A new edition of this established text has been expanded and updated, treating
this important field in a holistic manner. The structure of the previous book
has been retained, but enhanced with new text and illustrations, and more
numerical problems with a wider scope. Readers will find much on the background
to the industry and details of such centrally important operations as refining,
heat exchange, cracking, polymerisation and hydrogenation. There is a chapter on
offshore matters, which includes some incidents that occurred since the first
edition. National and international standards are considered as these relate to
such things as site layout. The coverage of the fire and