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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Elliott Group has made changes to its executive team. Michael Lordi has been named as chief operating officer (COO), succeeding Art Titus, who is retiring after nine years.

Strategic assessment of the Iranian petrochemical industry

Nexant: Spiers, A.
Nexant Energy and Chemicals Advisory: FaÍsca, N.

The recent agreement between Iran and the international community represents clear opportunities and challenges for petrochemical producers.

In-depth and preemptive front-end planning yields positive project results

Burns & McDonnell: Henre, C.  |  Satterfield, R.
Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC: Garris, J.

Despite the challenges that major projects can present (short deadlines, budget constraints and overruns, unforeseen problems onsite and tension throughout executive teams), they can also prove to be a win-win for both the owner and the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm.

Viewpoint: Pave the way to safer, more productive plants with the IIoT

HP Editorial Staff: Calder, B.

The next generation of manufacturing will be driven by connectivity. It is happening today in modern plants: the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is enabling manufacturers to embed physical objects with the capacity to both communicate with and sense the world around them.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has named Gary Heminger, the company's president and CEO, to succeed Thomas Usher as chairman of the board, in addition to his current duties.

SOCAR selects KBR venture to manage Baku refinery modernization

Total capacity will be increased from 6 MMtpy to 7.5 MMtpy, while the catalytic cracking unit will be raised from 2 MMtpy to 2.5 MMtpy. Euro 5 standards will be established for all refined products.

Central American nations beef up import infrastructure, fuel production amid demand shift

Contributing Writer: Nogarin, M.
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

   Methanex’s methanol facility in Trinidad.

Automation Strategies: Data analytics solutions require valid data

ARC Advisory Group: Rys, R.

Process plants collect enormous amounts of data, both from the sensors connected to the control system and from other sources, including edge devices in the plant and remote devices in the cloud.

Project Management: Protect operating margins with outsourced asset management

The oil and gas sector is under pressure to maintain operating margins. Although oil prices have stabilized in recent months, they have, nonetheless, fallen dramatically in the last year. This has bee..

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Clariant has appointed Britta Fuenfstueck as a new member of its executive committee.