Webcasts

Sponsor: AspenTech

With the rapid escalation of energy prices and geopolitical risk in Europe, energy security has moved to center stage. At the same time, energy and chemical companies need to innovate and transform their business strategies to meet sustainability and profitability goals. Digital solutions are emerging as a strategic tool to help organizations navigate volatility short and long term.

Please join Hydrocarbon Processing Technical Editor Sumedha Sharma for a lively discussion with industry experts Dr. Carole Nakhle, Crystol Energy CEO, and Ron Beck, Senior Industry Marketing Director from AspenTech, as they provide insights on the following topics and more:

• Economic and resource challenges associated with meeting energy transition goals
• Barriers to electrification, energy security, energy efficiency and carbon removal
• Role of technology in meeting global resource demands while advancing sustainability
• Impact of global conflict on energy policy priorities

Sign up today to gain valuable insights to help you evolve your energy transition strategy. There will be a Q&A session following the event. We encourage you to join the conversation by submitting questions when registering.

Over the past several years, the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) has been engaged in a whirlwind of peaks and valleys. This included robust capital expenditures to build new refining, petrochemicals and gas processing/LNG capacity to satisfy future demand. However, COVID-19 created a fundamental shift in the capital projects market, leading to delays and even project cancellations. As lockdowns ease, dormant projects are receiving new life. What nations are investing in these projects? Why are they investing in new capacity? What major trends are driving the HPI globally?

During this live webcast, Lee Nichols will provide a mid-year update on capital projects around the world, as well as major economic, environmental and political market trends that are shaping and influencing the industry in the near-term.

Sponsor: Lummus Technology

Shell and tube heat exchangers equipped with high-pressure breech-lock (or screw-plug) closures are used extensively in the hydroprocessing industry for high pressure and temperature services when there is a requirement to open the exchanger for inspection and maintenance and when a leak-free operation is paramount. The breech-lock closure allows for sealing adjustments without being dismantled, providing quicker opening and closing operations compared to TEMA closures.

Join us for a virtual introduction as Lummus Technology presents the latest innovation in breech-lock closures. This webcast will highlight the limitations of today’s breech-lock technology, explain Lummus’ path in development, and showcase how the next generation raises the bar to deliver a closure that is more easily operated and maintained.

Sponsor: Siemens

Workforces around the world make vital operational decisions everyday. However, the plant related information required to stay in control and make the right decision at the right time is not always available or accessible. Business as usual for many companies means struggling with silos of data and lost opportunity across every shift.

To continuously improve, you need to continuously measure and identify deviations from plan, then make informed decisions in a timely manner.  This is only possible if the workforce has easy access to the data they need to see, in the way they need to see it.

Siemens and IT Vizion help companies around the world equipping their workforce with real-time decision support, increasing profits and reducing time-to-value.

Join our webinar to learn how companies have enabled proactive decision making with complete, real-time, situational awareness using XHQ software.

Sponsor: Topsoe

With the ever-increasing commitments to CO₂ reduction, the path has been set and it is now time to deliver on that promise.

Today, Topsoe technology is producing one third of the world’s hydrogen;  And as the technology leader, Topsoe’s mission is to deliver blue hydrogen at the necessary mega scale to reach our net zero targets.

Join us for a discussion on the growing global demand for hydrogen and on its new applications in the clean energy sector. Learn about the processes to produce blue hydrogen, with ultra-low carbon intensity at the lowest levelized cost, at mega scale. Find out how industry leaders are planning on decarbonizing their existing assets by using blue hydrogen and gain valuable insight into the respective international incentives for producing low carbon intensity hydrogen.

Sponsor: AspenTech

Refineries are always looking to reduce their energy use and carbon footprint. Here is a unique opportunity to learn how a major refinery in Asia drastically reduced steam consumption by deploying a real-time digital twin that was built using Aspen HYSYS® and works with their Aspen DMC3™ advanced process control (APC) system.

Join refinery experts as they discuss their experiences with the solution, which was recently awarded the “Best Digital Twin of 2021” from Hydrocarbon Processing. Learn how you can:

• Save energy with better process optimization using insights from online digital twins
• Gain real-time insights to key operational parameters that are not directly measurable
• Adopt best practices on maintaining and building an online digital twin

Discover how you can implement digital twin solutions to help your refinery meet sustainability and profitability targets.

Sponsor: Lummus Technology

Market pressures brought about by consumer behavior and governmental action are expected to result in reduced global demand for refined products by the end of the decade. Concurrently, regional population growth and increased demand for consumer products is expected to accelerate the global demand for petrochemicals into the future.

These complex market trends have refiners investigating a variety of options to reduce or eliminate gasoline and other fuels. This can be simple, light olefins and aromatics yield improvement projects to complex, fully integrated crude-to-chemicals programs. This webcast will focus on practical technology-based low to mid-size CAPEX upgrades that refiners can integrate into existing assets to increase conversion and boost petrochemicals yields.

Sponsor: AspenTech

Reactor operations continue to be critical for today’s refineries, but reactor simulation solutions have traditionally been difficult to use and maintain. The problem is magnified as experienced engineers and operators retire at a faster rate.

Join experts from AspenTech as they demonstrate how Aspen Hybrid Models™ work with Aspen HYSYS® process simulation to help a new breed of refinery teams: 

• Reduce operational risks and uncover improvement opportunities with unparalleled accuracy in reactor simulation
• Save up to 50% the time and effort required to maintain reactor simulations using AI
• Eliminate dependency on expensive third-party consultants as in-house engineers maintain simulations

Learn how you can leverage the latest innovations in reactor simulations to improve operations, reduce emissions and drive profitability.