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Refinery-Petrochemical Integration – Repurpose Assets, Maximize Profitability, and Pivot to the Future

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The refining industry is undergoing a monumental shift as demand for fuels is projected to wane, while demand for petrochemicals continues to rise...

Liquefaction Process and Refrigeration Compressor Driver

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Natural gas liquefaction requires large refrigeration compressors to achieve volume reduction specifications for transportation of Liquified Natural...

Reducing Flaring during Startup of Steam Cracker Unit

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Indorama Ventures Olefins LLC (IVOL), an indirect subsidiary of Thailand’s Indorama Ventures PCL (IVP), Bangkok, had the objective...

Challenges and Opportunities for Plastic Waste Pyrolysis Oils As Steam Cracking Feedstock

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Thermochemical recycling of plastic waste to base chemicals via pyrolysis and subsequent steam cracking is expected to be the dominant chemical...

Gregory Davis

Greg joined Sangamo Therapeutics in 2020 as Vice President of Genome Engineering.  He leads teams responsible for the discovery and optimization of novel zinc finger proteins (ZFPs), enabling their translation into genomic medicines.  Greg has spent over 20 years in academia and biotech, working in the areas of genome editing, cell engineering, and directed protein evolution.   In 2004 at Sigma-Aldrich, Greg’s team collaborated with the lab of Alan Lambowitz (Univ. Of Texas, Austin) to develop RNA-guided systems for bacterial genome editing based on group II introns (...Read more

Good Distributor Design for High-Velocity Feed Debottlenecks a Crude Preflash Tower

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Bazan’s Crude Unit No. 3 (designed by others) was bottlenecked by the preflash tower. The tower experienced frequent episodes,...

Gas Concentration Absorber/Stripper Benchmarking leads to Optimization and Training Opportunity

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Across the Marathon system there are thirty Absorber/Stripper systems spread over sixteen sites. The Absorber/Stripper systems are associated with...

F&PD Panel Discussion: Color Changing Processes: Moving from Black to Green

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Major changes are coming to the Fuels and Petrochemicals’ industries. In the drive to become less carbon intensive, producers are...

WATT Winding Annulus T.EN Tube

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
WATT Winding Annulus TechnipFMC Tube ® The latest addition to Technip Energies’ extensive portfolio of proprietary...

Effective Pre-Startup Safety Review: Tips and Tools for Ensuring Operational Readiness

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The keys to effectiveness of Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) and Operational Readiness involve establishing well-defined workable practices,...

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