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The Hydrocarbon Processing Awards honor the downstream energy segment’s leading innovations, as well as outstanding personal contributions to the industry.

China’s recent three Five-Year Plans have put clean water in the forefront. For example, new central government requirements for reducing chemical oxidation demand (COD) in refining and petrochemical wastewater effluents and controlling their use of freshwater sources have gotten increasingly strict. Learn more from Bill Cunningham, Director of Business Development, Integrated Solutions for Siemens Water Solutions.

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As digitalization accelerates in today’s downstream refining and petrochemical facilities, operators need to stay ahead of ever-growing cyber vulnerabilities in the operational technology (OT) layer—prime targets for threat actors—that may not be covered by traditional IT safeguards. Unfortunately, too often, that is not the case for a variety of reasons.

The petrochemical industry is serving a critical role in the fight against COVID-19. AFPM Senior Petrochemical Advisor Jim Cooper talks about the central role of petrochemicals in health care, and why the petrochemical industry is considered critical infrastructure.

Join AFPM’s CEO Chet Thompson for a behind the scenes 360-degree tour of a local oil refinery.

Vital to the first spacewalk — and to the 11 space explorers who have followed Armstrong in walking on the moon — were petrochemicals, which serve as vital building-blocks for materials in astronauts’ suits, enabling them to survive and maneuver in the harsh conditions of space. Learn more in the following video about how these ingredients have been critical to scientific discovery.

Produced by the staff of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine, this comprehensive industry reference source contains flow diagrams and descriptions of more than 200 leading-edge, licensed refining technologies.