The May 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering begins with a thought-provoking exploration of the turbulence in the Asian oil and gas markets while simultaneously considering the future prospects of the industry, as exposited on by Ng Weng Hoong. Our brand new issue also includes several insightful features on valves, compressors, software, hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, and gas processing.
This month's front cover is brought to you by Baker Hughes.
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Shaking up global oil markets
Ng Weng Hoong, Contributing Editor, explores the turbulence in the Asian oil and gas markets, while considering the future of the industry in the region.
Boosting gas processing capacity
Anh Do, Shell Catalysts & Technologies, the Netherlands, investigates ways to assist gas processing plants to boost capacity and improve efficiency.
Transforming inlet separator performance
Tom Mazzacavallo, Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, USA, shares insight on how gas processing facilities can build a proactive maintenance strategy with a comprehensive programme to ensure the performance of inlet separators.
Waste into wins
Maggie Pycherek, Alfa Laval, Canada, considers how operators can maximise efficiency in ethanol plants through waste oil recovery.
A new approach to ammonia sampling
Matt Dixon, Swagelok Co., USA, examines how modern ammonia sampling enhances safety, accuracy, and efficiency.
Minimising flaring emissions
Jason Knudson, Baker Hughes Valves, USA, explores how pilot-operated safety relief valves serve as an emission abatement solution.
Electrifying the future
Atul Arunkumar Shenoy and Carles Miller, Burns & McDonnell, and Manish Verma, TMEIC, USA, review how early engagement in replacing steam turbines with electric motors and variable frequency drives (VFDs) can drive project success.
The rising star of electrification
Rasmus Rubycz, Atlas Copco Gas and Process, Germany, assesses the benefits that mechanical vapour recompression (MVR) technology could provide for heat generation.
Link by link: the hydrogen value chain
Jens Wulff and Dr David Franzen, NEUMAN & ESSER, Germany, analyse how having knowledge of the entire hydrogen value chain is crucial for providing the best solution.
High hydrogen combustion
Tim Tallon, AMETEK Process Instruments, USA, examines how optimising high hydrogen-fired combustion processes with catalytic flue gas analysis can aid efforts towards decarbonisation.
Scaling SAF
Scott Sayles, Pattabhi Raman Narayanan, and Jessica Hofmann, Becht, consider technological pathways for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and its role in the road to net zero emissions by 2050.
Staying aware of the situation
Christi Mezzic, Emerson, details strategies to improve operator situational awareness with high-performance graphics.