Refining: Despite decline, Group 1 base stocks are here to stay

Maximize assets with a digital investment framework: Investments in digital technologies have shown to save companies money, optimize operations and streamline maintenance. The big question is how to evaluate digital investments? This podcasts details two investment models to consider in this analysis. by The Main Column

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The importance of great industrial communication by The Main Column

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Industry Perspectives: New petrochemical projects flat year-over-year: New perochemical project announcements plateaued year-over-year (y-o-y), according to data from Hydrocarbon Processing’s Construction Boxscore Database. For comments or feedback, please contact: podcast@hydrocarbonprocessing.com by The Main Column

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Supply Chain: Thinking outside the box: Unconventional supply chain planning: When you think of your supply chain, what do you consider? For a traditional downstream refiner, you may include pipeline, truck, rail and vessel logistics. Where inventory is stored is another consideration. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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Building industrial networks to serve IIoT and digitalization: How are companies putting new digital technologies to work? This podcast details how companies have implemented improvement programs with digitalization and where they have witnessed major advances in operations. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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Seven imperatives for modern inventory management solutions: Today’s terminal operators are facing several challenges related to the profitability of their bulk terminal, petrochemical and oil field storage sites. Learn more in the latest Main Column Podcast. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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How to use AI to take your asset performance management techniques to the next level: Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Mike Reed, Head of AVEVA AI Center of Excellence--to discuss how AI can be used to improve your asset performance management techniques. Listen now to the latest AVEVA sponsored podcast. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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How to use technology to mitigate job-hopping and retain millennial workers: Workforce experts and employers often suggest that the millennial generation is responsible for sparking the job-hopping trend. A 2018 Deloitte survey1 found only 28% of millennials plan to stay with their companies for more than 5 yr. by The Main Column

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Highlights from a maintenance and reliability audit: Staffers in many plants in modern industry are assigned to job functions related to reliability assessment and implementation. How these reliability-related job functions are carried out varies greatly from plant to plant. by The Main Column

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When digital transformation hits all four sustainability buckets: Sustainability efforts affect four key areas within a processing plant: efficiency, business, talent and safety. This podcast dives into how digital technologies are enabling companies to increase sustainable operations in these four key areas. by The Main Column

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Why we value engineering data: This podcast examines the value of engineering data and innovation throughout the life cycle of a project. For successful data management, users need to focus on several important questions: What data is required? by The Main Column

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How valve upgrades can improve tank and terminal facility operations by The Main Column

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The downstream dilemma: Past, present and future of downstream energy: 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 future of the downstream sector and its companies. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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Business Trends: Rethinking the refining and petrochemicals industries: Crude oil has been the fundamental element of transportation fuel for many decades. However, market factors are changing this dynamic, creating incentives for some organizations to consider oil-to-chemical complexes to maintain a competitive edge. by The Main Column

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Base stocks: Market overview, specifications and guidelines: Hydrocarbon Processing’s Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher, Lee Nichols, sits down with Rick Dougherty, Chief of Base Stocks and Specialties Technology, ExxonMobil, to discuss the base stocks market, the base stocks interchange, by The Main Column

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What if your plant were truly digital: With the increasing volatility of the oil and gas markets (involving price fluctuations and oil demand uncertainties) and stricter environmental constraints, a new normal for the world is being built right in front of us. by The Main Column

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The latest in measurement optimization for improved efficiency: Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with three subject matter experts from Endress + Hauser--Prasanth Sreekumar, Mark Thomas and Sam Miller--to discuss the latest in measurement technology and how instrumentation and analyzers can help optimize production ... by The Main Column

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Maintenance: How to conduct successful turnaround maintenance at refineries: PricewaterhouseCoopers reports that, since 2014, the oil and gas industry has put off noncritical spending to reduce costs.1 In 2016, for example, the average number of backlogged labor hours for corrective and deferred safety-critical maintenance incr... by The Main Column

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Data security and privacy: The five questions energy company boards need to ask: Over the past 5 yr, the energy industry has been forced to navigate highly volatile conditions, including unstable economics, increased sustainability concerns and a shortage of experienced leaders to succeed those approaching retirement. by The Main Column

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Can you build resilience in uncertainty?: 2020 may be the worst year in history in the Oil & Gas industry. We witnessed one shock after another. Learn more in this AVEVA sponsored podcast. For comments or feedback, please contact: podcast@hydrocarbonprocessing.com by The Main Column

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Rapid reaction to market volatility: 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 by rapidly reacting to market volatility. This AVEVA sponsored podcast examines the use of cl... by The Main Column

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Engineering propylene: Value unlocking with the PDH process: Propylene is at the core of the petrochemical industry, with the synthesis of its numerous derivatives finding greater application in industries from textile to automobile, cosmetics and beyond. Propylene is also a foundation block/intermediate for num... by The Main Column

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OT/IT integration for profit-driven operation: OT/IT integration is required for sharing information among all levels of manufacturing organizations to achieve profit-driven operation (PDO). This podcast examines a particular PDO solution, which breaks down production performance indicators down... by The Main Column

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Refining: Despite decline, Group 1 base stocks are here to stay: Given increasingly stringent automotive specifications and the advent of the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulfur regulations, the continued decrease in Group I base stocks demand should come as no surprise for anyone in the industry. by The Main Column

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Zero-based, custom-built, reliability-driven: A new kind of maintenance organization: This podcast details how Eastman Chemical's Longview, Texas site instituted specific goals to institute excellence in its maintenance department and optimize the way it works with operations. by The Main Column

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Meeting strict government standards for wastewater reuse and improved water quality: Regulations on refining/petrochemical wastewater effluents and controlling their use in freshwater sources are getting stricter in many countries around the world. Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Bill Cunningham, Siemens, by The Main Column

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Do companies have the right tools to make proactive safety decisions?: This podcast dives into Sphera's 2020 process safety management/operational risk management survey. It provides insights into the industry's safety culture, reality of risks, methods organizations are using to identify risks and adopting digital tec... by The Main Column

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Four tips for navigating a shutdown, turnaround or outage successfully: In the oil and gas sector, managing a shutdown, turnaround, or even an outage is an unavoidable requirement. These projects are complex, with multiple stakeholders focused on limiting the time assets are offline with zero tolerance for safety incidents. by The Main Column

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Improving petrochemical operations with continuous condition monitoring: While countless machines and equipment in a petrochemical plant can be monitored continuously, pumps and compressors are generally some of the most critical.Yet, while plants regularly recognize the importance of monitoring pumps and compressors, by The Main Column

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Selecting the right gas analyzer to optimize monitoring of NOx and other emissions: Combustion processes of all types generate emissions of one kind or another. For example, hydrogen- and carbon-based combustion processes produce water and carbon dioxide (CO2), respectively. For comments or feedback, by The Main Column

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Refining: Despite decline, Group 1 base stocks are here to stay

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