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The benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles in plant inspection services

Spitfire Aerial Services: Smith, M.

As the technology surrounding unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones (FIG. 1), continues to advance, so too do the ways they are used.

Maintenance: Improving plant performance by changing a maintenance culture

Eastman Chemical Company: Reed, D.
Consultant: Thompson, M.

Over the last 2 yr, the plant maintenance department (PMD) at Eastman Chemical Co.’s Longview, Texas site produced these significant improvements to plant performance.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

BCCK Holding Co. (BCCK) has appointed Bob Swann as Director of project management and controls.

Editorial Comment: The reemergence of a collaborative platform

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Readers have witnessed that throughout the life of the publication, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> has always published information on new technologies to increase efficiency, safety and profitability in downstream processing operations, while introducing techniques to decrease environmental footprint and emissions and produce high-quality, clean fuels and petroleum products for consumers around the world.

Process safety as a profit center?

aeSolutions: Scott, M.  |  Schuler, T.

In today’s economic environment, new capital spending is harder to find than loose change buried under the couch cushions.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the winners for its second annual awards.

Editorial Comment: Celebrating the latest advancements in HPI technology

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

At the end of this month, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> will honor the latest technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) at an awards gala.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.

Develop competence in the process industry with a digitalized operator learning path

Industrial digitalization is changing the standards for operator training in the global process industry.

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.