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Manral, V.

Chevron Lummus Global, Houston, Texas

Virendra Manral is a Delayed Coking Technology Manager for CLG. He has more than 30 yr of experience in process design and technology development. He earned a chemical engineering degree from Panjab University, India, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

The attractive market opportunity for synthetic graphite: Graphite as an energy transition material (4)

Chevron Lummus Global: Antoniou, M.  |  Manral, V.  |  Magdoza, K.
Evalueserve: Suri, V.

Given the attractive demand projection, investors must understand the benefits and return on investment for natural and synthetic graphite routes. This article establishes the pros and cons for each, and specifically highlights the emerging opportunity for upgrading and repurposing smaller petcoke units to needle coke units, therefore contributing to fulfilling the rising demand for synthetic graphite.

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