October 2025

This issue highlights market turbulence in the Middle East alongside innovations in sulfur removal, emissions control, advanced monitoring, and efficiency solutions that help downstream operators balance reliability with low-carbon goals.

This month's front cover is brought to you by Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.

Middle East headwinds
Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, explores the market turbulence across the global oil and gas industry, considering the effects for major producers and refiners in the Middle East.

Sulfur removal in liquid treaters
Prashanth Chandran and Ralph H. Weiland, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc., explore developments in mass transfer rate-based simulations for the amine-based extraction process.

Reducing sulfur dioxide emissions
Binh Le, Merichem Technologies, USA, explores how refineries can select different technologies to mitigate sulfur dioxide emissions in downstream processes.

Advanced air control technology
Rod Merz and Michael Gaura, AMETEK Process Instruments, alongside Mike Smeltink, Worley Comprimo, discuss how implementing advanced air control technology can aid process efficiency and ensure environmental compliance for sulfur recovery units.

Smarter spectroscopy
Tiago Morais, ENVEA, examines how in-situ gas analysers can help downstream industries adapt to an increasingly uncertain global market.

Gas distribution beyond pipelines
Daniel Rodriguez, Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group, USA, explores how modular regasification networks and deployable LNG infrastructure can be a scalable solution for bridging structural supply gaps.

Optimising separator performance with real-time diagnostics
Eric Graham, Tracerco, USA, discusses separator diagnostics in onshore gas/midstream processing.

From blackout to breakthrough
Stacey Jones, ABB Inc., charts the evolution of electrical condition monitoring and its potential usage across a range of oil and gas applications.

Machine learning and data analytic tools
Umeet Bhachu, Pembina Pipeline Corp., Canada, evaluates methods to optimise and troubleshoot process plant issues.

Bridging fossil operations and low-carbon goals
José Miguel González, Tecam, Spain, considers the role emissions abatement solutions can play in ensuring hydrocarbon operations meet the needs of a lower-carbon future.

Modern monitoring solutions
Garo Torossian, Chandler Smith, and Sherri Roberts, Zeeco Inc., consider how modern flare monitoring solutions address the dual imperatives of regulatory compliance and operational optimisation.

Flexible flaring solutions
Akash H. Barhe and Dante Lazzarotto, Aereon SRL (A Cimmaron Co.), explore mobile emissions control solutions that are available to oil and gas operators amid growing pressure to comply with increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

Minimising pressure loss
Anibal Mazzone and Pablo Castro Valdez, Endress+Hauser, Switzerland, explore how different flow meter designs can be optimised to minimise pressure loss, aiding energy efficiency on the path to net zero.

Engineering high-performance
Volker Hintz, John Crane, discusses how centrifugal compressors and dry gas seals can help reduce emissions to aid throughout the energy transition.

Enhancing efficiency
Anton Korobeynikov, Integrated Global Services (IGS), Czech Republic, discusses how advanced robotic convection cleaning can enhance styrene production efficiency.

October 2025

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