Special reports

In this Q&A, Opportune’s Matt Flanagan addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by IMO 2020, and examines whether the downstream sector is prepared.

The EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2019 projects a nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050.

Drone attacks on Saudi Aramco will severely disrupt NGL and petrochemicals supply, much more than oil. The impact on global economic and geopolitical dynamics will be huge, reports Joseph Chang, Global Editor, ICIS Chemical Business.

Saudi Aramco have announced that full production will be restored by the end of September following the attacks on its Abqaiq and Khurais plants.

Mammoet have shared an insight into the steps taken to replace an old acid converter vessel at a Gulf Coast spent acid regeneration facility.

GlobalData has made a comment on the impact of the Saudi Arabian oil outage on global oil prices, and how this may test the US’s ability to swing supply.

Gary M. Ostrowski, Baker Hughes, a GE company, USA, introduces the concept of the digital technician and explains how this new role can help to solve plant inefficiencies of the past.

Highlighting the US shale revolution as a major force in reshaping the global energy landscape, the IEA has released its latest policy review.

Gas, renewables and CCS must work together to secure a rapid energy transition, according to the new DNV GL report.

Tai Piazza, Refining Industry Manager, VEGA Americas, discusses the use of guided wave radar technology in measuring build-up levels in sulphur pits.

Andrew Petticrew, Head of Global Sales for Automated Weld Overlay at Sulzer, looks at how weld overlay can help companies in the oil and gas industry to repair and protect their assets from corrosion.

GlobalData has found that the oil and gas sector has topped Forbes’ 2019 list of public firms in terms of revenue generation.

The global oil and gas industry’s total contract value reached US$42 billion in 2Q19, a 79% increase on 1Q19’s value of US$23.4 billion according to GlobalData.

Berndorf Belt Technology USA (BBT) has named Nicholas Dagher as Director of Sales, responsible for the Canadian region.

Three of Sulzer’s engineers, Kirill Grebinnyk, Dr. Vamadevan Gowreesan and Ricardo Guerrero offer an insight into the complex and microscopic levels of detail that are required in the analysis of material failures in turbomachinery components.