problems among employees working in different shift schedules and c) to recommend appropriate shift schedule. Methods: This cross...

This study aims to identify the effect of research and development (R&D) advertising expenses on growth value petrochemical companies listed in Iraq Stock Exchange. The data are collected from financial reports three Iraqi companies. researcher adopts descriptive analytical approaches because they were relevant nature study. Arithmetical means, standard deviations, unit root test multiple linea...

Crude-Oil-to-Chemicals (COTC) is a novel concept in the oil industry which production of base chemicals preferred over fuels. This requires an intensive integration refinery and petrochemical operations and, most cases, hydroconversion steam cracking play essential role. In present work, particularly role assessed selected COTC scenarios via simulation framework based on fundamental modeling th...

PURPOSE Petroleum refinery workers are exposed to the carcinogens benzene and 1,3-butadiene. Declining exposures have been reported internationally but information on current exposure in the Swedish refinery industry is limited. The aim was to examine refinery workers' personal exposure to benzene and 1,3-butadiene and increase awareness of exposure conditions by collaboration with involved ref...

The study examines whether the book value maximizers are the greatest wealth creators in stock market both in the context of sectors and companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Markets. The study also analyzes the financial value drivers for wealth creation of companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council Markets. The survey part of the study is based on approximately 650 companies listed in six ...

This paper presents an integrated refinery scheduling model and its applications for a refinery located in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, P.R.China. The model integrates a crude oil unloading and storage area, a refining area, a blending area and a product storage area of the refinery. The scheduling model can be applied for optimizing the operation, configuration and production schedule of the refinery. T...

This paper describes a new method and somehow different organizational chart for managing production process in the industrial companies such as oil, gas and petrochemical company. Since the maintenance and process department in this type of companies play a significant role in the production, it is crucial and vital to have a proper approach toward these two departments. The last experience in...

In 2015, Korea inaugurated an emissions trading scheme (ETS). In this regard, many studies have considered the sustainable performance and efficiency of industries that emit carbon; however, few have examined ETS at company level. This paper focuses on companies’ data related to Korean ETS in the petrochemical industry. Based on the non-radial, nonparametric directional distance function (DDF),...