NextGen Performance Realised provides news, success stories, and unique insights to keep you informed of important issues influencing the industry.

In the current issue:

Petro-SIM^TM Model Prevents FCC Shutdown
Canadian refiner Suncor has been a long-time user of KBC software, but an opportunity at their Edmonton plant allowed them to realise additional value from Petro-SIM and FCC-SIM. On October 20, 2010, Suncor had a planned shutdown of their Alkylation unit. Normally this would result in extensive flaring or even...(read more)

Global Impacts of Shale Gas
KBC recently completed a comprehensive report on the global impacts of shale gas for an Asian client. The client's particular interest was how growing global shale gas supplies might affect their petrochemical markets and whether or not to...(read more)

Executive Suite: New Challenges Associated with Enterprise Risk Management
Globalisation in the downstream sector and other factors has created significant challenges when addressing enterprise risks and developing scenarios for sustainable returns on invested capital. New world-scale integrated facilities with increased complexity...(read more)

Management of Risk in the LNG Business Today
The international LNG industry today is facing some unprecedented uncertainties, even in the face of natural gas playing an ever increasing role in meeting global energy demand. KBC is hosting a seminar to explore technical and commercial challenges and...(read more)

Refining Market Update-March 2012
The margins outlook remains bleak in the short term: a declining trend in margins is forecast in Asia and the US, while European margins are pointing higher only because they really can go no lower. If the short term outlook is miserable, however...(read more)

Outlook for the World Refining Industry Report
KBC's 2012 Outlook for the World Refining Industry report looks at how changes in refining capacity will affect the global product supply, the impact this will have on products prices and refining margins and explores...(read more)

Unconventional Crude GEP
KBC addresses unconventional crude refining hurdles in its latest Global Energy Perspectives. This perspective covers sources of supply, crude qualities, and logistics concerns and identifies refiners who can take advantage of unconventional oil today...(read more)

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