http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/digital-exclusive-managing-reliability-and-asset-management-performance-in-the-yanbu-refinery-through-the-implementation-of-a-reliable-operations-committee-program/ One of the most important aspects in having successful reliability and asset management performance is to establish a tracking mechanism to monitor, control and manage key performance indicator (KPI) performance, which is the focus of this article. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/update-colonial-pipelines-main-us-gasoline-artery-likely-shut-until-friday/ Colonial Pipeline's main U.S. gasoline artery is expected to remain shut through Friday as the company continues to search for the source of a suspected leak in Paulding County, Georgia. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/shell-cnooc-take-fid-on-16-mmtpy-petrochemical-complex-expansion-in-china/ CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC), a joint venture between Shell Nanhai B.V. and CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Ltd, has taken a final investment decision to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/kt-kinetics-technology-nextchem-awarded-contracts-for-petronas-hydrogen-unit/ Part of a new biorefinery within Petronas' Malaysian Pengerang Integrated Complex, the 38,000-m3/hr production unit will supply hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogenated vegetable oil. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/sinopec-shanghai-petrochemical-to-invest-29-b-to-upgrade-chinese-operations/ To maintain its capacity in crude oil processing and make other operational upgrades, the company will shut down existing 18 sets of oil refining devices and install new ones. The new installations will have a capacity to refine 1.2 MMtpy of ethylene. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/vioneo-to-use-honeywell-uops-methanol-to-olefins-technology-for-antwerp-plant/ Vioneo will use Honeywell's advanced methanol-to-olefins conversion technology to produce plastics without the need for traditional feedstock made from fossil fuels http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/borouge-reaffirms-commitment-to-local-manufacturing-with-new-industry-supply-agreements/ Borouge Plc has signed a series of commercial agreements to expand its market presence in the UAE. The agreements strengthen Borouge’s contribution to ‘Make it in the Emirates’ initiative by supporting local manufacturing and driving economic diversification. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/digital-exclusive-automation-and-digital-technologies-role-in-the-energy-transition-a-discussion-with-yokogawa/ Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Mitsuhiro Yamamoto, Vice President and Executive Officer of the Systems Business Division, Digital Solutions Headquarters, Yokogawa Electric Corporation to discuss the global energy transition, and how digital technologies and automation have and will play a major role in the evolution of the processing industries. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/sinopecs-zhenhai-refinery-says-fire-at-crude-unit-has-been-put-out/ China's Sinopec Zhenhai refinery said a fire that broke out on one of its crude distillation units (CDUs) late on Tuesday had been put out, with no casualties or injuries reported. The incident took place during the commissioning of new units in a major expansion at the plant. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/december-2024/special-focus-plant-design-engineering-construction-and-commissioning/accelerate-the-clean-energy-transition-with-the-power-of-modular-pilot-and-demonstration-scale-plants/ Modular pilot and demonstration-scale plants have emerged as crucial tools in accelerating this transition as the global community grapples with reducing carbon footprints and transitioning to cleaner energy sources. These plants are instrumental in effectively transitioning between laboratory research and full-scale commercial deployment, offering a pragmatic approach to testing, optimizing and improving new technologies in a controlled, scalable manner.