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A catalyst for change: Albemarle Corporation on new FCC opportunities for refiners

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 ...
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Stepping into a new digital frontier. Insights from a Downstream Innovation Leader

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 ...
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Man talks Machine: a group of downstream industry leaders discuss how AI is shaping the market

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? ...
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Clearing the Fog on Digital Transformation

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 ...
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Times of change. Converting crude to chemicals, and traditional refineries to COTC

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 ...
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Downstream’s balancing act: juggling risk, cost and performance

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 ...
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Building a sustainable business. Industry leaders debate sustainability and the future of fossil fuels

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 ...
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Long term trends of transportation fuel: Exclusive insights from Argus Media

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 ...
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The petrochemical presence. How the shift to petrochemicals is reshaping the downstream industry

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 ...
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Next generation downstream. Looking ahead at the industry’s future. And what needs to change

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 ...
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