September 2024

This issue begins with a regional report considering how net-zero regulations are guiding investments in North America’s oil and gas industry. Key features in this issue include catalysts, refining and petrochemicals integration, and data analysis and technology.

This month's front cover is brought to you by UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC.

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Broadening horizons
Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, considers how net-zero regulations are guiding investments for the future of North America’s oil and gas industry.

Innovative strategies for mercury mitigation
Kate Hovey, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies LLC, EMEA, discusses the latest innovative strategies for mercury removal in gas phase hydrocarbons.

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.

Navigating low product demand: part two
In part two of this article, Scott Baker, Ram Paul Bajaj and Ross Storey, Shell Catalysts & Technologies, alongside Marc Donnelly, Eickmeyer & Associates, discuss the medium and long-term solutions for ethylene oxide operators facing low work rate conditions.

Reaching new heights
Nikolas Larsen and Nicholas Newlon, Marathon Petroleum Corp., alongside Grant Severyn and Andrew Novotny, BASF Corp., present a case study in which a novel catalyst technology was used to improve the profitability of fluid catalytic cracking units at refineries.

Advanced ammonia cracking
Priyan Mistry, Johnson Matthey, UK, explains how an innovative ammonia cracking process approach enables efficient, low-emission hydrogen transport.

Efficient purification with precious metals catalysts
Stefan Nottelmann, Ilaria Longobardo and Christian Breuer, Heraeus Precious Metals, Germany, analyse the role of precious metal catalysts in facilitating the efficient purification of gases for the hydrogen economy.

Racing ahead
Victor Scalco, General Atomics, USA, explores the pivotal role that clarified slurry oil (CSO) can play in contemporary refinery operations and processes that are aimed at reducing carbon footprint.

Filtration is ubiquitous
Neil Richards, PS Filter, explains how careful consideration when choosing a liquid filtration system can offer numerous potential benefits for downstream operations.

Filtration unfiltered: clarifying the data
Chris Wallace and John Worrell, Filtration Technology Corp. (FTC), USA, outline why clear communication between end users and suppliers is key when it comes to filtration and separation.

Finding value in a data-rich landscape
Ryan Gilroy and Rohann Botha, MISTRAS Group, USA, explain why data preparation and sensitivity analysis is key for risk-based inspection (RBI) programmes.

Harnessing the data
Stephen Howes, IMI Critical Engineering, UK, explores how the latest generation of self-powered hardware can help refinery managers avoid unplanned downtime and steam-trap failure.

Making a clear difference
Neil Murch, Tracerco, UK, considers how data and nucleonic technology is advancing process control in the downstream oil and gas industry.

The thermal loop revolution
Volker Metzger, Watlow, Germany, discusses the challenges and opportunities of lowering carbon emissions in the oil and gas industry through electrification.

September 2024

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