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ABB Lummus Global, Bloomfield, New Jersey, has acquired Phillips' Olefins Conversion Technology, also known as Triolefins. This technology is a strategic addition to the portfolio of technologies alre..
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Seadrift to expand coking facility Seadrift Coke L. P. has signed a $22-million contract to expand output at it's needle coking facilities, Sea-drift, Texas. The project's scope calls for Foster..
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Speeding technology to market is key to survival in a global economy, according to Dr. Francis J. Honn, chairman of the Commercial Development Association Education Foundation. "Companies that quickly..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Study asks: What are minimum costs to limit 'greenhouse' gases?
A recent report by consulting firm WEFA, Inc. examines economic ramifications from the U.S.-proposed carbon-emission reductions to control global warming. Considerable debate is ongoing whether increa..
HP Impact: HPImpact: No alternative fuel is 'panacea'; three lead in benefits, says AIChE
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has conducted an objective, comprehensive, and quantitative side-by-side analysis of the leading alternative transportation fuels (ATFs). The study..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Energy outlook projects worldwide oil demand at 116 MMbpd in 2020
The Annual Energy Outlook 1998 from DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the first with projections to 2020. The projections also reflect a greater shift to electricity market restructurin..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Users rate 'valuable' technologies in life
Results of an American Society for Quality survey conducted by the Gallup Organization shows that information and networking technologies are not always what they promise to be. U.S. consumers report ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Skill standards urged for workforce
As the workforce is increasingly expected to master sophisticated technology and information systems, businesses realize that having skilled workers is what will make them competitive in the next cent..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Soil remediation research expects to provide new techniques soon
In the mid-1980s, when industry realized that the costs of using best developed available technologies for soil remediation were extremely high, industry and regulators asked: "How clean is clean enou..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Remediation markets expanding, changing
World market for soil remediation and groundwater contamination is expected to grow from $18 billion in 1997 to $25 billion in 2002. So says a new report from the McIlvaine Co., Northbrook, Illinois. ..