Thanks to Hydrocarbon Processing magazine for the 100th-anniversary history of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).
Up to the 1930s: Whales, lamps, automobiles, plastics and war [Jan issue]
The 1930s: Catalytic cracking, polyethylene, synthetic fibers, resins and jet engines [Feb issue]
The 1940s: Global conflict, FCC, 100 octane, synthetic rubber—Wartime necessitates advancing technologies [Mar issue]
The 1950s: Capacity expansion, HDPE/PP, polycarbonate, computers and rocket science [Apr issue]
The 1960s: Synthetic oils, zeolite catalysts, LLDPE, OPEC and and creation of the PLC [May issue]
The 1970s: Crises, clean air, plastic bottles and the DCS [Jun issue]
The 1980s: Oil spike/collapse, liquid crystals, conducting polymers and the rise of AR/VR [Jul issue]
The 1990s: Clean fuels and emissions mitigation, M&A, GTL and the fieldbus wars [Aug issue]
The 2000s: Net-zero, environmental regulations, capacity acceleration and digital transformation [Sep issue]
