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Hydrocarbon Processing Interview with Meridian Energy

Posted March 30, 2020 •

Meridian Energy Group is building two new refineries in the U.S. These projects will be in the Bakken and Permian shale region. Hydrocarbon...

Business Trends: Rethinking the refining and petrochemicals industries

Posted March 25, 2020 •

Crude oil has been the fundamental element of transportation fuel for many decades. However, market factors are changing this dynamic, creating incentives...

Managing dark data and visualizing your digital twin

Posted March 17, 2020 •

Today’s tools are often specialized for a certain type of task; however, they often lack the connectivity that would enable the easy comparison and...

Five key innovation concepts to impact frontline engineers in 2020

Posted March 10, 2020 •

Gas processing, liquefaction, oil refining, bulk petrochemicals and chemicals plants represent a large population of frontline engineers and technical...

Augmented reality in the oil and gas sector

Posted March 3, 2020 •

At first glance, this is probably not a startling number—not when you consider the size of the entertainment industry and how immersed AR has become...