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On this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Vikas Dhole, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Emerson's Aspen Technology business on the current and future state of digital technologies adoption in the processing industries. This includes the use of AI, sustainability and getting the most operational value out of vast amounts of data, among other topics.

In this episode, Fabian Lambert, Technology Development Manager, Axens, discusses the main risks associated in developing new technologies, how demo units are utilized in scaling up new industrial technologies, and various approaches to innovation and risk management with industry partners.

In this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Marybeth McBain and Shane Harvey, Ebara Elliott Energy, to discuss their organizations new testing facility (can test electrical equipment up to 100 MW), new ways turbomachinery can mitigate emissions from industrial operations and much more.

In this special episode, live from Emerson Exchange, Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Marcelo Carugo, Vice President of Industry Solution Consulting and Customer Success and Doug Cooper, Director, Product Management, both from Emerson, to discuss new digital pathways and solutions for managing corrosion in the global refining industry.

This episode explores the implementation of a bad actors program at Saudi Aramco's Yanbu NGL fractionation department, focusing on rotating equipment such as pumps, compressors, turbines and motors.

Part 2 of Hydrocarbon Processing's global refining analysis focuses on the Asia-Pacific region. This episode details major initiatives that are leading to additional capital expenditures for refining capacity additions, including the ability to satisfy domestic fuel demand, higher biofeedstock blending, increasing SAF production, the inclusion of petrochemical units in existing refining infrastructure and the grassroots construction of mega-integrated complexes, and much more.

On this episode, Hydrocarbon Processing speaks with Daniel Raj David, CEO, and Doug Stephens, Head of Sales, of Detect Technologies on how artificial intelligence is being used to stay ahead of emerging threats in the oil and gas industry, including managing safety fatigue, utilizing data for operational decision-making, and much more.

In this latest series, Hydrocarbon Processing will analyze the global refining industry. This first episode provides a breakdown of active projects globally, current capital spending on refining projects, and future distillation and secondary unit capacity additions.

In this episode, live from AFPM's Annual Meeting, Hydrocarbon Processing spoke with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development & Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP, about the current and future state of the U.S. refining sector, projects emerging over the next few years, light naphtha production/exports and crude-to-chemicals technologies.

Hany Fouda, Senior Vice President, Process Automation, Schneider Electric, dives deep into industrial artificial intelligence (AI), including the state of the processing sector's adoption of AI, how the industry can accelerate the adoption of digital technologies, benefits/barriers to embracing digital transformation and the future of AI, among much more.