Examples are the separation of crude oil into components, such as gasoline ... An example of advanced regulatory control (ARC) is composition control of distillation tower product streams (figure 3).

In the refining process, crude oil is heated and introduced into the distillation tower. In the tower, oil is broken down into various petroleum products. Liquids and gases are separated into ...

Japan's largest refiner, Eneos Corp, restarted two crude distillation units at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo following an unplanned shutdown.

Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone attack set its main crude distillation unit, CDU-6, on fire, Reuters reported on Feb. 24. The refinery, owned by Rosneft ...