IPEC Blog

The next year for the chemical manufacturing industry looks bright. Production is expected to continue its post-COVID rebound, with the annual growth rate for 2025 projected to be as high as 3.5%. This represents a significant opportunity for chemical producers to increase revenue and market share, and, as a result, many companies are setting their sights on expanding their reach into new chemical applications. 

As green energy technology continues to evolve, clean hydrogen has emerged as a powerful and versatile energy carrier that more producers are incorporating into their production processes. This is in large part due to the fact that clean hydrogen that is produced using carbon capture technology can help reduce harmful emissions in a wide variety of industrial and manufacturing contexts where cutting carbon emissions has been a key challenge. 

The ability to engineer process efficiency for oil & gas producers at each stage of the production sequence is key, especially given a host of market forces such as labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, and increasing material costs.

The demands of modern manufacturing means plant operators need equipment that maximizes uptime, especially in today’s industrial environment where production takes place on a 24/7, 365 basis. While choosing industrial pumps and compressors that are designed for long-term, continuous use helps optimize productivity, it’s also important to understand the value of regular maintenance checks, on-site equipment inspections, and real-time troubleshooting.

For today’s plant engineers, selecting the ideal industrial compressor for your application or challenges comes down to a handful of important variables. Some of these considerations,   particularly for plant engineers in industries like oil & gas or chemical and petrochemical, include: