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Business Trends: One downstream—Strategic imperatives for the evolving refining and chemical sectors

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2019
Deloitte Services: Dickson, D.  |  Slaughter, A.
Deloitte Services LP: Mittal, A.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Refining / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Construction / Crude oil / Diesel / Economics / Environment / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Management / Natural Gas / People / Polymers / Products / Safety / Sulfur / Middle East / Europe / Americas / Asia/Pacific

Downstream executives will remember the present decade as a golden age for the industry, driven by low feedstock prices and healthy end-use demand.

Editorial Comment: Hydrocarbon Processing’s 2019 Top Project award nominees revealed

Hydrocarbon Processing / October 2019
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Petrochemicals / Project Management / Refining / Construction / Polymers / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

It’s that time again! <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> has announced the nominees for its annual Top Project awards.

Business Trends: Crude-to-chemicals—An opportunity or threat?

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2019
Wood Mackenzie: Gupta, S.  |  Xu, D.
Americas / Asia/Pacific / Middle East / Aromatics / Construction / Crude oil / Economics / Environment / Hydrogen / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Products / Refining

For most oil refiners and chemical producers, the need to improve margins and remain competitive has never been greater.

Hydrocarbon Processing Awards

Hydrocarbon Processing / September 2019
Petrochemicals / Refining / Management / Information Systems / Acid Gas Removal / Africa / Americas / Analyzers / Aromatics / Asia/Pacific / Biofuels / Boilers / Carbon Management / Catalysts / Cetane / Corrosion / Construction / Compressors / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Drivers / Drying / Economics / Engineering & Design / Environment / Environment & Safety / Equipment / Europe / Gas Processing/LNG / Gasification / Gasoline / Greenhouse Gases / Heat Transfer / Hydrotreating / Loss Prevention / Maintenance & Reliability / Middle East / Motors / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / People / Piping / Polymers / Process Control / Process Optimization / Products / Project Management / Pumps / Reactors / Rotating Equipment / Safety / Sulfur / Treating / Turbines / Utilities / Valves

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its third annual awards.

Editorial Comment: A shift in capital? Petrochemical projects take lead in active project market share

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2019
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Environment & Safety / Gas Processing/LNG / Greenhouse Gases / Natural Gas / Refining / Petrochemicals / Carbon Management / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Distillation / Economics / Environment / Polymers / Products / Sulfur / Treating / Africa / Americas / Asia/Pacific / Europe / Middle East

In mid-June, I joined Thad Pittman, Senior Research Analyst, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing’s</i> Construction Boxscore Database, to provide <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> subscribers with a global analysis on the downstream processing industry’s capital projects landscape.

Projects as programs: A vision for long-term project success

Hydrocarbon Processing / August 2019
Solvay: Scofield, R.
Americas / Analyzers / Engineering & Design / Equipment / Information Systems / Loss Prevention / Management / Maintenance & Reliability / Petrochemicals / Process Control / Process Optimization / Project Management / Polymers / Products

Process industries across the globe grapple with producing dozens or even hundreds of different products.

Construction

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2019
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Refining / Construction / Diesel / Engineering & Design / Gasoline / Management / Natural Gas / Polymers / Products / Africa / Asia/Pacific / Americas / Europe / Middle East

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has reached a full agreement with CCS JV, a JV between Chiyoda, McDermott and Saipem, for the development of its Mozambique Area 1 LNG terminal.

Business Trends: US RPET and sustainability goals—a reality check

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2019
Wood Mackenzie: Bermish, M.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Refining / Economics / Environment / Polymers / Products / Americas

Three primary drivers exist for recycling polyethylene terephalate (PET) bottles.

Our waste is our resource—An initiative to turn all plastics bio-based

Hydrocarbon Processing / July 2019
Pöyry: Nyman, T.
Environment & Safety / Petrochemicals / Biofuels / Carbon Management / Polymers / Products / Europe / Environment

The vision is fully fossil-free plastics production.

Construction

Hydrocarbon Processing / June 2019
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee
Gas Processing/LNG / Petrochemicals / Project Management / Refining / Aromatics / Biofuels / Construction / Crude oil / Desulfurization / Diesel / Distillation / Engineering & Design / Environment / Gasoline / Hydrocracking / Hydrotreating / Naphtha / Natural Gas / Octane / Polymers / Products / Sulfur / Treating / Utilities / Middle East / Europe / Asia/Pacific / Americas

Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s ionic liquids alkylation technology to produce high-octane, cleaner-burning transportation fuels.