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Control valve selection for SAF production

Increasingly, refineries are starting to retool their infrastructure to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). However, new processes are required, creating challenges for control valve selection. Scot Bauder and Janelle Prusha, Emerson, discuss.

 

Answering the burning question of our time

Mark Naples, Umicore Coatings Services, discusses the urgency of climate change, and suggests gas detection measurement as one way to reduce emissions from the oil and gas industry.

 

Piping vibration – the underestimated damage mechanism

Michael F.P. Bifano, The Equity Engineering Group Inc., (E2G), considers how to address piping vibration in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, and looks ahead to the upcoming API 579 Part 15.

 

US LNG to drive global market by 2030

In this report, Fauzeya Rahman, LNG Americas Editor at ICIS, explains how US LNG could take a one-third share of global supply by 2030.?

 

Key principles for advancing sustainability

Decarbonisation initiatives provide an opportunity for companies to engage their teams and differentiate themselves from the competition. Although the road is wrought with challenges, adherence to seven key principles keeps organisations on track. Chris Hamlin, Seeq Corp., explains.

 

Australia: Beyond coal

Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, discusses the current state of Australia’s energy market, and how the fuel types are changing in line with carbon-neutrality goals.

 
 

Measurements matter

Dr Ming Yang, TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory, UK, explains the financial and operational impact of inaccurate water-in-oil measurement.

 
 

Managing a logistical success

Jake Garber, Doug Keller and Chad Hollier, N2 Solutions, highlight the logistical challenges that were overcome in order to secure success in the commissioning and start-up of a world-scale ethane cracker.

 

Unlocking opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, places a spotlight on the current status of the oil and gas sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, and touches on several factors that are limiting the region’s prosperity.

 

Creating a refinery of the future

Miro Cavkov, Euro Petroleum Consultants (EPC), discusses how refineries are adapting to produce cleaner liquid fuels and chemical building blocks.

 
 

Navigating Asia’s energy sector

Ng Weng Hoong, Contributing Editor, discusses the ways in which geopolitics are set to rule Asia’s oil markets in 2023.

 

Sulfur Review: Topsoe

The April 2023 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering includes our annual 'Sulfur Review', presenting a selection of sulfur services and technologies that are available and in use within the downstream oil and gas sector.