HP Impact: HPImpact: Methanol industry's critical drivers
Industry analysts at CMAI (www.cmaiglobal.com) recently presented their views of where the methanol market is headed. For 2000, most anticipated supply far outdistancing demand. The world had yet to r..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Making zero accidents an industry reality
During the last decade, the construction industry has become more enlightened about worker safety. On some projects, clients and contractors seriously adopted the belief that projects could be constru..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Experts examine MTBE global demand prospects
Worldwide demand for MTBE will reach a peak of more than 520 thousand barrels/day (Mbpd) in 2001, following a decade and a half of extremely rapid growth averaging more than 10%/yr since 1992. ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Canada's natural gas future lies in western sector
Natural gas production from western Canada will continue to be the mainstay of Canada's gas supply. The frontier regions will supplement the volumes available from the western Canada sedimentary basin..
HP Impact: HPImpact: NPRA elects new officers
The board of directors of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) recently elected a new slate of officers to replace those whose terms are due to expire at the conclusion of the An..
HP Impact: HPImpact: How best to secure HPI facilities is debated
The week of Oct. 1, the Center for Chemical Process Safety held a conference in Toronto, Canada. The mood was subdued; everywhere conversations centered on September 11. Many attendees were asking abo..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
'Breakthrough' FT-IR imaging system The PerkinElmer Spectrum Spotlight 300 IR Imaging System features patented Duet detector technology. This is claimed to overcome the limitations of traditional FT-I..
HPInformer: HP Informer, Domestic
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and American Plastics Council (APC) have agreed to merge. The new organization will be named the American Chemistry Council and will have a single board of directo..
HPInformer: HP Informer International
American Electric Power (AEP), Columbus, Ohio, and G.A.S. Capital Inc., Lake Zurich, Illinois, have formed a joint venture company, AEP Gas Power Systems. It will manufacture and market gas turbine ge..
New Developments: New Developments in products, services and software
Ultra-low-temperature cold behavior testingNew series of Online Cold Property Analyzers is claimed to becapable of continuous, ultra-low-temperature testing without anexternal cooler. Using technology..
HP Construction: HPIn Construction
ABB to build FPSO units ABB has orders from Bergesen d.y. Offshore, a Norway-based floating production contractor, to build and operate oil processing systems on two floating production and offloading..
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Process receives CENELEC approvalEuropean safety group ISSeP has deemed redesigned Process NMR suitable for Zone I hazardous areas, by awarding it the code EEx pdem(ib) IIC T4 CENELEC certificate. In ..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
U.S. air quality steadily improved through 2000, according to EPA's annual summary of air quality trends (www.epa.gov). This trend toward cleaner air has continued since EPA's formation in 1970, whil..