http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/march-2025/trends-and-resources/hp-people/ Kurita America names Todd Emslander as successor to retiring CEO Greg Becker http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/trends-and-resources/hp-people/ Pilot Chemical Co. names Graeme Biggin as VP of Growth and Innovation http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/03/nominations-now-open-for-the-2025-women-in-hydrogen/ In celebration of International Women’s Day, Women in Hydrogen 50 proudly announces the opening of nominations for its 2025 honorees, recognizing female excellence in the global hydrogen sector. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/february-2025/environment-and-safety/straight-talk-on-fire-risk-assessments/ For refineries, chemical plants, oil and gas pipelines and oil/gas exploration, fire and explosion hazards are omnipresent. Process hazard analysis (PHA) and fire risk assessments (FRAs) play a vital role in managing fire risk at an acceptable level. While there are various causes for fires and explosions, robust FRAs based on pragmatism and optimum allocation of resources could help minimize fire/explosion mishaps.  http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2025/january-2025/trends-and-resources/hp-people/ GTC Vorro Technology names Brian Pace as VP of Environmental Services http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/chevron-to-lay-off-up-to-20-of-global-workforce/ Chevron will lay off 15% to 20% of its global workforce by the end of 2026, the U.S. oil company said, as it seeks to cut costs, simplify its business and complete a major acquisition. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/02/bp-europa-se-announces-intended-sale-of-ruhr-oel-gmbh-bp-gelsenkirchen-refinery-in-germany/ BP Europa SE today announced its intention to market its Ruhr Oel GmbH – BP Gelsenkirchen operation in Germany for potential sale. Its assets include the bp refinery in Gelsenkirchen and DHC Solvent Chemie GmbH in Mülheim an der Ruhr.   http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/new-dupont-tychem-6000-sfr-lightweight-coverall-provides-dual-hazard-protection/ DuPont has launched DuPont™ Tychem® 6000 SFR—a lightweight hooded garment designed to help protect people working in challenging environments against multiple chemical and flash-fire hazards. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/cvr-energy-says-fire-extinguished-at-coffeyville-kansas-us-refinery/ CVR Energy said a fire that broke out in the naphtha hydrotreater unit at a Coffeyville, Kansas refinery operated by a subsidiary has been extinguished. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/01/digital-exclusive-managing-reliability-and-asset-management-performance-in-the-yanbu-refinery-through-the-implementation-of-a-reliable-operations-committee-program/ One of the most important aspects in having successful reliability and asset management performance is to establish a tracking mechanism to monitor, control and manage key performance indicator (KPI) performance, which is the focus of this article.