Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Carbon Management

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Claroty has made several significant enhancements to its Continuous Threat Detection product.

Improving resource efficiency of industrial processes with TOP-REF methodology—Part 1

TU Dortmund University: Radatz, H.  |  Schembecker, G.
The CoSMo Company SAS: Raffray, G.  |  Sellis, D.
Fundación Tecnalia Research and Innovation: Boto, F.  |  Echeverria, Z.
Fundación CIRCE—Centro de Investigación de Recursos y Consumos Energéticos: Carrion, A.  |  Herce, C.  |  Oto, F.
University of Zaragoza: Gil, A.
DOW Chemical Co.: Arias, A.  |  Borrego, R.
Fertinagro Nutrientes S.L.: Romero, J.
Petróleos de Portugal: Jacinto, J. T.

The processing industry consumes significant amounts of resources, such as materials and energy, to produce valuable goods for society.

Conceptualizing a mega-integrated refinery and petrochemical complex: A case study

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Dass, T.

<i>Integration</i> is the new keyword for sustainability and profit in today’s oil and gas market scenario.

Viewpoint: Reducing the sulfur shadow— Who pays the price?

KBC: Wright, S.

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) 2020 regulation has been described as the most disruptive change to impact the oil industry in the past 30 yr.

Amine pumps upgraded for improved operations and reliability

PETRONAS: Yusoff, D.
Bouden International: Aronen, R.

A gas processing plant in Malaysia eliminated a source of expensive failures in its acid gas removal unit (AGRU).

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Selecting flare gas recovery system for a greenfield refinery

Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.: Chaudhuri, S.  |  Sengupta, S.

Overall energy management and operational conservation have become crucial factors for profitability in today’s refining segment.

Online monitoring of H2O using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

SpectraSensors: Engelhart, W. G.
Enterprise Products Co.: Spencer, B.
Davis & Davis Co.: Beitel, D.

Raw wellhead natural gas is a complex mixture of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>), hydrocarbon condensates, natural gas liquids (NGL), water, contaminants, hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S), carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), nitrogen, mercury and other compounds.

Editorial Comment

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In early June, Hydrocarbon Processing and Eni—an Italian multinational oil and gas company—hosted the annual International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) in Milan, Italy.

Selecting amines for AGR facilities impacts LNG plant capacity

Zachry Engineering Corp.: Hwang K.

Alkanolamines have been used for acid gas removal from natural gas for several decades.