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Rapid reaction to market volatility

Posted May 19, 2020

While there is no way to predict the length of the current pandemic or crude price volatility, you can help your refinery navigate risk and manage uncertainty...

The downstream dilemma: Past, present and future of downstream energy

Posted May 12, 2020

The oil industry’s interest in the downstream segment of the business has known ups and downs. This article reviews the past, present and projected...

How to use technology to mitigate job-hopping and retain millennial workers

Posted May 6, 2020

Workforce experts and employers often suggest that the millennial generation is responsible for sparking the job-hopping trend. A 2018 Deloitte survey1...

Industry Perspectives: New petrochemical projects flat year-over-year

Posted April 21, 2020

New perochemical project announcements plateaued year-over-year (y-o-y), according to data from Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database.

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