Hydrocarbon Processing

🔧 Are disconnected tools costing you in your heat exchanger design process?

Using separate software for process simulation, thermal design, and mechanical design leads to manual data transfer errors, higher engineering effort, and missed optimization opportunities.

Join AspenTech® experts in this free webinar to discover how Aspen HYSYS® / Aspen Plus® integrated with Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR)™ can help you:
✅ Ensure optimal energy transfer and reduce emissions
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✅ Optimize for both CAPEX and OPEX
✅ Cut engineering effort and avoid design errors

A live Q&A follows — come with your questions!

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IRPC 2026 is built around one central idea: Defining the next era of refining and petrochemical technologies.

That means case studies from operators in the field. Technical sessions on process improvement, decarbonization, digitalization, and asset reliability. Two days in Houston with peers working through the same challenges you are.

Super early bird rates are still open, but they will not last. If you have been considering attending, now is the time to commit.

Register at hpirpc.com/registration/

Saudi Aramco. ExxonMobil. LyondellBasell. Valero. Sinopec. Petrobras. BASF. KBR.

The IRPC 2026 agenda is set, and this is who is presenting in Houston this October.

Nine sessions. Two days. 30+ technical presentations across refining optimization, aromatics, petrochemicals, digital transformation, biofuels, SAF, catalysts, and sustainability.

Here is a sample of what is on the program:

Saudi Aramco: Clean fuel compliance through integrated process optimization
LyondellBasell: Repurposing existing assets to reduce greenhouse emissions
ExxonMobil: Xylene loop debottleneck in an aromatics complex
Alder Renewables + BASF: FCC coprocessing of advanced biocrudes
Lummus Technology: AI approaches for the downstream industry
Dimensional Energy: Fischer-Tropsch catalyst technology
Schneider Electric: From automation to autonomy in downstream operations
SunGas Renewables + Honeywell UOP: SAF pathways panel discussion
Tallgrass Energy: Techno-economic evaluation of green and blue hydrogen production

Plus presentations from CITGO, Braskem, Valero, Air Products, Johnson Matthey, Sulzer Chemtech, NuScale Power, Kuraray Americas, Evonik, Aduro Clean Technologies, Universal Fuel Technologies, Indian Oil Corp., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Sunbelt Supply, Velan, and more.

Super early bird registration closes June 26. View the full agenda at https://hpirpc.com/elementor-6455/.

The energy transition is reshaping what refining and petrochemical operations look like over the next decade. IRPC 2026 addresses it head-on.

Alder Renewables, Dimensional Energy, NuScale Power, and C2X/SunGas Renewables are confirmed to present at this year's conference. Expect technical content on feedstock flexibility, low-carbon production pathways, and the practical infrastructure challenges of transitioning existing assets.

This is applied content for people making real decisions, not aspirational headlines.

Super early bird registration is open now.
hpirpc.com/registration/

If your company sells to refineries and petrochemical plants, IRPC is where your buyers are gathering.

IRPC 2026 brings together a targeted audience of senior technical and operational leaders from the global downstream industry. Nearly 70% of attendees are in technical or leadership roles. They specify, approve, and influence capital projects and operational decisions across plant expansions, reliability initiatives, turnarounds, and technology adoption.

IRPC 2026 is promoted directly to Hydrocarbon Processing readers. Sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available now, and space is limited.

Visit hpirpc.com/sponsors/ to review what is available.

The IRPC 2026 program is taking shape, and the names on it tell you everything about the level of this conference.

ExxonMobil, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Aramco, Petrobras, and Valero are among the companies confirmed to present this October in Houston. These are not marketing sessions. IRPC is built around applied technical content from the operators and organizations doing the work in the field.

If you want to hear how some of the world's largest downstream companies are approaching process improvement, efficiency, and the operational demands of a changing industry, this is the event to attend.

Super early bird registration is open now.
hpirpc.com/registration/

Super early bird registration is now open for IRPC 2026.

Join us October 8-9 in Houston for two days of applied technology, operational case studies, and peer-to-peer exchange across the global refining and petrochemical industry. This is where operators, engineers, and technology providers come to evaluate what works and make the decisions that matter.

Register now and lock in the lowest available rate before it closes.

hpirpc.com/registration/

Saudi Aramco will deliver the keynote at Hydrocarbon Processing's International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) 2026.

Syed Abdul Wahab Ali, Project Lead, Manufacturing, Planning and Economics, Engineer at Saudi Aramco, will present "Achieving Clean Fuel Compliance Through Integrated Process Optimization in Refinery Operations". A technical case study from the Jazan Refinery Complex on achieving full compliance with Saudi Clean Fuels specifications through integrated process optimization. No major capital investment required.

The results speak for themselves: reformate benzene reduced from 4 wt% to 0.93 wt%, and mixed xylenes production increased by 12,000 to 17,000 bpd, validated in a 3-week test campaign.

This is the caliber of program your team needs to be part of. Engineers, operators, and capital decision-makers will be in the room.

Secure your sponsorship or exhibit space now before it fills. https://hpirpc.com/sponsors/

October 8-9, 2026 | Houston, TX

ChemE Show 2026 is coming to Houston this June, and as a Hydrocarbon Processing reader, you have exclusive access to discounted registration.

ChemE Show brings together engineers, operations leaders, and project decision-makers from across the process industries for two days of technology evaluation, Main Stage sessions, and industry connection. More than 100 exhibitors on the floor covering the technologies and solutions shaping chemicals, hydrogen, and plant operations.
Two ways to register:

Use code CHEME30 for 30% off full delegate registration, including the Main Stage, all Innovation Theater sessions, and full exhibit floor access.

Use code CHEMEEXPO for a complimentary exhibit hall pass. Walk the floor, meet 100+ exhibitors, and see the technology live at no cost.

June 9-10, 2026 | George R. Brown Convention Center | Houston, TX

Register: www.cheme-show.com/registration