Environment & Safety Gas Processing/LNG Maintenance & Reliability Petrochemicals Process Control Process Optimization Project Management Refining

Analyzers

LNG: Adapting to a more strategic role calls for effective quality analysis

Endress+Hauser: Garza, A.  |  Miller, S.  |  Sutherland, S.

Disruptions of global hydrocarbon supply chains have increased the importance of liquefied natural gas (LNG), causing larger numbers of buyers and sellers to consider it for satisfying energy demand. For some, this is unfamiliar territory, requiring greater knowledge of the technologies and practices involved, as billions of dollars will be changing hands.

HRSG water/steam sampling: Do it right or face potential consequences

ChemTreat, Inc.: Buecker, B.
Sentry Equipment Corp.: Powalisz, J.

Many large industrial facilities—including refineries, and chemical and petrochemical plants—are increasingly turning to co-generation for process steam and power production.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

The Thermo Scientific Delta Q isotope ratio mass spectrometer (IRMS) is a next-generation gas IRMS designed to enable detailed analysis with greater precision and accuracy.

Accelerating and expanding process control benefits

Seeq: Cox, J.

Advanced industrial data analytics has a prominent role to play in process control and automation.

Expect the unexpected: Estimation of uncertainty in custody measurement

Uncertainty in input parameters does not have an identical effect on uncertainty in the output.

Web-based software for predicting crude compatibility and optimization for increasing heavy oil processing

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.: Kumar, R.  |  Rakshit, P. K.  |  John, M.  |  Voolapalli, R. K.

Refineries in oil-importing nations typically process a blend of crude oils, rather than a single crude oil, to ensure that an optimum product mix can be obtained at the minimum costs.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Endress+Hauser has released its new Cerabar and Deltabar pressure and differential pressure instruments (FIG. 1),

Sustainability through efficiency: A plan for the refining industry

Emerson Automation Solutions: Carugo, M.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions will decrease through 2050 in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD), which includes the U.S.<sup>1</sup>

Shrinking the carbon footprint: A digital transformation roadmap for green fuel producers

OSIsoft: Harclerode, C.

From ethanol and renewable diesel to biofuels and gas-to-liquids, the world is moving toward low-carbon energy sources to mitigate climate change and boost energy security.

Corrosion: Maintaining profitability with opportunity crudes while mitigating naphthenic acid corrosion

Emerson Automation Solutions: Gajdacsi, A.

Refiners are asked to produce products within ever tighter margins in a changing industry.