October 2024

This October issue begins with a regional report examining developments in the Middle Eastern oil market amongst shifting geopolitics. Features in this issue include biofuels and eFuels, polymer recycling and cybersecurity. Emissions reduction and process efficiency at refineries is also explored.

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Middle East: oil market shepherd
Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, examines the Middle Eastern oil sector, with a focus on its role in stabilising oil markets amongst constantly shifting geopolitics.

Reaching crude-to-chemicals complex success
Sophie Babusiaux, Catherine Boutrot and Thierry Leflour, Axens, France, consider how mature and breakthrough technologies can be combined for a succesful crude-to-chemicals concept.

The next step in dissolution recycling
Polymer recycling presents both a critical challenge and an opportunity to incorporate sustainability in industrial practices worldwide. To achieve widespread, long-term adoption, the practice must be supported by effective methods. Luis Hoffmann and Emmanuelle Chauveau, Sulzer, explain.

Diesel no.2: the biomass-based alternative
Jim Aiello, Merichem Technologies, USA, discusses the rise of renewable diesel and the global transition to cleaner fuels.

Sustainable fuels are here
The world’s first commercial production plant for ultra-low carbon eFuels began supplying product to customers in 2023. But what will it take to bring these sustainable, hydrogen-based fuels to the mainstream? Liz Myers and Roger Harris, Infinium, USA, explain.

Turning a challenge into an opportunity
Fabio E.G. Ferrari, Luca E. Basini, Leonardo Falbo and Edoardo Disarò, NEXTCHEM Tech, Italy, explain the opportunity for valuable hydrocarbons to be utilised from the flaring of associated petroleum gas (APG).

Going greener
Larry Emch, Integrated Global Services (IGS), USA, presents advanced solutions for reducing emissions and improving process efficiency at refineries.

Peak performance
Rhys Jenkins, Servomex, UK, explains how tunable diode laser (TDL) gas analysis technology supports more efficient combustion for cleaner industry.

Controlling nucleation corrosion
Osvaldo Heredia and Maria Alma Droppelmann, ENAP, Trevor Place, Enbridge Inc., and Moshood Adewale, Tatiana Barbosa and Luis Orellana Galarce, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, explore how nucleation corrosion in liquid hydrocarbon systems can be mitigated and present a case study examining nucleation corrosion in a refinery distillation overhead reflux line.

The power of prediction
G. Simon A. Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc., USA, highlights the advantages of predictive sulfur recover unit (SRU) simulators and how they can help to optimise plant operattions.

Playing offence
Tim Gale, Cameron Hamari, and Brett Seales, 1898 & Co., USA, explain why adopting an offensive approach is the best strategy to defend against cyber threats in the downstream oil and gas sector.

Looking back to see ahead
Bernard Montel, Tenable, France, explores the benefits of adopting a preventative cybersecurity stance in the downstream industry.

October 2024

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