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Petrochemicals

Business Trends: US RPET and sustainability goals—a reality check

Wood Mackenzie: Bermish, M.

Three primary drivers exist for recycling polyethylene terephalate (PET) bottles.

Digital: The pathway to digitalization value delivery

KBC, a Yokogawa Company: Micklem, D.

It seems that all software initiatives in the energy and chemical industries are now tagged with the name “digitalization.”

Editorial Comment: Embracing uncertainty for a better tomorrow

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The downstream processing industry is changing.

Drive IIoT success with advanced analytics

Seeq: Zinsli, J.

Refineries, petrochemical and other process plants face similar challenges in daily operations, as each facility must mitigate risk, anticipate maintenance, optimize operations and minimize operational expenses.

An evolving approach to digitalization

Emerson Automation Solutions: Wyatt, T.  |  Fleissman, R.

Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Our waste is our resource—An initiative to turn all plastics bio-based

Pöyry: Nyman, T.

The vision is fully fossil-free plastics production.

To reduce security vulnerabilities in downstream facilities, try unikernels

NanoVMs: Eyberg, I.

Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, oil and gas facilities have joined financial, government, hospitality and other companies as tempting targets for cybercriminals.

Wood secures contract for petrochemicals project

Wood has been awarded a new contract for a proposed onshore petrochemicals facility

Executive Viewpoint: Trends in the global process furnace market

Axens: Grimaud, T.  |  Mustafa, N.

Whether it is heating process fluids to achieve enough temperature in crude atmospheric and vacuum distillation units, or reaction temperatures inside furnace tubes to produce ethylene, vinyl chloride monomer, synthetic gas and continuous catalytic reformer reactors, or simple process heating (thermal fluid), process furnaces play a critical role in refineries and petrochemical complexes.

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.