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Editorial Comment: What is the future role of the process engineer?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

During the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE’s) Spring Meeting, held in Orlando, Florida in April, I was honored to sit on a panel discussion with Paul Durand from ExxonMobil and Sanjeev Kapur from Apex PetroConsultants.

Refining: Winning strategies for oil producers

Wood Mackenzie: Gelder, A.

The prospect of peak oil demand will put pressure on resource-rich national oil companies (NOCs).

Show Preview: IRPC Europe returns to Italy this June

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

Gulf Energy Information and Hydrocarbon Processing are pleased to provide a preview of IRPC Europe 2018, which will be held June 5–7 in Milan.

Business Trends: Refining margin time series evaluation

CEPSA: Larraz, R.

Refining margins can be calculated using several different methodologies.

Business Trends: Asia and Europe join the feedstock evolution with steam crackers

Argus: Morse, P. M.

Steam crackers lay at the heart of petrochemical operations.

Industry Perspectives: China holds nearly half of all petrochemical projects in Asia

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past decade, the Asia-Pacific region has been the leader in total active projects in all sectors of the downstream processing industry.

Petrochemicals: Ethylene and polyethylene— An outlook to 2022

PCI Wood Mackenzie: Kirby, P.  |  Hussain, A.

The first petrochemical-based production of ethylene occurred nearly a century ago. Since then, the industry has undergone a momentous evolution.

Africa: The challenge of investing in Africa’s additional capacities

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

According to BP’s Statistical Review of <i>World Energy 2017</i>, Africa’s total crude oil production is approximately 7.9 MMbpd.

Establishing a plastics processing sector in NE India—A short analysis

Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Ltd.: Phukan, P. K.

The Assam gas cracker project was proposed as a part of the implementation of the Assam Accord, which was signed on August 15, 1985.

CFD simulation in chemical reaction engineering

Siemens PLM Software: Aglave, R.  |  Eppinger, T.

Reaction engineering is a branch of chemical engineering that deals with the design and optimization of chemical reactors.