Nichols, Lee
Business Trends: Global petrochemical overview—Part 1
This series examines the global petrochemical landscape, new project developments and regional outlooks.
Global Project Data
This month’s installment of Global Project Data focuses on the global petrochemical sector.
Business Trends
This month’s Business Trends focuses on five major trends affecting the downstream industry. These include: a forecast on global demand for industrial valves to 2020, how the approval of Chinese teapot refinery crude import licenses could lead to a fuel supply glut, the surge in US ammonia and urea plant construction, the start of Nigeria’s DSDP program and the consolidation of Japan's refining industry.
Global Project Data
Presently, Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database is tracking over 2,100 projects around the world.
2016 Industry Leaders’ Viewpoints—Part 2
Industry leaders and esteemed colleagues shared their viewpoints on 2016 and beyond with Hydrocarbon Processing.
Editorial Comment: A low-sulfur world
As the world continues to welcome more vehicles on the road, and as emerging economies invest in civil, industrial and energy projects, global fuels demand is forecast to increase through the end of the decade.
Business Trends: Clean fuels—a global shift to a low-sulfur world
New technologies are helping move refiners to a low-sulfur world, while revised fuel standards are catalysts for more clean fuels projects to develop higher-quality transport fuel.
Global Project Data
At present, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database is tracking over 2,100 projects around the world.
2016 Industry Leaders’ Viewpoints—Part 1
To kick off the new year, industry leaders and esteemed colleagues shared their viewpoints on 2016 and beyond with Hydrocarbon Processing.
Editorial Comment: 2015—Looking back and looking beyond
As we transition into 2016, we leave behind a year that saw dramatic changes in both the upstream and downstream industries.
- Essar launches hydrogen power plant at Stanlow refinery (U.K.) 7/16
- Trelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel 7/16
- Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics 7/16
- Vale, Komatsu and Cummins announce collaboration to develop dual-fuel large trucks, powered by ethanol and diesel 7/16
- Mexico–U.S. energy trade value fell in 2023 on lower fuel prices 7/16
- Belarus' Mozyr oil refinery restoring operations after outage due to storm 7/16
- Digital Exclusive: SPECIAL FOCUS: Digital Technologies—Utilize process simulation digital twin to optimize condensate yield
- Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
