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This podcast, taken from Thermo Fisher Scientific's technical article in the January issue of Hydrocarbon Processing, details how high-performance liquid chromatography and ion chromatography systems can provide better analysis in biofuels production.

According to industry analysis, the global sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market is expected to increase from $216 MM in 2021 to $14.77 B by 2030. This podcast features some of the major initiatives and trends in the SAF industry.

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Ron Beck, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing, Aspen Technology, on how using digital technologies can increase/boost energy efficiency and help companies meet their carbon emissions goals.

Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Melissa Clough Mastry, Director, Global Technology and Technical Services, BASF, and Mark Schmalfeld, Global Marketing Manager, Refinery Catalyst, BASF, to discuss how the energy transition is affecting refiners and petrochemical producers, feedstocks, FCC co-processing and much more.

In this episode, we sat down with Syrie Crouch, Vice President of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Shell, to discuss the CCS sector, Shell's projects in operation and under development, and how the CCS industry will evolve in the future. 

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development and Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP, and Greg Funk, Senior Offering Manager, Honeywell UOP, to discuss the growing need for petrochemicals production globally and how refiners can respond to this opportunity in a cost-effective and sustainable way.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Curt Graham, Vice President, Office of Technology, Fluor, to discuss carbon capture and storage (CCS), the current CCS market, available technologies and where CCS may be in the next decade.

Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development & Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP; and Mark Houdek, Director, Sustainability for the Refinery of the Future, Honeywell UOP to discuss sustainability and petrochemicals integration. This discussion includes how refiners are tackling the challenges associated with sustainability, where plant owners can start in their sustainability journey and the trend of refiners integrating petrochemical production into existing operations.