Information Systems
Use straightforward troubleshooting and failure analysis to benefit the HPI
To operate reliably and profitably, oil refineries, petrochemical plants and gas processing facilities must avoid equipment failures.
Blockchain and the downstream segment: Increasing efficiency through technology
Oil and gas companies are finding creative ways to look for solutions to new problems in the face of climate change and growing environmental awareness.
HP Flashback: Excerpts from the 1950s: Capacity expands after WW2 and technologies and maintenance mature
The following is a mixture of technical articles, columns and headlines published in the 1950s by <i>Petroleum Refiner,</i> the forerunner to <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>.
Accelerating and expanding process control benefits
Advanced industrial data analytics has a prominent role to play in process control and automation.
Raising the alarm: Understanding the operator’s perspective on refinery process alarms
As refineries and petrochemical complexes worldwide are moving toward more automated operations, plant operators are increasingly becoming dependent on process alarms for safe, smooth and continuous operation.
Business Trends: The big data tools and related professional competencies required in the chemical industry
Big data is making tremendous changes in various sectors of the economy, and chemical industries can now leverage these new advancements.
Reliability: Use available database to assist in compressor design audits and selection
Over the last 40 yr, centrifugal compressor manufacturers have compiled a vast array of impellers and associated stationary components, allowing for higher efficiency staging.
Digitally uncover profitable pathways to net-zero
Many view COP26—the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland—as a missed opportunity.
Safe work permit auditing: Is your system providing the expected results?
When the challenging position of manager is assumed in a refinery, one of the first orders of business is to “survive” an upcoming process safety management (PSM) compliance audit.
Web-based software for predicting crude compatibility and optimization for increasing heavy oil processing
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.
- MOL Group introduces eco-friendly Bag-in-Box packaging for lubricants 12/5
- Honeywell to supply integrated automation systems for flagship UK carbon capture projects 12/4
- Aduro Clean Technologies collaborates with ECOCE to advance plastics recycling in Mexico 12/4
- FincoEnergies launches GoodFuels B15: A reliable and compliant drop-in biofuel for inland shipping 12/4
- DevvStream, Southern Energy Renewables target low-cost, carbon-negative SAF and green methanol 12/4
- AFPM: Revised fuel economy standards would put CAFE back on solid legal footing 12/4
