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September 2025
2 The paradox of plenty: India’s refining ambition and the net-zero tightrope Manoj Sharma 5 Renewable synfuels via Power and Biogas-to-Liquid pathway Ajay Misra and Pankaj Gupta JNK India Ltd 11 Sulphur management and emissions reduction technology Igor Kostromin and Raju Chopra Topsoe 17 Integration of refining with petrochemicals Raj Kumar Das, Chanchal Samanta, Bharat L Newalkar, and Chandrasekhar Narayanamurthy Corporate R&D Centre, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 23 Reducing catalyst changeout costs for steam reforming Jumal Shah Johnson Matthey 29 Single-step conversion of crude to olefins and aromatics Somanath Kukade, Arun P Asokan, Pramod Kumar, and S Sriram HP Green R&D Centre, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 35 Enhancing fired heater efficiency, reliability, and longevity Integrated Global Services 41 Enhancing refinery profitability through reduction of coke make Satyen Kumar Das, Pradeep PR, RK Kaushik Singha, and Alok Sharma Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, R&D Centre 47 Troubleshooting frequent issues faced in fired heater operation Shilpa Singh and Rupam Mukherjee Engineers India Limited 53 Holistic approach to enterprise artificial intelligence adoption Aridaman Singh Ahir, Rohit Dombi, and Harirajan Padmanabhan hpad, Inc. 59 Fluid quality management in amine systems Matt Thundyil, David Seeger, Arvind Chaturvedi, Erin McIntosh, and Roy McDoniel Transcend Solutions 66 Artificial intelligence for refinery flow transmitters NC Chakrabarti, Priyang Shukla, and Jesse Mallhi Reliance Industries Ltd 73 Indian petroleum refiners can reduce costs and improve production by migrating from outdated data analytics tools Kevin Jones dataPARC
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