Episodes

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Vikas Dhole, General Manager, Sustainability for Aspen Technology to discuss emissions reduction, including how companies can/are monitoring it, how digital technologies can help reduce emissions and real-world examples of companies using digital technologies to reduce plant emissions.

One of the most popular and important topics affecting the oil and gas industry is emissions. This episode is a discussion with Owen Plowman, Vice President of Business Development, Actenum, and Wes Schumacher, Applied Applications Analyst, Actenum, on emissions forecasting capabilities, tools needed by company leadership to manage present and future emissions responsibilities, key components in emissions capture and a novel technology that can help companies with emissions abatement.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Brian Boeger, Senior Technology Manager, Axens North America, to discuss sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), including incentives and regulations that are increasing its usage globally, the latest processing technologies being used to produce SAF, and the key attributes that make SAF technologies bankable and projects economically viable.

Hydrocarbon Processing had the pleasure of speaking with Bob Maughon, Executive Vice President of Sustainability, Technology and Innovation, SABIC. In this episode, Dr. Maughon provides insights into SABIC's drive for sustainability, including capital investments, EVs, the circular economy, electrically heated steam cracker furnaces, and much more.

This episode, adapted from the May issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, provides an overview on the various routes to incorporating carbon capture technologies in industrial facilities, including what should be considered when selecting a particular carbon capture technology and the benefit of partnering with an EPC firm that has vast experience in energy transition projects (e.g., renewable energy/fuels production, syngas, biofuels).

This episode examines the new value chain in integrated project development vs. the traditional method, including the three most critical areas in a project: project definition, technology selection and stakeholder requirements.

Popular arguments, such as compression energy and flexibility, are not the only key considerations when designing a capacity control system for centrifugal compressors. A holistic design approach is essential to ensure good operability, reliability, energy efficiency and flexibility of the overall system. This episode provides a better understanding of selecting the optimum capacity control technique by incorporating other design aspects using refinery case studies.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Sally Jacquemin, Vice President and General Manager, Power and Utilities, Aspen Technology, and Ron Beck, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing, Aspen Technology, to discuss electrification in the oil, gas and processing industries, including the use of renewables and microgrids.

In this episode, live at the AFPM Annual Meeting, Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development and Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP, to discuss how refining and petrochemical companies can optimize operations to lower total energy consumption and carbon footprint, as well as the effects of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, carbon capture technologies and much more.

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Gene Cammack, Chief Operating Officer, Aduro Clean Technologies, regarding plastics recycling and the circular economy. This includes Aduro's Hydrochemolytic technology, its origin, uses and benefits in the hydrocarbons processing industry.

Hydrocarbon Processing caught up with Keith Chiasson, Executive Vice President, Cenovus Energy, at the AFPM Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. In this podcast, Mr. Chiasson talks about Cenovus Energy's growth in the U.S. refining market, energy security, decarbonization and much more.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Paul Barna, Southwest/West Regional Sales Manager, RDI Technologies to discuss motion amplification and how it can provide better insight to plant operations, as well as increase safety for personnel. If you'd like to learn more from Paul about Motion Amplification® and how it's making a difference in the Oil & Gas industry, click the link to watch Paul's latest webinar: https://hubs.la/Q01LnYGw0

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Dave Kidd, Commercial Director-Decarbonization Technologies, Shell; and Laurent Thomas, Licensing Technology Manager, Shell, to discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS), including ways to reduce project cost, additional challenges in CCS, Shell's alliances in the CCS market and much more.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Chris Scharf, Vice President, Petrochemicals, KBR, to discuss the latest advancements in petrochemicals processing technologies, including KBR's ScoreKlean and Acetica licensed processes for zero-carbon ethylene and acetic acid production.

This podcast, taken from Thermo Fisher Scientific's technical article in the January issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, details how high-performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography systems can provide better analysis in biofuels production.

According to industry analysis, the global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market is expected to increase from $216 MM in 2021 to $14.77 B by 2030. This podcast features some of the major initiatives and trends in the SAF industry.

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Ron Beck, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing, Aspen Technology, on how using digital technologies can increase/boost energy efficiency and help companies meet their carbon emissions goals.

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Melissa Clough Mastry, Director, Global Technology and Technical Services, BASF, and Mark Schmalfeld, Global Marketing Manager, Refinery Catalyst, BASF, to discuss how the energy transition is affecting refiners and petrochemical producers, feedstocks, FCC co-processing and much more.

In this episode, we sat down with Syrie Crouch, Vice President of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Shell, to discuss the CCS sector, Shell's projects in operation and under development, and how the CCS industry will evolve in the future.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development and Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP, and Greg Funk, Senior Offering Manager, Honeywell UOP, to discuss the growing need for petrochemicals production globally and how refiners can respond to this opportunity in a cost-effective and sustainable way.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Curt Graham, Vice President, Office of Technology, Fluor, to discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS), the current CCS market, available technologies and where CCS may be in the next decade.

In this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with John Colpo, Strategy and Marketing Leader for Upstream and LNG at Honeywell Process Solutions and Bhargav Sharma, Global Sr. Business Leader for LNG & Gas Processing at Honeywell UOP. The conversation touches on the importance of liquified natural gas (LNG) in global long-term GHG reduction plans and Honeywell UOP's work on LNG liquefaction projects.

In this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Nicholas Myerson, CEO of Crossbridge Energy, about its Fredericia refinery, the reasoning behind starting an energy company so late in the game and Crossbridge's future decarbonization plans.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development & Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP; and Mark Houdek, Director, Sustainability for the Refinery of the Future, Honeywell UOP to discuss sustainability and petrochemicals integration. This discussion includes how refiners are tackling the challenges associated with sustainability, where plant owners can start in their sustainability journey and the trend of refiners integrating petrochemical production into e...