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Special Focus—Petrochemical Technologies

High-temperature heat electrification: Lessons from operating the world’s first industrial-scale electric steam cracking furnace
Linde Engineering: T. Hoefel  |  M. Hofstaetter  |  F. Roessler  |  M. Mayerhofer  |  G. Kracker
Carbon Management / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Ethylene / Greenhouse Gases / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Reactors

Cutting-edge catalytic technologies deployment in a modern aromatics complex
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing: J. Cao
Axens: T. Leflour
China National Offshore Oil Corp.: D. Ming
Aromatics / Cracking / Catalysts / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Reactors

Modernizing legacy CO2 units: Retrofit lessons from a high-throughput ammonia plant
Kinetics Process Improvements, Inc.: Arora, V. K.
Ammonia / Construction / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization

Advanced solvent technology for decarbonizing BTX extraction units
Sulzer Chemtech: A. Cimpeanu
Aromatics / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Reactors

Chemical recycling of Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6: Evaluate methods and addressing industrial scalability
KBR: R. Gupta
Engineering & Design / Equipment / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Reactors

Process Optimization

A flexible crude-to-chemicals and fuels technology
Saudi Aramco: A. Bourane  |  MD Ashraful Islam  |  A. Z. Akhras  |  G. Juttu
Axens: R. Le Masson  |  A. Paillier  |  D. Le Bars
Technip Energies: Golczynski, S.
IFP Energies Vouvelles: J. Verstraete
Crude oil / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Refining / Naphtha

Innovative in-situ batchwise/continuous regeneration scheme for high coke CCR reforming catalyst at the Saudi Aramco Jazan Refinery Complex
Saudi Aramco: Ali, S. A. W.  |  Ghadeer, A. S.  |  A. Rodriguez
Crude oil / Cracking / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Middle East / Refining

Enhance plant performance and sustainability through activated carbon purification in gas sweetening: A Case Study
Saudi Aramco: L. Ibrahim  |  S. Jali  |  Z. Alshahrani  |  A. H. Al-ShaikhAli  |  N. A. Al-Qahtani
Engineering & Design / Gas Processing/LNG / Middle East / Natural Gas / Process Optimization

Column-reboiler integrated system stress and flexibility analysis
BASF Chemicals India Pvt. Ltd.: Kulkarni, M.  |  D. Goswami
Engineering & Design / Equipment / Heat Transfer / Petrochemicals

Catalysts

The octane boost: How FCC chemistry and ingenuity fill the last barrel of the alkylation unit
Marathon Petroleum: B. Burton
Catalysts / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Process Optimization / Refining / Reactors

Explore the performance of CCR reforming catalysts with comparative high-throughput catalyst testing
Avantium: Dokania, A.  |  Pongboot, N.  |  Vilela, T.  |  M. Führer

Navigate the balancing act between sulfur removal and octane retention
Evonik: R. Seyler  |  D. Miskin
Catalysts / Desulfurization / Engineering & Design / Hydrotreating / Refining / Reactors / Sulfur

Heat Exchange/Management

Heat exchanger body flange: The gasket is not always tight enough
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: K. Daru
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co. (KIPIC): S. Mansur
PVA Systems: A. Panchal
Reliance Industries Ltd.: P. Gala
Engineering & Design / Heat Exchanger / Process Optimization

Plant Turnarounds and Project Management

Shorten the turnaround window through efficient plant decontamination
Becht: R. Davies  |  G. Lawrence
Engineering & Design / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Maintenance & Reliability / Loss Prevention / Process Optimization / Project Management / Refining / Petrochemicals

Columns

Quantifying Europe’s steam cracking closures and implications for the polyethylene market
Stratas Advisors: A. Banerjee  |  S. Hussein
Cracking / Economics / Ethylene / Europe / Loss Prevention / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Products

Procurement’s blind spot: Rethinking vendor selection in EPC projects
Tecnicas Reunidas: A. Murali
Construction / Engineering & Design / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Project Management