Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: Clean fuels: estimated $7 billion in U.S. refinery capital spending
In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Tier II sulfur mandates, as part of the Clean Fuels Program. These required lowering the sulfur concentration in gasolin..
HP Impact: Supporting construction industry innovation
In a competitive and high-risk industry like the construction industry, cooperation among individual contractors, subcontractors, owners and designers is imperative. Technological impr..
HP Impact: Trends spurring growth in biofilters, scrubbers
Orders for scrubbers and adsorbers will grow from $4.6 billion in 2002 to $5.8 billion in 2006, according to a new forecast from the McIlvaine Co. (www.mcilvainecompany.com). Included ..
HP Impact: Corp. accountability plan ‘misses mark,’ says analyst
In the wake of the Enron scandal, President Bush has announced a plan he said would improve corporate disclosure, add to the oversight of accountants and create new penalties for execu..
The turnaround season
It's risky to predict the course of economic trends, particularly for refined products' demand and pricing. But analysts continue to make attempts at prognostication. Recently, several..
HP Impact: Workflow management solutions explored
Data management solution investments by the process and powerindustries will grow far more rapidly than the data managementmarket as a whole, according to a new study by Daratech, Inc., aCambridge, Ma..
HP Impact: Natural gas’s volatile business cycle continues
"We should not mistake the calm in today's natural gas prices asanything more than the low side of our normal business cycle,"advises R. Skip Horvath, president of the U.S. Natural Gas SupplyAssociati..
HP Impact: Chemicals slump: this too shall pass, but when?
With the significant capacity overhang prevalent today,petrochemicals producers will need to closely monitor comparativeinternational oil and domestic natural gas values. So says a recentCMAI market a..
HP Impact: Maintenance spending to reach $250 million in ethylene market
A database from Industrial Information Resources, Inc. (IIR) hasidentified over 44 major maintenance turnarounds representing over$250 million in expenditures. These are scheduled to take place atU.S...
HP Impact: Huge China JV grassroots project secures financing
A loan package comprising $1.8-billion equivalent in debt financinghas been provided to the Shanghai SECCO Petrochemical CompanyLimited (SECCO). This is the largest debt financing that a Chineseenterp..
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