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The Main Column — 312 episodes
Cybersecurity: A discussion in threat mitigation and resilience
Crude upgrading and plastics recycling: A technical discussion with Aduro Clean Technologies
Navigating the energy transition: Decarbonization, digitalization, workforce development and supply chains
Digital transformation: Combining physics-based models with AI to optimize operations
How industrial AI Is transforming asset performance management
How catalysts turn refinery off-gas streams into valuable products--Part 1
Bolted Flange Joint Certification: A paramount industry standard and safety measure
Protecting polyolefin catalysts through advanced feed purification
The future of industrial operations: AI and enterprise optimization
Decarbonizing industry: Strategies and technologies discussion with the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy
Energy transformation and the role of advanced catalysts
Why do equipment failures persist? The answer lies in the three pillars of reliability
Procurement's blind spot: Rethinking vendor selection in EPC projects
Live from AFPM Annual: Key strategies to help prevent major incidents in refineries
Live from AFPM Annual: How Chevron Lummus Global is revolutionizing hydrocarbon processing with integrated solutions
Live from AFPM Annual: How digital technologies are shaping the global energy industry
Live from AFPM Annual: Reducing emissions with advanced gasket technology
Live from AFPM Annual: Technologies for increasing profits by refining lower-value feedstocks
The future of process automation: AI, cloud and cybersecurity
Optimizing megaprojects with globally distributed teams
Fueling the future: The essential role of biofuels in driving sustainable mobility
Leverage advanced analytics to drive productivity and augment process expertise
Seal-less pump technology in syngas, ammonia and next-gen energy applications
The real cost of eFuels: Closing the gap with fossil fuels through technology, location and policy
A breakthrough in styrene catalyst technology: An interview with Dr. Wolf Spaether of Clariant
Revolutionizing power systems: The future of load smoothing, a discussion with Siemens Energy
Revolutionizing operations: AI's Impact on the processing industry
Decarbonizing industry: The intersection of AI and natural gas
How valves technologies can enhance operations: A discussion with Clint Schneider of Emerson
Transforming oil and gas operations using AI: A discussion with the CEO of AIQ, Dennis Joel
Digital technologies and the evolving energy landscape: A discussion with Schneider Electric
Unpacking the energy transition through syngas innovation
Refining flexibility: The future of sustainable operations, a discussion with Technip Energies
Building opportunity: Women’s impact in refining and petrochemicals
India’s Ultra Mega gasification project: Transforming coal into clean feedstock
The gasification advantage: Building the bridge to low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia
The energy transition: How digital technologies are changing the game in decarbonization
Why structural performance management is vital to optimizing plant performance
The future of chemical plastics recycling: A discussion with Aduro Clean Technologies
Live from the AFPM Summit: The next disruption, how digital technologies are changing the game in refining and petrochemical operations
Live from the AFPM Summit: Optimizing FCC processing in high iron environments with a novel catalyst
Advancements in catalyst technologies: How Clariant's Plus series is optimizing processing operations
Live from the AFPM Summit: Examining wet reflux, a deep dive with Baker Hughes
Live from the AFPM Summit: The U.S. renewable fuel standard--Concerns, costs and a better pathway
Managing the energy transition: Microgrids play a key role
Clean fuels: Biomass gasification and a route to decarbonizing transportation and chemicals, a discussion with SunGas Renewable
Achieving operational excellence with real-time visibility in chemical supply chains
WGLC Podcast Series: Empowered to lead--Building confidence, careers and community
Reactor optimization: Technologies and models used to boost processing efficiencies
AI, sustainability and technology: Unlocking innovations in operations, process optimization and biofuels
Eliminating corrosion under insulation via advanced thermal insulative coatings
Cybersecurity: Advancing security measures to protect vital infrastructure
eFuels: How Arcadia eFuels is shaping the production of sustainable drop-in fuels
Digital transformation: How the processing industries are utilizing digital technologies to optimize all aspects of their operations and workforce
Digital adoption: How the processing industries are utilizing data and AI for more sustainable, profitable and safer operations
Scaling up through demo plants: Mitigating risks associated with new technologies
The future of turbomachinery: Testing, emissions mitigation, increased uptime and more efficient operations
Live from Emerson Exchange: Advancing digital technologies to combat corrosion
Enhancing rotating equipment reliability: Implementing a bad actor program in the oil and gas industry
Global refining analysis: Projects and initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region
Live at AFPM: How AI is enhancing safety at plant sites, a discussion with Detect Technologies
Global refining analysis: Project numbers and future builds
Live at AFPM: The future of U.S. refining, a discussion with Honeywell UOP
Industrial AI: The game-changer in fast-tracking the energy sector's digital transformation
Ethylene: Global outlook and boosting efficiency/sustainability, a discussion with Technip Energies-Part 2
Live from the Pumps and Valves show: The latest tech in optimizing fluid/gas flow
Live at AFPM: Plastic waste and domestic chemicals policy: A discussion with AFPM's Rob Benedict
Ethylene: Global outlook and boosting efficiency/sustainability, a discussion with Technip Energies-Part 1
Women in Leadership: A discussion with Carol Lloyd, Vice President, Planning and Stewardship, ExxonMobil
Converting gas or biomass to gasoline through a novel technology: A discussion with Verde Clean Fuels' CEO Ernie Miller
Capturing carbon to use as a sustainable petrochemical feedstock: A discussion with Celanese
Trump's impact on global energy markets
Live from Valve World: The latest in valve and actuator technologies
Live from Valve World: Next-generation valve technology-A conversation with Knut Riegel of Emerson
Advancing chemical recycling of plastics: A discussion with Neste
LNG and Blue hydrogen: Exploring Technip Energies' low-carbon business line
Petrochemicals: Decarbonization and circularity, a discussion with Amanda Martin of the Global Impact Coalition
Less steam, more styrene: The benefits of ribbed-shaped catalysts for ethylbenzene dehydrogenation
Live at ADIPEC: Generative AI, visualization and digital twins, advancing the energy transition and value chains
Women in Leadership: A discussion with Caroline Alting, Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence, Noble Corporation
AI agents: Using data and AI to boost efficiencies and optimize operations, a conversation with Francois Laborie of Cognite
Live at the AFPM Summit: The catalyst market, investments and future growth-A discussion with Jenny Hebert of Ketjen
Coatings defense: Mitigating corrosion in facility infrastructure to ensure a longer service life
Navigating Change in Hydrocarbon Processing: Insights from Keven Dunphy of Emerson
Decarbonizing the HPI: Electrification and mitigating CO2 emissions, a discussion with Yasmine McColl of Schneider Electric
Live at the AFPM Summit: The benefits of crude pre-treatment, a dialogue with Baker Hughes Downstream Chemicals
Live at the AFPM Summit: Catalyst optimization, a conversation with Barbara Slettenhaar of Ketjen
Live at IRPC: AI for valve predictive maintenance, a conversation with Jay Hunt of Valmet
Live at IRPC: The next-generation refrigerant, a discussion with Andrie Prasetyo of Pertamina
Siemens Energy on powering sustainable industrial solutions
Turbocharged insights: Exploring compressor solutions with Burkhardt, Leistritz and Atlas Copco
Unlocking compressor technology: Insights from industry leaders on oil-free solutions and carbon transport
Time, cost, supply chains, sustainability: Solutions to challenges facing today's capital investment projects
A discussion on how the evolution of the natural gas/LNG industry has changed compression technologies, capacities and engineering
Live at Gastech: Ammonia unplugged: The future of low-carbon solutions
The circular economy: A discussion on plastics recycling with John Thayer of Nova Chemicals
How AI Is revolutionizing industrial services at Turner Industries
Turbomachinery innovation driving energy industry changes
ACHEMA 2024 highlights: conversations with industry professionals - part 3
ACHEMA 2024 highlights: conversations with industry professionals - part 2
Inside API's Individual Certification Programs with Andri Orphanides
Innovations in carbon capture: an interview with Technip’s vice president of market decarbonization solutions
Boosting operational confidence with Honeywell Digital Prime
Innovative solutions in ethylene production: spotlight on EDHOX technology
ACHEMA 2024 highlights: conversations with industry professionals - part 1
Sulzer’s latest structured packing at ACHEMA 2024
Safeguarding your operations: Sherwin-Williams' approach to corrosion under insulation
Challenges, solutions and the future of the E&C sector: A discussion with Evonik's Daniel Huben
ECC Future Leaders: A discussion with bp's Shana Bortka
Building a strong data foundation: Breaking down silos
Navigating hydrocarbon logistics with PSC Group
Balancing energy security, affordability and sustainability: Are digital technologies a solution?
Asset performance management: How digital solutions are optimizing operations and maintenance
William E. Preston on KP Engineering's growth and industry trends
Unpacking LOHC's role in the future energy landscape
Navigating the future of safety with AI insights from Detect Technologies
FCC propylene production, catalysts technologies and new solutions for the processing industries
Preventive maintenance checks and optimization
Digital transformation in specialty chemical production
The Urgent Need for Industrial Cybersecurity in Oil & Gas
Maximizing Efficiency and Safety in Combustion Processes
Nine steps for effective preparation of planned shutdowns
Riding the wave of transition to a sustainable chemical industry
How traders can capture value in sustainable fuels
Global E&C: Challenges and solutions through peer engagement
Automation technology supports growing demand for green diesel
Refinery transactions: A window of opportunity?
The propylene production gap is an opportunity for integrated downstream players
Simplify oil and gas predictive modeling
Live at GSTC: Unpacking the nuances of carbon intensity and subsidies
Live at AFPM: Renewable fuels and their future global impact
Live at AFPM: Craft labor, transferrable skills and key elements in today's workforce
Blue hydrogen: Production pathways, technologies and its importance in the global energy transition
Seven questions to consider about hydrogen hubs
Converting refineries to renewable fuels is no simple switch
Unlocking the potential of clean ammonia production
Live at AFPM: FCC catalysts: The global market, industry challenges and future demand
Live at AFPM: Boosting safety onsite with operations monitoring and reporting software
Don't just survive: Thrive with advanced process control
The ins/outs of gas distribution systems: Recent trends, safety, best practices and optimization techniques
Connected workers can be empowered by digital transformation
Making accident investigations water-tight
How to successfully coordinate a global megaproject
HFC detection using OGI increases safety/efficiency while reducing emissions
Take the anxiety out of plant turnarounds
The future in gas processing membranes technology: A discussion with Evonik
Reimaging reliability analytics
Energy transition, regulatory credits, flow-schemes and technology selection: How EPCs are helping optimize project management/development
Manage the new risk profile of energy transition projects
Direction of cost-effective carbon capture and storage technologies
The future of emissions reduction: Monitoring, optimizing and reducing
Emissions forecasting, managing and abatement: A novel technological solution
Sustainable aviation fuel: The drivers, incentives, regulations and technologies to decarbonize the skies
Sustainability, the circular economy, cracker technology and the future of petrochemicals: A discussion with SABIC's Dr. Bob Maughon
Carbon capture in syngas-based projects: Technology considerations for a successful undertaking
Managing the new risk profile of energy transition projects
Select the right capacity control technique for centrifugal compressors: Refinery case studies
Powering the future of oil and gas: Electrification, renewables and microgrids
Live at AFPM: Optimizing the future of refining and petrochemicals: A discussion with Honeywell UOP
Optimizing plastics recycling: A conversation with Aduro Clean Technology's COO Gene Cammack
Live at AFPM: Expansion, energy security and decarbonization: Cenovus Energy's outlook on refining
Motion amplification: What is it and how can it optimize plant operations?
Carbon capture: Cost, challenges and solutions--An open dialogue with Shell
Live at AFPM: Advancing ethylene and acetic acid processing technologies, a discussion with KBR
Fast ion chromatography analysis for determining biofuel sugars
Sustainable aviation fuel: New product launches to increase market demand
How can digitalization increase energy efficiency and help companies meet carbon emissions goals?
Alternative feedstocks, FCC co-processing, and how the energy transition is affecting refiners and petrochemical producers
Shell's evolution in carbon capture and storage projects and technologies
As global petrochemicals demand increases, how can refiners respond to this opportunity?
Carbon capture and storage: The market, technologies and its future
LNG production and pre-treatment technologies
Decarbonization and the conversion to renewable energy
Live at AFPM: Sustainability and petrochemicals integration: The HPI of the future
Methods to prevent corrosion under insulation in the HPI
Live at AFPM: New technologies and the evolution of the processing industries
Women in the Downstream: Leading processing technologies, an interview with Laura Leonard
Live at AFPM: Instituting a program for advanced process safety
Live at AFPM: What is biofilm and how is it a threat to your facility?
Live at AFPM: Incorporating solar power to supplement refining energy
History of the HPI: The 2000s: Net-zero, environmental regulations, capacity acceleration and digital transformation
Women in the Downstream: A profile on Kendra Lee, Chairman/CEO, Merichem
Best practices in incorporating sustainability and overcoming challenges in supply chains
Edge computing: What is it, how is it being deployed and where can it take the processing industries?
Layering up to avoid the cold realities of asset performance silos
Fouling in hydrogen recycle gas compressors
The effects of highly corrosive fluids on valves and disasters that can be avoided
Case study: MVR compressor key to steam energy upgrade at Terneuzen polyolefin plant
History of the HPI: The 1980s: Oil spike/collapse, liquid crystals, conducting polymers and the rise of AR/VR
Enabling a circular economy delivery model through truckable modularization
Axens: Chemical recycling of polymers
History of the HPI: The 1970s: Crises, clean air, plastic bottles and the DCS
SaaS solutions for flexibility and sustainability
CO2 compressor technology for a decarbonized energy economy
Innovative recycling, driving circularity while decarbonizing the petrochemical industry
Staying ahead of environmental, social and governance goals
Blockchain and the downstream segment: Increasing efficiency through technology
History of the HPI: The 1950s: Capacity expansion, HDPE/PP, polycarbonate, computers and rocket science
High risk, high stakes: Why digitalization is critical for hydrocarbon processing
Building resilience: Why now is the time to invest in natural hazard risk management
The EPC executive’s challenge and opportunity: Navigating the sustainability shift in capital projects
History of the HPI: The 1940s: Global conflict, FCC, 100 octane, synthetic rubber—Wartime necessitates advancing technologies
How hydroprocessing feed filtration system design impacts process reliability and efficiency
Digitally uncover profitable pathways to net-zero
Industry updates: Hydrocarbon Processing February news brief
SPONSORED: Digital technologies: A path to increased production and decarbonization
Comparing green fuels for marine engines-Part 1
Shrinking the carbon footprint: A digital transformation roadmap for green fuel producers
Executives’ focus on lean management leaves companies exposed to risk during crises
Improved methods for trace element analysis of challenging petrochemical samples
Digital and AI solutions for APM and predictive maintenance: A conversation with ABB
Optimizing natural gas treating: A discussion with H2SZero
How advanced, AI-powered scheduling can optimize refinery turnarounds and maintenance
PO, contract or purchase agreement: Which is best for your procurement strategy?
Converting to renewable power: An interview with MEGlobal's Oyster Creek Site Leader Scott Daigle
How to achieve industrial autonomy in the refining and petrochemical industries
Decarbonizing ethylene production and the HPI's energy transition
Enhanced unit monitoring enabled by digital twin
Evolution of capital projects: A chat with S&B Engineers and Constructors
LPG sector poised for sustainable fuel transition
Patents provide a unique insight into oil and gas blockchain opportunities
Emerging technologies: Building the clean fuels of tomorrow
Achieve three efficiencies in mixed-refrigerant compressors for small-scale LNG
Specifying trip valves is critical for LNG service
Control software drives sustainable performance and production
Keeping fugutive emissions costs down with low-E valves
Why EPC firms are accelerating digitalization
Mid-year market update
Reliability: Exploring better compressor sour seal oil traps
Process control reimagined
Taking on petrochemical plant hurdles with networking smarts
Attracting digital talent for petrochemicals: You need a new brand strategy
Safety, simplicity and productivity provide the value needed in plant operations
ISOALKY: The future of alkylation?
A new solution to optimize LNG pre-treatment
SPONSORED: Front-end engineering design: Why is it so crucial to project success?
Evolution and innovation for an increasingly dispersed LNG market
Ensuring safety in dynamic chemical manufacturing environments
How maintenance and reliability in gas analysis supports hydrocarbon processing installations
Challenges and pitfalls in brownfield EPC projects
Open process automation: Adoption and benefits for the processing engineer
Past, present and future of the global basestocks market
Renewable diesel: The latest buzzword in the downstream sector
Design considerations when flaring ethylene oxide
Modular construction: Always considered, now COVID-necessary
How EPCs are adapting and evolving operations through digital transformation
Improving capital projects efficiency through digital technologies
Converting a petroleum diesel refinery for renewable diesel
Leading in times of uncertainty
Advancing crude-to-chemicals technology
Interconnected neural networks drive breakthrough optimization
Repair complex petrochemical components with selective electroplating
Russia looks to double petrochemicals and LPG exports by 2025
A perspective on new technology impacts on the chemical processing industry
ROI is the secret sauce for sustainable digital transformation
Steps to selecting the right rotary control valve
Why technology that powers and augments humans is crucial for 2021 industrial business resilience
SPONSORED: Alarm management: Will today's practices work tomorrow?
How COVID-19 changed the adoption of digital technologies
Improve reliability and reduce maintenance with advanced analytics
Optimize plant turnarounds with AI-powered software
Data historian-based machine condition monitoring
Reduce OPEX and improve sustainability through digital energy optimization strategies
Reliability: Plan startups wisely and involve SMEs
Are chemical companies ready for the future of work?
The tools advancing the HPI into the digital age
Escaping the "cyclone market" in downstream energy
Reasons for vibration issues in boilers and furnaces
How to support condition monitoring with wireless instrumentation networks
Address damage done by galvanic corrosion
Hydrocarbons face the toughest challenge yet
Do companies have the right tools to make proactive safety decisions?
Case EPC-2020: Increasing competitiveness and profits
Industry Focus: Competition for Europe's LNG market
The elements of a reliability framework
A project manager's challenges in LNG megaprojects
HPI spending forecast to reach $491 B in 2021
The construction industry's quest to find a skilled workforce
Driving higher return with fuel-grade butanol at the refinery
Cybersecurity: Guidelines to help mitigate risks
Tips to implementing an effective shift handover
How digital transformation improves safety and reduces emissions
Optimizing methanol plant operations through minimal capital investments
Five lessons to get the most out of remote training and tools
Why we value engineering data
Digital twin—Today’s disruptive technology leader
Extracting business value from digitalization in oil and gas
How using digital platforms can improve plant performance and increase customer success
Siloed to connected: Why the oil and gas industry is going digital
Hydrogen and clean fuels: An EPC's perspective
Achieve refinery cost savings with real-time hydrogen monitoring
Seven imperatives for modern inventory management solutions
The role of the technology licensor--Past, present and future
Zero-based, custom-built, reliability-driven: A new kind of maintenance organization
Fully autonomous operations by 2030: Is this the future of the HPI?
OT/IT integration for profit-driven operation
Making low-emissions LNG a reality
Project Management: Reduce installation schedule for column trays
How valve upgrades can improve tank and terminal facility operations
Meeting strict government standards for wastewater reuse and improved water quality
Five Best Practices for Adopting New Digital Technologies in the HPI
The importance of great industrial communication
Beginning the journey to the self-optimizing plant
Seven imperatives for modern inventory management solutions
Improving petrochemical operations with continuous condition monitoring
Digital twin—Today’s disruptive technology leader
Base stocks: Market overview, specifications and guidelines
Selecting the right gas analyzer to optimize monitoring of NOx and other emissions
How to develop a successful asset management strategy during the coronavirus downturn
How to use AI to take your asset performance management techniques to the next level
What if your plant were truly digital
Data security and privacy: The five questions energy company boards need to ask