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Refining

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Opening Gulf Energy Information’s 2019 Eastern Mediterranean Gas Conference (EMGC) in Cyprus was the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry for the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Yiorgos Lakkotrypis.

Equipment reliability: Critical to protecting margins in a volatile environment

ExxonMobil: Donlon, A.

For any hydrocarbon processor, margin is king.

Innovations

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Alfa Laval has introduced wide-opening design plates in its Packinox heat exchangers.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

A combination of planned and unplanned refinery outages affected US gasoline production, resulting in considerable declines in inventory levels.

Business Trends: HPI construction: Capital expenditures remain above $1.8 T

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

As the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) nears the middle of 2019, Hydrocarbon Processing is providing an assessment of the global midstream/downstream processing industries’ capital investments.

Industry Perspectives: The evolution of the downstream

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

In Hydrocarbon Processing’s April issue, the editorial comment focused on advancing ideas in the downstream processing industries.

Power: Temporary power tips for turnarounds and maintenance activities

Aggreko: Smith, B.

Maintenance activities and turnarounds often prove challenging to a facility’s electrical power system.

Digital: Digitalize process plants for operational excellence

Center for Green Technology and Management: Sukumaran Nair, M. P.

A large volume of data is generated during the operation of refining, petrochemical and fertilizer plants.

Executive Viewpoint: A vision for the refinery of 2030

Aspen Technology Inc.: Beck, R.

The refining business needs to change dramatically over the next decade.

Africa: Financing Africa’s petrochemical projects

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

The financing of Africa’s petrochemicals industry expansion remains a key issue for a continent on which governments and the private sector are grappling with an infrastructure financing deficit of $130 B–$170 B, despite some investors having found options to fund their petrochemical projects.