https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/ en-GB editor@hydrocarbonengineering.com (Editor) webdev@hydrocarbonengineering.com (Web developer) https://dlgivnpf6gg8w.cloudfront.net/media/logo.png https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com Fernán Serralunga, Specialist in Energy and Emissions Management Systems, KBC (A Yokogawa Company), considers why emissions reporting in refining has shifted from a compliance exercise to an operational governance issue. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27032026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-kbc-a-yokogawa-company/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27032026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-kbc-a-yokogawa-company/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:30:00 GMT Xavier Ruiz and Travis Kirk, Topsoe, join us to explore how a new SiliconTrap catalyst for coker naphtha can offer improved unit performance. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/26022026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-topsoe/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/26022026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-topsoe/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:45:00 GMT Sanjay Bhargava, Director for Global Process Optimisation at KBC, A Yokogawa Company, outlines why refinery profit improvement programmes are becoming both a business necessity and a sustainability enabler. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10022026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-kbc-a-yokogawa-company/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10022026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-kbc-a-yokogawa-company/ Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 GMT Scott Barton, Technical Service Advisor, Ketjen, discusses the challenge of iron poisoning in fluid catalytic cracking units and the role that iron resistant catalysts can play. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27012026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ketjen/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27012026/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ketjen/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:00 GMT Felicitas Cokoja and Francisco Amaral, Clariant Catalysts, explore how next generation AI tools are being used to optimise catalyst performance. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/01122025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-clariant-catalysts/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/01122025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-clariant-catalysts/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT Daniel Patrick, Market Segment Manager for LNG & Hydrogen at Atlas Copco Gas and Process, joins us to explore how centrifugal compressor technology is being scaled to support liquid hydrogen carriers and help manage boil-off gas during transport. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10112025/global-hydrogen-review-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10112025/global-hydrogen-review-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:00:00 GMT Emily Ruhl and Michael Krela, Koch-Glitsch, join us to discuss the evolution of distillation tray valves, highlighting how design advancements have improved capacity, efficiency, and operational flexibility. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27102025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-koch-glitsch/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/27102025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-koch-glitsch/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:15:00 GMT Brad Cook, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sabin Metal Corp., explains how companies can maximise the value of their precious metal catalysts by choosing the right partner for recovery and refining. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/09102025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sabin-metal-corp/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/09102025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sabin-metal-corp/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT This Spotlight Interview explores Ebara Elliott Energy's article, ‘Making the switch to electric’, which featured in the August 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/25092025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ebara-elliott-energy/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/25092025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ebara-elliott-energy/ Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:15:00 GMT Miranda Pizzella Ph.D., Director of Watlow’s Sustainable Process Technologies business segment, joins us to discuss the challenges and opportunities of industrial process heating. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/03072025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-watlow/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/03072025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-watlow/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:30:00 GMT Daniel Patrick, Market Segment Manager for LNG & Hydrogen, Atlas Copco Gas and Process, and Alfonso Peschiera, VP, Business Line Manager, Atlas Copco, join us to discuss how hydrogen infrastructure is ready for deployment today, and will be central to developing a successful hydrogen ecosystem. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/02072025/global-hydrogen-review-spotlight-with-atlas-copco/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/02072025/global-hydrogen-review-spotlight-with-atlas-copco/ Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:19:00 GMT Omar Sayeed and Rahul Negi, Honeywell Process Solutions, join us to consider how new, innovative technology can help to overcome some of the challenges facing the downstream oil and gas sector. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/18062025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-honeywell-process-solutions/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/18062025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-honeywell-process-solutions/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:40:00 GMT Rasmus Rubycz, Market Manager for New Energy at Atlas Copco Gas and Process considers the benefits that mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) technology could provide for heat generation. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/29052025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/29052025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ Thu, 29 May 2025 10:50:00 GMT Hydrocarbon Engineering sits down with Dr Klaus Brun, Global Director of Research & Development, Ebara Elliott Energy, to discuss the progress that is being made towards adapting centrifugal compressors for high-speed hydrogen compression. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/20022025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ebara-elliott-energy/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/20022025/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-ebara-elliott-energy/ Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:00:00 GMT Wolf Spaether, Head of Marketing and Product Management for Ethylene, Clariant Catalysts, joins us to talk about refinery off-gas (ROG) purification and the role it plays in a more sustainable future. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/21112024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-clariant-catalysts/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/21112024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-clariant-catalysts/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:30:00 GMT Luis Hoffmann and Emmanuelle Chauveau, Sulzer Chemtech, join us to discuss their article that featured in the October 2024 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, titled ‘The next step in dissolution recycling’. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/24102024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sulzer/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/24102024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sulzer/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:02:00 GMT In this Spotlight interview, Brad Cook, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Sabin Metal Corp., joins us to discuss his article that featured in the June 2024 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/08082024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sabin-metal-corp/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/08082024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-sabin-metal-corp/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:00:00 GMT Chelsea Hogard, Engineering Team Leader for Watlow’s Industry 4.0 Development Team, joins us to discuss the importance of Data Insights in mitigating the risks associated with process heating. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/24072024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-watlow/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/24072024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-watlow/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:00:00 GMT Hydrocarbon Engineering talks to Dominic Sarachine, Product Manager at FS-Elliott, about the development and design of an API 672-compliant centrifugal compressor for one of the world’s largest single-site ethylene facilities. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10072024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-fs-elliott/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/10072024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-fs-elliott/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:00:00 GMT Rasmus Rubycz, Market Manager for New Energy at Atlas Copco Gas and Process, discusses his recent white paper: ‘The heat pump way to sustainable process heat’. https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/26062024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/spotlight-interviews/26062024/hydrocarbon-engineering-spotlight-with-atlas-copco-gas-and-process/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT