http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/07/russia-tests-armored-plating-to-protect-energy-infrastructure-from-drones/ Russia's state-owned Rostec corporation said on Thursday it has successfully conducted trials of armored plating designed to protect critical infrastructure from drone attacks, grenades and bullets. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/us-chemical-safety-board-issues-final-report-into-fatal-2022-fire-at-bp-husky-refinery-near-toledo-ohio-us/ Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued its final investigation report into the fatal naphtha release and fire at the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery in Oregon, Ohio, on September 20, 2022, which resulted in the death of two bp employees. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/special-focus-process-optimization/hydrogen-rich-content-gasoline-a-new-concept-for-paraffinic-gasoline-reformulation/ Several refiners are evaluating a new gasoline-formulation technology called hydrogen (H2)-rich-content (HRC) gasoline. This patented technology uses low-sulfur, H2-rich refinery blendstocks like straight-run gasoline, isomerates, alkylate, butanes and renewable naphtha in gasoline blends, and adds aromatic amines (a high-octane gasoline additive) to make a drop-in specification gasoline. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/plant-intervalspiping-systems/reduce-the-minimum-design-temperature-beyond-the-code-limit-for-carbon-steel-pipes/ In the current market scenario, all projects are schedule-driven and highly dependent on total installed cost. To help meet crucial deadlines, industry professionals utilize various technologies and high-end software, and industry must continuously innovate and seek new ideas to find alternative solutions to challenges. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/process-controls-instrumentation-and-automation/accelerating-the-dcs-of-the-future-open-process-automation-technology/ Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, PETRONAS operates all oil and gas resources in the country and is responsible for developing and adding value to them. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/trinamix-expands-handheld-solution-to-identify-multi-and-monomaterial-films-for-improved-recycling/ trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF, will present its Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solutions at the upcoming Plastics Recycling and Sustainability Conference Europe (PRSE) 2024 taking place from June 19-20 at RAI Amsterdam. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/digital-exclusive/digital-exclusive-the-eight-best-practices-for-moving-safety-from-compliance-to-a-culture-of-care/ In this article, Owens Corning discusses the importance of safety and provide best practices to institute a culture of safety within an organization. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/digital-exclusive/digital-exclusive-flare-system-design-liquid-pockets-in-flare-headers/ In this technical article, written by Saudi Aramco and Siemens Energy, the authors focus on areas where major benefits can be achieved early in the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage of flare header piping designs. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/egyptian-fertilizer-plants-shut-down-temporarily-due-to-gas-supply-pressures/ Gas supplies will gradually resume flowing as of Thursday to fertilizer factories in Egypt after several chemical and fertilizer companies shut down plants on a temporary basis. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/06/azerbaijans-socar-to-suspend-refinery-for-month-long-maintenance-from-nov-2024/ Azerbaijan's state-owned oil company SOCAR plans to suspend operations at its only oil refinery for a scheduled one-month maintenance period from November 2024.