Renewable Paints

Renewable chemicals deviating from oil and sourced from plants is nothing new. Throughout history mankind has survived through the test of times from nature that ultimately is sourced from the sun. This "nature" comes in various forms, such as oil, plants, minerals etc. We started off using animals for our transport system and later moved to coals, oils, and now we are turning to electricity which harnesses the energy of the sun itself.

Will advancement of Chemicals create All-in-1 Capsules?

Recently, an interior designer managed to condense the whole room full of furniture and accessories into just one small box. Whilst this is a very traditional way of doing it, it shows a proven concept that compacting objects is a possible solution, and with advancement of technologies can become a reality. 

The chemical industry has seen a lot of advancement and breakthrough technologies recently. New materials are being innovated with amazing properties. In the semiconductor technology, semiconducting material as thin as 1 atom is being touted to become the next breakthrough providing more efficient advance computing and at the same time consuming a much lower power. Other materials in the chemical industry such as speciality polymers and thermoplastics are becoming popular with the recent 3D printing technologies. 

Robot to Replace Inspection Engineer in the Chemical Industry

We all know how difficult a decision would be for the management of the refining and petrochemical plants when inspection engineers will need to do critical inspection when the integrity of the plant is in doubt. In chemical industry such as production of highly combustible gases and gases that self-ignite upon loss of containment, this is very dangerous.

A Mexican company has come up with a prototype of RoboPipe, a robot that could do the inspection of

Cyberfuels – A New Type of Gasoline Provides “Virtual Energy”

CyberFuels, a potential contender to the standard gasoline is on its way. Known as Enhanced Methanol Gasoline, it contains 85% methanol, only 14% gasoline and a proprietary CyberFuels patented additive. 

The new type of fuel produces less carbon dioxide and heat and has been known to provide virtual energy,

Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Operate High Severity Chemical Plants

Throughout the history we are now seeing more and more automation and advanced instrumentation for the energy and chemical industry. Production facility are employing less and less production engineers, supervisors and shift operators. Most chemical plant operators are now spending less time at the field and only function as monitoring and at supervisory panel operator board.

While this sounds like another conspiracy, it is actually not and for the betterment of the chemical plants. The usage of high level of intelligence and predictive process control can benefit the hazardous chemical plants

The Next Boom in Petrochemical Industry: Age of Abundance

Already many oil and gas analysts in particular in advanced petrochemicals are talking about the absurd "Age of Abundance" is coming. The next petrochemical boom will not be about producing the most petrochemical portfolio, integration upstream and downstream, but a focused new materials development which will require certain feedstock especially new plastics and resins and highly advanced nano-plastics.

The hype about the next petrochemical boom will largely be targeting the industry of computer science, supercomputer, 3D printing and media-related consumer goods. The combination of these industries will see

Supercomputers to Replace Engineers in Oil & Gas Company?

The latest trend in oil and gas companies including some of petrochemical players are setting the horizon for the upcoming age of abundance, and possibly replacing most engineers and skilled individuals in the oil and gas industry by the supercomputers. The likes of BP has spent millions of dollars of building its supercomputer, aimed at seismic imaging and interpreting geological data previously done by groups of skilled geologists. 

BP datacenter in Houston houses 2 petaflops supercomputer which is also used for drilling activities. Already