June 2025
The June 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering begins with Gordon Cope’s insight into the most recent developments that have shaken the oil and gas industry across Central and South America during the last few months. This brand new issue also includes several comprehensive features on catalysts, pumps, heat transfer, petrochemicals, chemical recycling, separation technology, corrosion, and water treatment.
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Risk and reward: oil and gas in Latin America
Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, provides necessary insight into the burgeoning oil and gas industry across Central and South America.
Accelerating plastic waste circularity
Ghoncheh Rasouli, KBC (A Yokogawa Company), analyses process simulation’s role in advancing plastic-to-olefin technologies.
Stepping towards a circular and bio-based economy
Joeri Dieltjens, Sulzer Chemtech, and Radu Mihai Ignat, Sulzer Chemtech Romania, present quenching technology which can aid in advancing plastics and biomass pyrolysis.
Shifting the paradigm
Dr Emmanuel Iro, Dr Richard Caulkin, and Sergio A. Robledo, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC, consider how catalysts can be revolutionised for the water gas shift reaction.
Taking on the challenge of steam methane reforming
Ken Chlapik, Johnson Matthey, explores how to meet the challenge of efficient hydrogen production with higher efficiency catalyst solutions.
Addressing the ‘elephant’ in VCM production
Stefan Roeder and Tim Busse, Evonik Catalysts, examine how catalysts facilitate cleaner production of vinyl chloride monomer (VCM).
Fine-tuning FCC units
Victor Scalco, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, and Clifford Avery, Ketjen, discuss efficient separation technologies for a sustainable refining and petrochemical industry.
Minimising risk and maximising value
Brad Cook, Sabin Metal Corp., details how companies can maximise the value of their precious metal catalysts by choosing the right organisations for recovery and refining.
Keeping corrosion at bay
Yelena Rojas, Integrated Global Services (IGS), outlines field-applied corrosion mitigation strategies for high-temperature refinery units and demonstrates these strategies with a detailed case study.
From fossil fuels to electrons
Dennis Long, Watlow, discusses the challenges and opportunities for process electrification and the latest innovations in this area that are making the energy transition easier to navigate for hard to decarbonise industries.
Meeting the downstream market needs
Sam Eccles, Trillium Flow Technologies, considers how tailored original equipment and service pumping solutions can answer the needs of the downstream market.
Mastering your membranes
Jacob Hatt, Kurita, elaborates on how reverse osmosis membranes can be designed to factor in the different requirements of key industry stakeholders.
A water treatment revolution
Andreina Graham, Solenis LLC, presents case studies demonstrating strategies for optimising water treatment processes.
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