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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Andrew, Bob

Petron Bataan Refinery (PBR) is the largest integrated crude oil refinery and petrochemicals complex in the Philippines.

Iran detects malware in petrochemical plants

Iran has detected and removed malicious software from two of its petrochemical complexes after announcing last week it was investigating whether recent petrochemical fires were caused by cyber attacks.

Gazprom Neft uses Intergraph SmartPlant to create engineering data management system

Intergraph SmartPlant for Owner Operators technology is now used by Gazprom Neft, one of the largest oil companies in Russia, to integrate engineering data management systems during major construction projects and the operation of oil refining sites.

aeSolutions develops ISA cybersecurity training and certificate program

aeSolutions worked with the International Society of Automation to develop their new cybersecurity training and certificate program.

Utilize genetic programming to develop new point efficiency correlation

Iran University of Science and Technology: Kasiri, N.  |  Jouybanpour, P.
Isfahan University of Technology: Reza Ehsani, M.

Distillation is one of the most used separation operations in the chemical and petroleum industries.

Choose the most appropriate modeling approach for reactors

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Jain, A. A.  |  Gupta, A.

The efficient operation and design of any reactor depends on the know-how regarding the chemical reaction and the hydrodynamics inside the reactor.

Analyze abnormal operations of an HDS reactor loop with dynamic simulation

Wood Group Mustang: Garcia, O.  |  Shipman, R.  |  Tong, C.  |  Palmer, R. E.

Hydrodesulfurization units are used in a petroleum refinery to process a variety of feeds to alter composition via the addition of hydrogen.

Minimize industrial cyber security risk in plants in 12 steps

Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security: Ayral, T.  |  O'Donnell, J.

Most companies and plants have taken steps to implement some degree of industrial cyber security control.

An operations reference model for common refinery operations

BR&L Consulting Inc.: Brandl, D.
Schneider Electric: Turk, M. A.

Refineries are large, highly automated, complex systems involving hundreds of people, thousands of work processes, thousands of control loops and tens of thousands of input/output points.

Viewpoint: Envisioning a “future-proof” refinery of the future

Emerson Process Management: Carugo, M.

Trying to predict how global refining markets will look in 2026 is a losing proposition. The only thing we can count on with any real certainty is uncertainty.