PTQ Q2 2025 Issue

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3 Navigating tightening margins Rene Gonzalez

©2025. The entire content of this publication is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the copyright owner. The opinions and views expressed by the authors in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher and while every care has been taken in the preparation of all material included in Petroleum Technology Quarterly and its supplements the publisher cannot be held responsible for any statements, opinions or views or for any inaccuracies. Cover High complexity refineries with hydrocracking assets have the flexibility to make high-quality base oils from a wider variety of crude oils. Photo courtesy of Tüpraş. 87 Enterprise-wide optimisation across hydrocarbon processing assets Jun Yi, Pei Su and Yonglei Wang Galaxy Sky-grand Technology Co., Ltd . Weijun Yang PetroChina Jinxiang Mao Sinopec Ricky Hsu Independent Consultant 94 Technology In Action 5 ptq&a 9 Synergistic multifunctional corrosion inhibitors for high-acid crudes Amutha Nagarajan, Ghousya Gulzareen Khannam, Kannan Perumal, Sathees Kesavan, Hitesh Bagaria and Nimeshkumar Patel Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions 16 Thermodynamic solution for evaluating crude compatibility Asok Tharanivasan and Michelle Wicmandy KBC (A Yokogawa Company) 23 Advancing adoption of chemical recycling Artem D Vityuk BASF Corporation 33 Impact of hydrocracker catalyst changes on crude oil selection Bilge Karahan, Merve Çinbar and Nilay Aktaş Tupraş Peter Nymann Topsoe 39 Meeting the challenge of tramp amines in crudes Joel Lack Baker Hughes 45 Increasing refinery recycled water quality and usage Christina Möring, Johan Hutsebaut and Caroline Bird Solenis 51 Enhancing refinery profitability through rigorous catalyst evaluation Tiago Vilela and Nattapong Pongboot Avantium 55 Key profit drivers for sustainable crude-to-chemicals complexes John Melancon, Parveen Kalia, Shankar Vaidyanathan, Ed Reyes and Michelle Barber Fluor Corporation 65 Pathway to autonomous operations in refining and petrochemicals Tom Fiske Yokogawa 73 Hydrogen-rich gasoline offers an alternative to high octane costs John Burger and Don Byrne HRC Fuels George Hoekstra Hoekstra Trading 79 Hybrid digital twin for DHDT unit performance monitoring S K Shabina, Ranjith Kumar Bojja, I R Choudhury and Sarvesh Kuma Research & Development Centre, Indian Oil Corporation Limited

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