by Jagadesh Donepudi, Michelle Wicmandy, Nitin Soni, Hiroaki Kanokogi | Sep 19, 2025 | Industry & Technical Publications
As refineries face increasing complexity, ageing control systems, and growing sustainability pressures, traditional control methods are struggling to keep pace. Static models and manual tuning often fall short in dynamic, non-linear environments, limiting both...
by Michelle Wicmandy | Sep 11, 2025 | Featured Articles
For more than a decade, cheap capital shaped how companies pursued growth. In the ZIRP years, an era when central banks set interest rates near-zero, many companies poured budget into acquisition because speed was rewarded over efficiency. But the flood has ended....
by Jagadesh Donepudi, Michelle Wicmandy, Ashok Pathak | Jul 19, 2025 | Industry & Technical Publications
Refineries are operating in a more complex and variable environment, where flexibility introduces new forms of risk. As crude slates expand, traditional methods of assessing compatibility struggle to keep pace. This article explores how thermodynamic modeling enables...
by Andrew McMullan, Michelle Wicmandy | Apr 23, 2025 | Industry & Technical Publications
Decarbonisation in refining is becoming an operational, economic, and systems-integration challenge that requires refiners to connect strategy with execution. This article explores how refiners can deploy an integrated decarbonisation toolset that combines process...
by Asok Tharanivasan, Michelle Wicmandy | Apr 19, 2025 | Industry & Technical Publications
As global crude oil demand continues to rise, refiners are increasingly turning to opportunity crudes to optimize margins and maintain flexibility. While economically attractive, these crudes introduce significant variability in composition and behavior—making crude...
