February 2025

The February 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering opens with an analysis of the dynamics at play regarding gas demands in the oil and gas industry across the Australasian region, courtesy of Nancy Yamaguchi. This new issue also includes features on sulfur processing, digital technologies, corrosion, valves, and turbomachinery. This issue also features a cover story from Optimized Gas Treating Inc. on turndown operations at a refinery gas treating and sulfur processing train.

This month's front cover is brought to you by Optimized Gas Treating Inc. (OGT).

Australasia: a shared sea
Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, examines the dynamics of Australasia’s oil and gas demands and refining industry, in the everchanging regional and global landscape.

Sulfur processing during turndown
G. Simon A. Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating Inc. (OGT), USA, explores the challenges and considerations of turndown operations at a refinery gas treating and sulfur processing train.

Forecasting for the future
Dr David Kirkwood and Jamie Williams, Indicatura, UK, alongside Mike Smeltink, Worley Comprimo, the Netherlands, suggest how industrial organisations can incorporate advanced probabilistic forecasting techniques to account for future uncertainties and better assess the risks and benefits of technology options.

Line of defence
Jeff Gomach, Merichem Technologies, discusses how refinery operators can defend against the threat of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) by using effective removal treatments.

Monitored and mastered
Harry Burton, AMETEK, outlines the methodology behind monitoring amine acid gas treatment and discusses the importance of acid gas removal units and analytical solutions in optimising amine stripping.

The cost of corrosion
Mike Aughenbaugh, Swagelok Company, USA, discusses the cost of system issues stemming from corrosion, and considers how refineries can best defend against corrosion before it causes serious downtime.

Boosting future operations
Kevin Nietupski, AUMA, Germany, analyses how digital solutions can boost the efficiency and reliability of valves and actuators and increase responsiveness in the hydrocarbon processing industry.

Demystifying control valve selection
Melissa Niesen and Emily Stone, Emerson, USA, explain how supercritical fluids present significant challenges for control valves. However, proper design is possible by understanding the application, and consulting experts if required.

High-speed hydrogen compression
Klaus Brun and Marybeth McBain, Ebara Elliott Energy, USA, discuss the current state and progress toward adapting centrifugal compressors for high-speed hydrogen compression.

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