Petrochemicals
Global Project Data
After a tumultuous year, many active capital projects have been deferred, delayed or even abandoned.
Industry Metrics
U.S. refinery margins extended their upward trend for the fifth consecutive month, exhibiting the largest upturn relative to other regions.
Business Trends: A perspective on new technology impacts on the chemical processing industry
Over the past five years, the industrial evolution has been propelled by the same technologies that have dramatically changed our private lives.
Industry Perspectives
The hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) is steadily advancing through the energy transition.
Digital: ROI is the secret sauce for sustainable digital transformation
Digital transformation is a broad term that can mean vastly different things to different people.
Regional Focus: Russia looks to double petrochemicals and LPG exports by 2025
Russia hopes to become one of the world’s largest producers and exporters of petrochemicals and LPG by 2025 by doubling its domestic output and exports.
Executive Viewpoint: Interconnected neural networks drive breakthrough optimization
We have all learned that technology alone will not improve our operations.
Editorial Comment: Petrochemicals: Changing technologies and configurations to satisfy future demand
For nearly a decade, capital investments in new petrochemical capacity have skyrocketed. This
Down with downtime: Repair complex petrochemical components with selective electroplating
The volatile impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit at the same time the petrochemical industry was entering a downcycle.
Strategies to minimize piping thermal maintenance system cost without compromising performance
Where process fluid must be maintained within a certain operating temperature window, the piping will likely require the application of a thermal maintenance system.
- Topsoe and Sasol bring advanced SAF technology to Allied Biofuel’s landmark project in Uzbekistan 7/14
- Siemens Energy begins preparations for the launch of an independent brand 7/14
- Emerson helps Romania’s largest refinery reduce control system alarms by over 95% 7/14
- Bunker One executes Latin America's first bioethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel 7/14
- Kognitiv Spark advances the future of connected field worker collaboration 7/14
- EIA: Global LNG trade volumes reached record high in 2025 7/14
