Carbon Management

Editorial Comment: IRPC EurAsia—A roadmap to advancing ideas

According to the editors of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing,</i> the downstream processing industry will witness substantial growth in new refining, petrochemical and gas processing/LNG capacities over the next several years.

Innovations

Claroty has made several significant enhancements to its Continuous Threat Detection product.

Improving resource efficiency of industrial processes with TOP-REF methodology—Part 1

The processing industry consumes significant amounts of resources, such as materials and energy, to produce valuable goods for society.

Conceptualizing a mega-integrated refinery and petrochemical complex: A case study

<i>Integration</i> is the new keyword for sustainability and profit in today’s oil and gas market scenario.

Viewpoint: Reducing the sulfur shadow— Who pays the price?

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO’s) 2020 regulation has been described as the most disruptive change to impact the oil industry in the past 30 yr.

Amine pumps upgraded for improved operations and reliability

A gas processing plant in Malaysia eliminated a source of expensive failures in its acid gas removal unit (AGRU).

Innovations

Selecting flare gas recovery system for a greenfield refinery

Overall energy management and operational conservation have become crucial factors for profitability in today’s refining segment.

Online monitoring of H₂O using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

Raw wellhead natural gas is a complex mixture of methane (CH₄), hydrocarbon condensates, natural gas liquids (NGL), water, contaminants, hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), carbon dioxide (CO₂), nitrogen, mercury and other compounds.

Editorial Comment

In early June, Hydrocarbon Processing and Eni—an Italian multinational oil and gas company—hosted the annual International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) in Milan, Italy.