On this episode of the Chemical Engineering podcast, I talk to Ann-Marie Walters, marketing director for the process industries at Bentley Systems. She provides insights "digital twins" of physical assets at process plants, including their uses and business impact. Anne-Marie and I also discuss the use of digital twins by plants that won awards as part of Bentley's Year In Infrastructure virtual event.

On today's episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, I discuss blockchain technology with Hannah Davis, the blockchain project lead at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). She provides an explanation of what blockchain is, and describes use cases that are relevant for the chemical process industries (CPI).

On this edition of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, I talk to Jan Haemer and Bhavin Manjee, two partners at the industry consulting firm Simon-Kuchar & Partners. We discuss commercial challenges facing the chemical industry and how some of the business models for the chemicals industry are evolving.

On this episode of the Chemical Engineering Podcast, my guest is Patrick Kirby, a principal analyst at Wood MacKenzie. Patrick talks about an analysis undertaken early this yea by WoodMac on the global olefins business.