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Petrochemicals

Risk: Navigating energy volatility: Understanding the principles of commodity risk management

Opportune LLP: Echols, J.  |  Crowley, G.

The persistent volatility of energy prices is well known, and sustained price movements have fueled a boom-and-bust cycle in different energy sectors for decades.

Petrochemicals: DME market outlook impacted by clean fuels demand, diesel emissions

Global Market Insights: Singh, P.

As environmental concerns emerging from the incessant consumption of fuels have gripped the attention of global leaders, energy producers have been developing cleaner fuel alternatives for use in domestic and commercial settings.

Editorial Comment: The true essence of optimization

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

What is the first thing that comes to mind when we hear the word optimization?

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Librestream and ecom, a Pepperl+Fuchs brand, have collaborated on an innovation for asset analysis and safety inspections in hazardous locations: the Onsight Cube-Ex wearable camera.

Construction

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ionic liquids alkylation technology to produce high-octane, cleaner-burning transportation fuels.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

In the US, continued gasoline–related tightening exerted upside pressure on prices, despite improvement in refinery throughputs as refineries returned online.

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.

Selection of cooling water system for gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastline—Part 2

Namvaran P&T: Safamirzaei, M.

The main options for the cooling water systems of gas, petroleum and petrochemical plants located on coastlines are studied here, and alternatives are compared with the consideration of several technical and economic parameters.

Optimize transient plant operations with castable-free fired heater

Bechtel Corp.: Ahamad, S.  |  Thakur, M.  |  Vallavanatt, R.

Fired heaters are designed with castable refractory in various sections of the heater.