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Industry Perspectives: HP Awards—Honoring the industry’s best

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In late June, <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> announced the finalists for its third annual awards.

Minimize energy consumption in water treatment with forward osmosis technology—Part 2

Reliance Industries Ltd.: Attarde, D.  |  Das, A. K.  |  Racha, S. M.  |  Ghosh, S.

Heavy industries like refining, petrochemicals and mining face concerns about the availability of freshwater, as these are affected by local water scarcities and stringent water discharge regulations.

Advantages of using TDL analyzers for safety monitoring in combustion within HPI applications

Servomex: Jenkins, R.

From refining to chemical production processes, heaters play an essential role in hydrocarbon processing applications.

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

Solvay: Scofield, R.

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

Editorial Comment: Embracing uncertainty for a better tomorrow

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The downstream processing industry is changing.

An evolving approach to digitalization

Emerson Automation Solutions: Wyatt, T.  |  Fleissman, R.

Much has been written in recent years about the need for refineries to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Adapting and prospering in the energy transition

Yokogawa Corp. of America: Hasegawa, K.  |  Shire, T.

The energy transition is gathering momentum as pressure from society leads policy makers and investors to demand faster and deeper cuts to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from all industrial sectors.

To reduce security vulnerabilities in downstream facilities, try unikernels

NanoVMs: Eyberg, I.

Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, oil and gas facilities have joined financial, government, hospitality and other companies as tempting targets for cybercriminals.

Migration of control systems

Schneider Electric: Majumder, D.

Since the mid-1980s, distributed control systems (DCSs) have replaced pneumatic and electronic single- or multiple-loop controllers in various plant processes.

Advanced crude management by NIR spectroscopy combined with topology modeling

Topnir Systems Co.: Lambert, D.  |  Saint-Martin, C.  |  Benkhelil, K.  |  Ribero, B.
Val Innovation: Valleur, M.

Crude characterization is critical for refinery optimization.