Energy Transition

How has market demand and technological progress shaped the digital twins of today from those of the past. And what is its future?

Is hydrogen the future? Three downstream leaders share the reality behind the hydrogen hype.

When we’re flooded with data, how do we use it to make smart business decisions and drive operational excellence?

AVEVA leads discussions on Forging resilience amidst uncertainty with Value Chain Optimization ​​​​​​in an exclusive virtual round-table.

Unplanned shutdown time across the downstream Oil & Gas reduces asset availability by an estimated 5%. With operators functioning at only 95% of their full potential, the pressure is on for this asset-intensive industry to tighten its performance management.

If APM is the heart of the organisation, data is the lifeblood, pumping vital information and assets across all departments to ensure a healthy, safe and reliable business performance.

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The future of the downstream industry: a vast, uncertain horizon, marked by new technologies, and the drive for new business models. At a recent executive virtual round-table, chaired by José de Sá, Senior Partner in Bain & Company’s Rio de Janeiro office and Global Head of O&G Downstream, business leaders from Wood, Becht, Borouge, Nayara…

Petrochemicals are part of everything we do. They’re in the plastic that packages our food, the fertilizer that boosts our crops, the detergent that cleans our clothes. Described by Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, of the International Energy Agency as “one of the key blind spots in the global energy debate”, they have been building…

The future is something we all think about. And for 97% of the downstream community, it features petchems in some form. A recent poll of professionals across the Asian Downstream Insights community revealed that this huge majority believe that petchems will play a part in the future of their industry. For Yu Kin Yeo, Senior…

There’s a lot to say about sustainability, especially when you’ve built your business on fossil fuels. And when a group of international business leaders from the downstream industry came together to discuss its impact on their sector, there was high-octane debate and probing questions on the next phase of the energy transition, and its effect…

Navigating the next normal is a risky business. And how to create the perfect balance between risk, cost and performance was the subject international downstream leaders were juggling at a recent virtual round-table.

With a petrochemicals sector that currently accounts for 12% of global oil demand and is set to almost triple that by 2030, converting crude to chemicals may be a life-raft for a fossil fuels market struggling to stay afloat. But it’s not just the crude material that’s going through a conversion. Turning to new business…

There are many manual tasks in plants which require personnel and contractors to come to a site, which prevents working from home or other remote locations. This is a limiting factor in a pandemic lockdown with social distancing. Data collection is a good example. Indeed, manual data collection has been a challenge since before the…

Artificial intelligence is revamping the downstream industry. ML is streamlining manpower. Algorithms are predicting unplanned downtime. But how much is digitalisation really driving business decisions? And how can you equip your workforce – from engineers to senior management – to adapt to the new digital normal? Asian Downstream Insights and moderator Hari Govindahari, Associate Partner,…

We’re stepping onto the threshold of a new digital frontier. With the majority of operators wanting to embrace innovation into their infrastructure in the near future, and the promise of $1.6 trillion in unlocked value from digital transformation waiting to be unleashed on the industry by 2025, Refinery 4.0 is our new business as usual. But…

2020 forced us to a standstill.  As borders shut and regions locked down, our vehicle to the world became the lens of our webcam. This has sent an unprecedented shock through the fuel industry: jet fuel demand has dropped by an estimated 70%, and according to research by Goldman Sachs, global oil demand has plummeted…

Far from being limited to transportation fuels, refining and petrochemical processes create a variety of products that are used in everyday life. Fueled by the global pandemic, the refining industry has witnessed an unprecedented shift in product demand, including a decrease in transportation fuels and an increase in petrochemical-based packaging due to the need for…

As the world charts its journey to post-pandemic recovery, industries are on the lookout for signs of market trends to come. Here’s what to look out for.

“Cyber-attacks are always in the news and headlines”, states the Head of Cybersecurity Risk and Governance at a major Saudi Arabian oil company. He isn’t wrong. Remote working has created a borderless and hyperconnected attack surface. A recent survey revealed that in the oil and gas industry alone, 86% of responding companies had experienced a…