May 2024Column—Viewpoint (UOP)

HP Tagline--Column--Executive ViewpointPetrochemicals transition, operational sustainability and new pathways for light olefins productionA conversation with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development and Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOPWelcome to Hydrocarbon Processing’s Executive Series. In this enhanced video platform, the editors speak with the operators and technology leaders and suppliers that are optimizing the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). This series features the thoughts and opinions of top executives and how they see trends and challenges facing the HPI, market shifts affecting production and operations, supply and demand fundamentals, novel technologies shaping refining and petrochemical processing, and much more. In this iteration, Hydrocarbon Processing sat down with Keith Couch, Senior Director, Business Development and Integrated Projects, Honeywell UOP. In this interview, Mr. Couch discusses the challenges refiners and new market players face when transitioning to or investing in petrochemicals production, pathways to increase operational sustainability, a novel approach to producing light olefins and much more. HPYouTube with Analytics
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