The Main Column

Today’s terminal operators are facing several challenges related to the profitability of their bulk terminal, petrochemical and oil field storage sites.

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, and often make periodic checks of these machines part of regular rounds, they are often overlooked as key candidates for continuous monitoring.

Among numerous emerging technologies in the process industries, the digital twin is the most powerful and disruptive. Why? Listen to the latest episode of The Main Column Podcast to learn more.

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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, OEM specifications and much more.

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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.

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted all sectors of the oil and gas industry, including asset management. Many plants around the world are operating in emergency mode or shutdown.The following are six recommendations to help organizations optimize their asset management decisions during this unprecedented time and to emerge from the COVID-19 slowdown unscathed.

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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.

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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. Learn more in this AVEVA sponsored podcast.

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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. Learn more in this AVEVA Sponsored podcast.

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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 plants and improve efficiency. Listen now to the latest AVEVA sponsored podcast.