To run an ethylene plant longer, safer and greener, digitalization plays a pivotal role. In today's unfavorable market conditions, digital solutions are needed to improve the overall profitability and sustainability of operations.

Upgrading automation, digital and data infrastructure has become essential for chemical companies seeking long-term growth and competitiveness.

Due to demands of production, evolving regulations, need to advance sustainability goals and a widening skills gap, organizations are implementing adaptive process control capabilities.

Bio-based feedstocks play an important role in creating a circular economy. Making biofuel or chemicals from biofeedstocks typically has a lower carbon footprint than the fossil fuel-based processes. Therefore, transforming biofeedstocks is considered as one of the energy transition pillars. Despite sustainability advantages, many chemical and polymer makers have been reluctant to actively pursue large-scale use of biofeedstocks mainly due to economics and process complexities.

Industry leaders have committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions. For many this will require a shift in operations—moving away from yearly emissions reporting to becoming more transparent in their efforts. Many are turning to advancements in decarbonization technology for real-time visualization of emission data across the entire organization.

Electrification is accelerating across all economic sectors as the world increases demand for resources, energy and sustainability. The shift from fossil-based systems to electric will drive change within the existing power infrastructure and beyond with new microgrids and self-generation at industrial sites.

Capital project owners need to optimize their CAPEX spending throughout the lifecycle of their projects, from design to operations.

Leading asset-intensive companies are using prescriptive maintenance—powered by AI and machine learning—to unlock the value and productivity lying uncaptured in assets. Using a scalable, easy to implement prescriptive maintenance solution, companies can improve the accuracy of failure detection, increase the advance notification period of asset downtime events and reduce maintenance spend.

Industry leaders are looking for innovative ways to meet their sustainability goals. Hydrogen is a valuable resource that can help companies achieve carbon reduction and reduce energy costs. Download this white paper to learn how digital technology is an essential component in delivering the hydrogen economy and enabling you to:

The race to a zero-carbon future is on. Global oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical companies have announced ambitious carbon mitigation, plastics re-use and water conservation targets. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilization (CCU) are key technologies to help companies reach their sustainability goals.