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History of the HPI: The 2000s: Net-zero, environmental regulations, capacity acceleration and digital transformation

Posted October 27, 2022

This final installment of the History of the HPI series details major events in the refining and petrochemicals industry over the past 20 yr, including...

Women in the Downstream: A profile on Kendra Lee, Chairman/CEO, Merichem

Posted October 26, 202200:23:59

In this first installment of Hydrocarbon Processing's the Women in the Downstream podcast series, we interview Kendra Lee, Chairman and Chief...

Best practices in incorporating sustainability and overcoming challenges in supply chains

Posted October 2, 202200:14:53

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Mark Thomas, Industry Marketing Group Manager, Endress+Hauser, to discuss sustainability in an organization's supply...

Edge computing: What is it, how is it being deployed and where can it take the processing industries?

Posted August 19, 202200:16:48

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Stephen Greene, Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development, Stratus Technologies, to...

Layering up to avoid the cold realities of asset performance silos

Posted August 4, 2022

The digital transformation journey has delivered numerous industry gains, but people are, to a large extent, still working in isolation, albeit with...