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Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Yasmine McColl, Global Chemical Segment Leader, Schneider Electric, to discuss what refining and petrochemical companies are doing to decarbonize their operations. This episode dives deep into electrification, renewables, energy efficiency and other routes companies are taking to limit GHG emissions in refinery and plant operations.

Hydrocarbon Processing caught up with Nick Blackman and Rich Tereba, Application Engineers, Baker Hughes Downstream Chemicals at the AFPM Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nick and Rich provide the benefits of crude pre-treatment, how it can maximize the value of plant assets and success stories.

This episode, live at the AFPM Summit in New Orleans, Louisiana (U.S.), features Barbara Slettenhaar, Global Business Director-Clean Fuel Technologies, Ketjen. Ms. Slettenhaar provides details on Ketjen's advancing catalysts technologies for hydroprocessing, as well as the evolution and future of the organization's catalysts offerings.

We spoke with Jay Hunt, Global Business Development Manager, Valmet, on the latest AI technology for valve predictive maintenance, including the evolution and benefits of this technology.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Andrie Prasetyo, Polypropylene Process Engineer, Pertamina, at the International Refining and Petrochemical Conference. Andrie discussed his presentation on the organization's Breezon R1270, and how it has helped optimize operations at Pertamina's plants in Indonesia.

In this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Gertjan van der Ven, Vice President, Global Project Pursuit, Emerson Automation Solutions, on challenges facing capital project construction, including timeline and cost pressures, supply chain constraints, the need to make projects more sustainable, and much more.

Compression is used in nearly all industries around the world, including in natural gas processing and LNG. In this episode, Gas Processing & LNG spoke with Klaus Brun, Global Director of Research & Development, Ebara Elliott Energy, on the latest advancements in refrigeration compression, choosing the right turbomachinery equipment for specific LNG applications, and how the process of engineering and designing compressors have advanced over the last decade.