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Hydrocarbon ProcessingExecutive Viewpoint: Heavy industry, light footprint—Helping the HPI run leaner and cleaner with AI
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/executive-viewpoint-heavy-industry-light-footprint-helping-the-hpi-run-leaner-and-cleaner-with-ai/
AI has the potential to effect a real change. By harnessing vast amounts of operational data, AI can support process optimization, help to predict equipment failures and better facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources. These capabilities can improve asset performance as well as operational sustainability. Digital Feature: Flare system design—The importance of periodic evaluation of existing facilities
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/digital-feature-flare-system-design-the-importance-of-periodic-evaluation-of-existing-facilities/
This article emphasizes the critical importance of routinely revalidating relief and flare system designs, much like the periodic review of process hazard analyses. A detailed case study is reviewed to illustrate the value of such revalidations.Valmet to deliver Valmet DNA DCS to a bio-based process plant in Portugal
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/valmet-to-deliver-valmet-dna-dcs-to-a-bio-based-process-plant-in-portugal/
Valmet will deliver a Valmet DNA distributed control system to a bio-based process plant in Portugal. The order was placed by Valmet’s new Value Added Reseller (VAR) partner Tecnilab AV Portugal S.A.Studi Tecnologie Progetti S.p.A. signs agreement to upgrade Attock refinery in Pakistan for $600 MM
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/studi-tecnologie-progetti-spa-signs-agreement-to-upgrade-attock-refinery-in-pakistan-for-600-mm/
Studi Tecnologie Progetti S.p.A. announced that it has signed a $600-MM contract with Attock Refinery Ltd. for the modernization of the Rawalpindi refinery in Pakistan.deugro completes another equipment shipment for INEOS' Project One project in Belgium
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/deugro-completes-another-equipment-shipment-for-ineos-project-one-project-in-belgium/
As part of its ongoing deliveries for INEOS Project One—one of the most energy-efficient and raw-material-efficient olefin complexes in Europe— deugro successfully completed yet another shipment from the UAE and Oman to the Port of Antwerp, Belgium.Alleima expands product portfolio for the urea industry with SAF™ 2906
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/alleima-expands-product-portfolio-for-the-urea-industry-with-saf-2906/
The urea production industry faces significant challenges due to the highly corrosive nature of the process environment, particularly in the high-pressure section. Therefore, Alleima has expanded its advanced materials portfolio for urea with SAF™ 2906, a super duplex stainless steel designed to withstand the most corrosive environments.IHI and GE Vernova complete large-scale combustion test facility for ammonia gas turbine development
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/ihi-and-ge-vernova-complete-large-scale-combustion-test-facility-for-ammonia-gas-turbine-development/
IHI Corporation (IHI) and GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) announced the completion of a new large-scale combustion test facility (LCT) at IHI’s Aioi Works facility in Hyogo, Japan.Improve sour water stripper unit performance via feed sour water preconditioning
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/june-2025/process-optimization/improve-sour-water-stripper-unit-performance-via-feed-sour-water-preconditioning/
Sour water stripper (SWS) units in refinery operations are often exposed to several challenges, such as corrosion, low efficiency, decreased capacity, solids fouling and equipment plugging. This article explores some of those challenges.Gulf Energy Information and CompareNetworks announce strategic media partnership to elevate pharma and lab content at ChemE Show 2026
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/gulf-energy-information-and-comparenetworks-announce-strategic-media-partnership-to-elevate-pharma-and-lab-content-at-cheme-show-2026/
Gulf Energy Information, a global leader in B2B media, data, and events for the process industries, announced a strategic media partnership with CompareNetworks, a premier media and technology company serving the life science, applied science, engineering sectors.Ch0C gas boiler: A French consortium innovates for industrial decarbonization
http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/ch0c-gas-boiler-a-french-consortium-innovates-for-industrial-decarbonization/
The low-carbon gas boiler Ch0C has just been commissioned at the Villers-Saint-Paul site (Oise) after only three years of agile and collaborative work.