Digital Exclusive (sponsored): Improve efficiency via centralized data and advanced collaboration This article will detail how companies can use digital solutions to transform their engineering and data management by seamlessly integrating real-time data across the entire asset lifecycle, enabling faster, more accurate decision-making to improve efficiency, increase safety, …

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Accelerate the clean energy transition with the power of modular pilot and demonstration-scale plants; The use of AI in process plant control: A proof of concept

2020 Refining Processes Handbook. Produced by the staff of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine, this comprehensive industry reference source contains flow diagrams and descriptions of more than 250 leading-edge, licensed refining technologies. Specific processing operations include biofuels, coking, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, fluid …

Accelerate the clean energy transition with the power of modular pilot and demonstration-scale plants; The use of AI in process plant control: A proof of concept

Flare and relief systems are the last line of defense against plant emergency overpressure and loss of containment. Therefore, the efficient design, management and maintenance of these systems are vital for safe operations throughout the lifecycle and …

Flare and relief systems are the last line of defense against plant emergency overpressure and loss of containment. Therefore, the efficient design, management and maintenance of these systems are vital for safe operations throughout the lifecycle and operation of a plant.

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for nearly 100 yr, has announced the winners for its fifth annual <i>HP</i> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

This article focuses on a novel extractive distillation (ED) process for recovering benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX) aromatics from a full-boiling-range pyrolysis gasoline or reformate feedstock—a process that has been commercially demonstrated and is ready for licensing or a JV.

This article is the continuation of an article detailing the seven pathways to decarbonizing the oil and gas and petrochemical industries. Part 1, published in the May issue of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> covered sustainability and reviewed the following three pathways: green and blue hydrogen (H₂); biofuels, renewable fuels and e-fuels; and the circular carbon cycle.