Webcasts

Sponsored: AspenTech

Process simulation tools—such as steady-state and dynamic modeling platforms—provide value far beyond traditional design and analysis. When simulation models are connected to a broader digital engineering environment, validated process data can be seamlessly reused across disciplines, supporting integrated and efficient project execution.

Join this webinar to find out how modern concurrent engineering solutions efficiently integrate process data with cost estimation, equipment design, 3D modeling, and process deliverables, helping organizations to:

• Mitigate risk by reusing the same data across the lifecycle, minimizing manual entry and rework
• Accelerate project timelines while evaluating more design alternatives
• Make better-informed technical and business decisions across the full engineering lifecycle

Discover how connected engineering workflows can enhance project certainty, accelerate execution, and support more informed decisions.

Sponsored by: Lummus Technology

Refineries today face mounting challenges: they must deliver affordable products while reducing their carbon footprint, responding to supply chain disruptions and navigating environmental mandates. In this webcast, Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) will demonstrate through real-life examples how to overcome such hurdles through innovations in catalyst and process engineering that help refineries adapt, increase feedstock flexibility, and achieve higher yields of premium products over longer operating cycles.

The case studies will highlight:

• A refinery implements advanced hydrocracking technology through tailored catalyst systems, operational protocols and equipment configurations to optimize product quality, yield and consistency.
• A hydrocracking unit strategically reconfigured to co-process renewable feedstocks, leveraging targeted process modifications and a catalyst system specifically engineered for renewable fuel production.
• A comprehensive hydrocracker revamp, combined with a customized catalyst solution, resulting in a substantial improvement in refinery margins by increasing conversion rates and reducing energy consumption.

Sponsored by: AspenTech 

Safety is a top priority for every process industry operator worldwide. Yet, many engineers still face challenges developing effective safety system designs. Working with multiple disconnected tools often makes it difficult to analyze all scenarios and address design risks, especially when manual data entry introduces errors.

Join this webinar to hear from experts at Kiewit and AspenTech on how you can leverage an integrated solution to design and debottleneck complete overpressure protection systems, including PSVs.

You’ll learn how to:

• Design for safer operations using rigorous, validated design calculations
• Reduce CAPEX & engineering time with integrated, intuitive workflows
• Ensure compliance with industry safety standards and easily generate required documentation
• Take advantage of the latest innovations in AspenTech’s V15 solution

A Q&A session will follow, so come prepared with your questions and discover how to improve the process safety design of your plant.

Sponsor: GlobalSpec

Over the past several years, the world has witnessed significant downstream capacity growth across all sectors of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). Although the sector faces major challenges, such as petrochemicals oversupply and increasingly stringent regulations, many countries continue to invest heavily in new capacity. Gulf Energy Information's Global Energy Infrastructure database is currently tracking more than 1,320 active projects, representing more than $2 trillion in capital investments. Where are these investments occurring, and what are driving producers’ decisions?

These crucial questions will be addressed in Hydrocarbon Processing’s HPI Outlook 2026 webcast, which examines what the year ahead holds for the global processing industries.

A range of global and regional trends, regulations and initiatives are shaping capital spending in refining, petrochemicals, and gas processing/LNG. These forces are driving new grassroots installations, expansions, and conversions, while also contributing to consolidation and rationalization across the value chain.

Join Lee Nichols, Sr. Vice President, Content/Editor-in-Chief of Hydrocarbon Processing, as he navigates the future of capital spending for 2026. This webcast will provide a comprehensive overview of the major economic, environmental, regulatory and industry trends that will influence investment decisions in the coming year.

Sponsor: Honeywell UOP 

As the aviation industry faces increasing pressures to lower its carbon intensity, Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) has emerged as the most viable near-term solution. Yet, the path to scalable SAF deployment faces challenges – which includes limited feedstock availability, complex project execution, and high capital costs, alongside elevated SAF prices. This webcast will delve into the innovative SAF technology alliance formed by Honeywell UOP, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy, and Samsung E&A to unlock the full potential of waste-to-SAF. We will examine how this alliance is addressing the most significant barriers to bankability by integrating and optimizing high Technology Readiness Level (TRL) solutions, and streamlined project execution, via standardization and modularization together with an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) guarantee wrap and additional support designed to mitigate risks related to financing, project execution, feedstock supply, and product offtake. Focusing on the conversion of abundant, non-food waste biomass and municipal solid waste into SAF, this technology alliance presents a compelling solution to three global challenges: reducing the carbon intensity of aviation, addressing the waste crisis, and promoting energy independence.

Join us to learn:

• How to structure a bankable waste-to-SAF project from feedstock to fuel.
• How strategic alliances and integration across the value chain support the development scalable and replicable waste-to-SAF projects.
• The role of an EPC wrap and why it matters to investors and lenders.

Sponsor: Honeywell 

Explore the evolving chemicals landscape and the critical role of digital transformation in this exclusive webinar from Honeywell. Learn how industry leaders are responding to regulatory, energy, and supply chain pressures by prioritizing asset optimization and operational efficiency. Gain insights into Honeywell’s market outlook and discover why investing in autonomous operations, industrial AI, and advanced process control is essential for staying competitive. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead in a rapidly changing industry.

Sponsor: W.R. Grace

In this webcast, Grace will profile a case study of the propylene yield improvements attained by a refiner aiming to optimize catalytic solutions for HS-FCC™ unit design. Grace will discuss the holistic approach we took with the refiner to develop, test, and implement a customized catalyst solution that ultimately achieved a propylene yield improvement of over 1.5 wt%, along with improved propylene selectivity and lower catalyst losses.

Sponsor: AXENS

The HySWEET^™ technology relies on a hybrid solvent formulation using a mixture of amines and a physical compound to simultaneously remove acid gases and mercaptans. Additionally, this “all in one” solvent also simplifies the gas treatment chain, requires less energy and thus reduces the carbon intensity of the plant.

This technology has first been demonstrated and implemented in existing units of the Lacq plant since 2007. The latest formulation has been in operation in the SOBEGI industrial complex for 6 years.

Today Axens is the exclusive Licensor of this new technology and has granted several licenses in the Middle East and North America.  Recently the first Axens’ commercial units have been successfully started-up. 

This webinar presents the benefits of the HySWEET^™ technology application on sour gas fields, relying on start-up and operational results.