October 2023
Special Focus: Energy Transition
Green hydrogen is poised to play a crucial role in the energy transition by opening new decarbonization pathways, particularly in energy-intensive industries (marine shipping and transport, chemicals, steel, cement, etc.).
As the world continues along its energy transition trajectory, demand for blue hydrogen and reduced carbon emissions will make high-purity carbon dioxide streams available in many process plants.
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is poised to become a crucial part of the decarbonization equation as countries strive to reach net-zero carbon emissions.
Green, blue, pink, yellow or white: regardless of its color, low-carbon hydrogen will play a significant role in the energy transition and the future of transportation.
To meet corporate and global net-zero carbon initiatives, many refining and chemical industry plant owners are considering refueling existing fired equipment with sustainable, low-carbon fuels.
Biofuels, Alternative/Renewable Fuels
The production of carbon-neutral and renewable transportation fuels is growing rapidly, driven by the need to find feedstocks beyond fossil resources. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives—along with accelerated consumer demand for sustainable and carbon-negative fuel products—are also driving demand.
Process Optimization
The integration of a solvent deasphalting and hydrocracking upgrading complex provides a favorable techno-economic return for residue upgradation at relatively lower capital expenditures vs. other alternatives for a brownfield project.
Propane-propylene splitters are present in significant numbers across petrochemical complex units, such as ethylene crackers and propane dehydrogenation units.
Heat Transfer
This article presents a new procedure to clean the plate heat exchanger of a diesel hydrotreatment plant.
Digital Technologies
In refineries and petrochemical plants globally, breaking down silos and barriers among departments, teams and functions remains one of the largest challenges when it comes to processing data and operational insights.
Workforce Development and Retention
Workforce demographics in the oil, gas, chemicals and other energy industries have altered personnel experience ratios.
Maintenance and Reliability
Pitting corrosion can seriously impact the service life of stainless steel components in hydrocarbon processing applications.
Columns
Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, dozens of nations around the world have vowed to mitigate carbon emissions from their respective economies.
Trends and Resources
Petroleum refineries around the globe are under pressure.
Gulf Energy Information’s Global Energy Infrastructure database is tracking nearly 1,230 active projects in the hydrocarbon processing industry.
Oxygen analysis for general industrial use has been simplified for customers following improvements to one of Servomex’s legacy analyzers.
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