Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Price of natural gas, emissions cleanup rules drive coal markets
Prices for natural gas will have a profound impact on the markets for US steam coal, according to a new long-range forecast of the coal and electricity industries by Hill & Associates. The forecast al..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Worldwide capacity tightens for some major petrochemicals
Global pricing for light and heavy feedstocks greatly affects costs and margins for petrochemicals producers. In particular, the pricing of natural gas, oil derivatives and propylene has an enormous i..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Faulty data exchange costs industry billions
Inadequate software interoperability in the capital facilities industry cost $15.8 billion in 2002 due to lost efficiency. A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) p..
HP Impact: HPImpact: FTC: energy mergers not impacting prices at pump
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a report that presents a detailed overview of structural changes in the petroleum industry and describes commission law enforcement activities related to p..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Retrofits for coal power plants drive NO
In spite of declining grassroots power plant construction in the US, recent upswing in coal-fired power plant retrofit and upgrade projects, as well as environmental compliance in the heavy manufactur..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Framework examines sustainability for global road transport
For the past four years, 12 leading international automotive and energy companies have worked together to consider how global mobility patterns might evolve in the period to 2030 and beyond, what stra..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Rising coal prices not to affect natural gas markets, says study
Breaking with conventional thinking on the effects of coal price on gas price, new research by consultancy Wood Mackenzie finds that rising spot Central Appalachian coal (CAPP) prices will not lead to..
HP Impact: HPImpact: New plant projects in Asia stimulate DCS demand
The distributed control systems (DCS) market in Asia is expected to grow 6.3%/yr through 2008. The market was $2.6 billion in 2003; it will exceed $3.5 billion in 2008, according to a new outlook by A..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia equipment sales soar; repair costs grow in US and Europe
The world has emerged from recession and this has unleashed expenditures to expand and maintain production. However, there is a marked difference in the activity depending on the region, according to ..
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