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Hydrocarbon ProcessingMinimize risks and unlock profitability with opportunity crudes
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/march-2025/process-optimization/minimize-risks-and-unlock-profitability-with-opportunity-crudes/
This article focuses on new digital technologies that enable refiners to extract the most profit out of opportunity crudes. Digital Exclusive: The implementation and automation of an alarm management system in a complex control environment at KNPC’s Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/digital-exclusive-the-implementation-and-automation-of-an-alarm-management-system-in-a-complex-control-environment-at-knpc-s-mina-al-ahmadi-refinery/
With the recent advancements in technology and availability of control support applications, the role of an alarm management system (ALMS) has taken a center stage to fulfill the requirements of safe and enhanced operations. This article details how refinery personnel implemented an ALMS at KNPC's Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery in Kuwait, especially with the facility's complex control rooms and multiple distributed control systems.Digital Exclusive: Optimize plant design in the hydrocarbon processing industry with advanced CAD tools
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/digital-exclusive-optimize-plant-design-in-the-hydrocarbon-processing-industry-with-advanced-cad-tools/
Hydrocarbon processing transforms crude oil and natural gas into valuable products such as petrochemicals and fuels. These transformations occur in hydrocarbon processing plants popularly known as refineries, which comprise different processing systems that must work together to ensure efficiency and safety.
These systems include electrical, air, cooling, compression and flaring, just to name a few. System components must be installed so they maximize efficiency without hindering production. This article will explore the evolution of computer-aided design (CAD) technology, its advantages and uses throughout the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).
Digital Feature (sponsored): Three questions oil and gas companies should ask to improve their operations risk management
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/digital-feature-sponsored-three-questions-oil-and-gas-companies-should-ask-to-improve-their-operations-risk-management/
The article will discuss the five broad categories that most of this industry’s risk falls under and address the three—equally important—areas that can have a major impact on the quality of an oil and gas company’s overall operations risk management (ORM) strategy.Hexagon prepares for the spin-off of its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division and related businesses
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/hexagon-prepares-for-the-spin-off-of-its-asset-lifecycle-intelligence-division-and-related-businesses/
Hexagon AB has announced that the board of directors, after a comprehensive assessment, has directed management to prepare for the separation of its Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI) division and related businesses (NewCo) by way of a Lex Asea distribution (or spin-off) to its shareholders, as previously announced on October 25, 2024.Hybrid model using first principles and AI/ML for analyzer-less fuel blending
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/special-focus-digital-technologies/hybrid-model-using-first-principles-and-aiml-for-analyzer-less-fuel-blending/
This article discusses first-principle blend model architecture used traditionally by refineries, including its pros and cons. This text also explores the concept and trend of using artificial intelligence and machine-learning hybrid models for blending for cases where online analyzers may not be installed or may be nonfunctional, sometimes causing quality giveaways and violations.Improve reliability with predictive maintenance insights
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/special-focus-digital-technologies/improve-reliability-with-predictive-maintenance-insights/
Machine-learning-equipped advanced analytics platforms empower SMEs to solve some of the toughest process problems efficiently, implement effective process improvements, transition from reactive to predictive maintenance strategies, increase productivity and uptime, and operate more profitably. Use AI to replace spectrometric analyzer chemometric modeling
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/special-focus-digital-technologies/use-ai-to-replace-spectrometric-analyzer-chemometric-modeling/
This article compares the two approaches in blending practices—classic chemometrics and AI—highlighting the superiority and practicality of using AI. IT dependencies complicate OT security
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/special-focus-digital-technologies/it-dependencies-complicate-ot-security/
Cyber-securing oil and gas automation to ensure safe, reliable and efficient physical operations is becoming more challenging. This article explores the modern yet evolving threat environment, how expectations for cybersecurity are changing, how information technology/operational technology (IT/OT) dependencies have emerged as an important issue in most cybersecurity programs, and how owners and operators are addressing this new issue.Strategies to resolve process variability via regulatory process control
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/special-focus-digital-technologies/strategies-to-resolve-process-variability-via-regulatory-process-control/
This article discusses strategies to address process instability for effective process control.