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Industry Perspectives: What topics do you want to hear about?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Throughout Hydrocarbon Processing’s 97 yr of publishing technical material for the refining and petrochemical industries, the journal has focused on numerous topics to optimize downstream processing facility operations.

The new normal in petrochemical revamp projects

Linde Engineering: Prajapati, J.  |  Sheth, C.  |  Nilesh Mangukia

You have made the decision to increase plant capacity—with a change in feed—in the existing facility.

Welded plate heat exchangers cut refinery process costs—Part 2

GESMEX Exchangers GmbH: Broad, R.
CDE Projects Ltd.: Kauders, P.

Plate-and-frame (P&F) heat exchangers were first manufactured 100 yr ago for use in the dairy industry.

Committee to decide fate of idled refinery

An advisory committee will decide the future of a 209,000-barrel-per-day refinery that remains idled amid sanctions on the operator.

Onsite

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Opening Gulf Energy Information’s 2019 Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC) in Cyprus was the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry for the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis.

Business Trends: HPI construction: Capital expenditures remain above $1.8 T

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

As the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) nears the middle of 2019, Hydrocarbon Processing is providing an assessment of the global midstream/downstream processing industries’ capital investments.

Digital: Digitalize process plants for operational excellence

Center for Green Technology and Management: Sukumaran Nair, M. P.

A large volume of data is generated during the operation of refining, petrochemical and fertilizer plants.

Executive Viewpoint: A vision for the refinery of 2030

Aspen Technology Inc.: Beck, R.

The refining business needs to change dramatically over the next decade.

Africa: Financing Africa’s petrochemical projects

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

The financing of Africa’s petrochemicals industry expansion remains a key issue for a continent on which governments and the private sector are grappling with an infrastructure financing deficit of $130 B–$170 B, despite some investors having found options to fund their petrochemical projects.

Editorial Comment: Sustainability: The latest creation in advancing ideas

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past few months, Hydrocarbon Processing’s editorial staff has traveled thousands of miles to attend numerous conferences, events, users’ groups, groundbreakings, etc.