http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/hexagon-and-dragos-unveil-technical-partnership-to-strengthen-industrial-cybersecurity/ Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division announced a strategic partnership with Dragos, a global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/lukoil-expects-damaged-norsi-refinery-units-back-up-in-q2/ Russian oil producer Lukoil expects its damaged CDU-6 primary unit and catalytic cracker at the NORSI oil refinery to return to operations in the second quarter following seasonal maintenance. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/yokogawa-upgrades-the-centum-vp-integrated-production-control-system/ Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced the May 31, 2024 release of CENTUM™ VP R6.11.10, an enhanced version of the CENTUM VP integrated production control system that is a core product in the OpreX™ Control and Safety System family of solutions. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/the-illusion-of-accuracy-in-analyzing-plant-failures/ This article highlights the challenges faced by plant engineers in accurately determining damage mechanisms, discussing three common illusions of accuracy including temperature limits, reliance on single references, and confirmation bias during failure investigations. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/the-neste-refinery-in-porvoo-finland-is-gearing-up-for-a-significant-turnaround-in-2024/ Neste maintains safe and uninterrupted refinery operations through regularly scheduled maintenance shutdowns, with preparations for the major turnaround at its Porvoo, Finland refinery, which commenced on April 1st, including shutdowns of process units occurring from April to June. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/cloud-for-industries-why-the-time-is-now/ https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/industrial-ai-for-guided-diagnosis-of-kpi-deviations-in-production-operations/ https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/tanks-terminals-and-storage/do-not-overlook-the-base-when-insulating-hot-storage-tanks/ Hot storage tanks in petrochemical facilities, terminals and industrial sites globally house valuable and often volatile products, including organic liquids, raw materials, intermediate fuels and byproducts. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/columns/editorial-comment-as-petrochemicals-demand-increases-globally-novel-processes-systems-and-technologies-continue-to-evolve/ Over the next 25 yr, global petrochemicals demand is forecast to increase exponentially, rising from approximately 450 MMtpy in 2025 to > 500 MMtpy in 2035 and upwards to nearly 600 MMtpy by 2050. https://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/march-2024/special-focus-petrochemical-technologies/control-primary-properties-online-in-polyethylene-and-polypropylene-rectors-by-using-functional-correlations/ Polyolefins products such as high-density polyethylene (HDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP) form approximately 65%–70% of all polymers manufactured globally.