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Environment & Safety

Business Trends: Are chemical companies ready for the future of work?

Deloitte Services: Dickson, D.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant, short-term disruption to the chemical industry, potentially leading to long-term impacts.

Editorial Comment: The tools advancing the HPI into the digital age

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The HPI has been going through a digital transformation, increasingly adopting digital technologies to improve existing processes and structures to improve performance.

Industry Perspectives: H2Tech Solutions: Advancing hydrogen technologies

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

As announced in the January issue of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>, Gulf Energy Information—publisher of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> and <i>Gas Processing & LNG</i>—has launched the publication <i>H2Tech</i>.

Safety: Do companies have the right tools to make proactive safety decisions?

Sphera: Brewer, C.

A process safety management/operational risk management survey conducted by Sphera in 2020 polled respondents on the following items.

Reasons for vibration issues in boilers and furnaces

XRG Technologies: Webster, T.

A conversation with a long-time colleague at an industry trade show inspired me to think about one of the most confounding problems that occur in boilers and furnaces: vibration.

Business Trends: Case EPC-2020: Increasing competitiveness and profits

Prior to the hardships faced during the global pandemic, the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) industry was already facing several challenges.

Industry Perspectives

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

With the increasing prominence of hydrogen technologies circulating into the global market, Gulf Energy Information—publisher of <i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> and <i>Gas Processing & LNG</i>—has launched our latest publication: <i>H2Tech</i>.

Resolving a chronic water injection pump high vibration through a shaft-lifting technique

Saudi Aramco: Alharbi, W. A.  |  Ghazal, A.  |  Turcan, D.

This article explores the investigation into the chronic high vibration issues of a particular water injection pump.

Hydrocarbons face toughest challenge yet

DNV GL Oil and Gas: Ketelaars, F.

Over the next 30 yr, the globe’s energy ecosystem—where fossil fuels dominate and renewables play catch-up—will evolve exponentially, as efforts intensify to curb carbon emissions and mitigate the detrimental impact of climate change.

FCC NOx reduction methods: Complying with regulations without capital investment

Placid Refining Co.: Hobbins, P.
Johnson Matthey: Blair, H.  |  Hochheiser, T.

As fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) nitrogen oxides (NO<sub>x</sub>) emissions regulations become increasingly strict, refiners are driven to find the most economic compliance option.