In a changing world, the targets of refineries have shifted as well – and increasingly toward hydrogen technologies. In an interview with Asian Downstream Insights, P&P Industries’ CEO, Peter Goritschnig, talks more about the company’s efforts in green technology, and expands on how refiners can redirect their focus to accommodate newer, greener technologies.

Biomimicry is hardly new. In fact, one of the earliest examples of biomimicry was the study of birds to enable human flight – a study that was later brought to reality thanks to the Wright Brothers, who succeeded in flying the first heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903. The rest, as they say, is history. Beyond the…

The world around us in all of its natural glory is but our greatest muse, and sometimes leads to what can only be described as breakthrough technologies. Take Belgium start-up Qpinch for example: Mimicking natural processes that store and release energy in living cells, they have developed a technology to recover industrial waste heat. Thanks…

Approximately two weeks ago, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released chilling news in the form of its Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Revelations brought to the table included the following findings: Observed increases in greenhouse gases have been “unequivocally caused by human activities”, with each of…

In the race toward sustainability, South Korea seems poised to take the lead. It’s a relatively good time to be a player in South Korea’s petrochemicals scene, right now – in spite of the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic still raging on, the country seems to be recovering well. In fact, South Korea…

2021 marks an important year for the oil & gas industry. Despite the current downturn and uncertainty brought on by COVID-19, oil and gas companies continue to make progress toward a lower-carbon future, in line with the broader energy transition taking place across the entire energy, resources, and industrials sector. For over 20 years, the…