Process Optimization
Viewpoint: The need for change—Why the industry is looking at crude-to-chemicals
As the world’s population increases and living standards continue to improve, the demand for energy and chemicals is stronger than ever before.
Digital: Improve chemical production with the IoT
If chemical companies want to remain competitive and move forward in a changing world, they must rapidly adopt innovative technologies.
Editorial Comment: Celebrating the latest advancements in HPI technology
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.
Adapting instrumentation to the needs of refineries
Oil refineries provide a smorgasbord of challenging applications for instrumentation engineers and technicians.
Online monitoring of H2O using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy
Raw wellhead natural gas is a complex mixture of methane (CH<sub>4</sub>), hydrocarbon condensates, natural gas liquids (NGL), water, contaminants, hydrogen sulfide (H<sub>2</sub>S), carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>), nitrogen, mercury and other compounds.
Hydrocarbon Processing Awards
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its second annual awards.
Stability analysis of debutanizer columns with hot-vap or bypass pressure control
A debutanizer column was experiencing unstable operation, with frequent pressure swings and product composition fluctuations from the column overheads system.
Six considerations for turbomachinery control upgrades
Increasing competitive pressures in process industries, including oil and gas, are driving dramatic changes in the operational needs of process plants, utilities and pipelines.
Improving certainty in uncertain times by building an IIoT-ready plant
Historical statistics indicate that 25% of projects have budget overruns and a further 50% have schedule slippage.
Digital
Today’s digital innovation is reshaping industries, disrupting business models and operating practices, and transforming business ecosystems.
- Lummus Technology launches Thermacrack™ C5 to unlock higher-value specialty chemicals production 5/28
- Million-dollar award awaits winner in clean fuel race for ships 5/28
- PTT Global Chemical and SCG sign MoU to explore olefins/polyolefins JV in Thailand 5/28
- Pembina greenlights 750-MMft3d Heartland Extraction Plant to provide ethane feedstock to Dow Chemical 5/28
- Honeywell and McNeese State University partner to train the LNG workforce of the future 5/28
- KBR’s PureSAF technology selected for Northern Europe’s SAF and eSAF plant by NorSAF 5/28
