The January 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering begins with an in-depth review of downstream markets in 2024 and a look ahead to what 2025 may bring, courtesy of Wood Mackenzie. This issue also includes features on AI and digital transformation, clean fuels and SAF, water treatment, flaring, and emissions control. The issue also includes our annual Catalyst Review.
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2025: The demand dilemma
Alan Gelder, Ann-Louise Hittle, Brittany Martin, Cristina De Santos Torres, Kelly Cui and Shruthi Vangipuram, Wood Mackenzie, provide an in-depth review of downstream markets in 2024 and look ahead to what 2025 may hold for the extended oil value chain and the key trends that are projected.
The wave of innovation
Jason Chadee, Avathon, USA, discusses how AI is revolutionising the downstream oil and gas industry by driving innovation and boosting safety and efficiency.
Beyond a hammer: technology in the oil and gas industry
Joseph McMullen, AVEVA, USA, explores the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the downstream oil and gas industry, and examines how companies are embracing the digital transformation to revolutionise operations.
A downstream digital transformation
Ken Evans, DTN, USA, highlights current trends in digital transformation in the downstream oil and gas sector, as well as future potential.
Where clean fuels begin
Matthew Clingerman and Allen Ting, Sulzer, USA, explore how innovative pretreatment technologies are driving the future of biofuel refineries.
Pioneering the future of aviation
Paul Ticehurst, Johnson Matthey, UK, discusses the importance of scaling SAF production as a crucial step in decarbonising the aviation sector, highlighting advancements in technology, feedstock diversity, and regulatory support needed to achieve global decarbonisation targets.
Next-generation SAF
Richard Marsh, LanzaJet, and Leigh Hudson, International Airlines Group (IAG), introduce next-generation SAF technology that is helping airlines to meet their decarbonisation targets.
Unlocking crude blending opportunities
Sylvain Fontaine, Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions, USA, explores how a desalter brine quality programme can help to enable crude blending opportunities.
Centralised water treatment for industrial clusters
Colin Robinson, Evides Industriewater, UK, outlines how centralised industrial water infrastructure is supplying demineralised and process water to chemical companies in the Port of Rotterdam and aiding the transition to low carbon technologies and net zero.
Flare play
Matthew Martin and Dharmik Rathod, ClearSign Technologies, explain how new combustor technologies can help strike a fair balance between meeting stringent emissions regulations and maintaining profitable operations when flaring low pressure permeate gas.
Meeting demands and moving forward
Dr Neil Bird, Fluenta, UK, explains how advanced digital technologies can provide an algorithmic solution to ultrasonic flare meter specification and be game-changing for predictive flare gas measurement.
Catalyst review
Hydrocarbon Engineering presents a selection of the most advanced catalyst services and technologies that are available to the downstream sector today.