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Select refinery assets acquired ConocoPhillips is purchasing certain assets at Premcor's Hartford, Illinois, refinery. The purchase includes the coker, crude unit, catalytic cracker, alkylation unit, ..
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Pressure gauges offer various options New Swagelok industrial process thermoplastic pressure gauges monitor vacuum and positive system pressures up to 15,000 psi (100,000 kPa) in the ch..
HP Construction: North America
Engelhard Corp. has a contract with ConocoPhillips to supply specially designed sorbent technology for a large-scale gasoline sulfur removal unit in Ferndale, Washington. The sorbent is..
HP Construction: Africa
GE Power Systems, a General Electric subsidiary, has a 28-year contractual service agreement (CSA) to provide maintenance and other services to Nigeria LNG Ltd. The CSA is for as many a..
HP Construction: Middle East
Daelim has a contract to construct a 3,000 mmscfd (500 mmscfd x 6 trains) capacity South Pars Gas Development Phases 6, 7 & 8 onshore facilities. The project is being performed jointly ..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
SINOPEC Zhenhai Refining & Chemical Co. Ltd. started what is claimed to be the largest single-set P-xylene plant in China. This 450,000-tpy P-xylene plant and another 1 million-tpy cont..
HP Construction: Europe
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, will upgrade the existing analyzer data management system at the ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd. Fife ethylene plant (FEP) in Scotland. ..
HP Construction: South America
SimSci-Esscor, an Invensys plc operating unit, has a two-year contract with Ecopetrol, the state-owned petroleum producing and refining company of Colombia. Valued in excess of $500,000..
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HP Impact: International refining margins rise in August
Refinery margins rose in August as a result of strong gasoline prices in all main refinery centers, says an analysis from KBC PEL Market Services. In particular, the US supply disruptio..
HP Impact: Automation market in process industries forecast for $58 billion
The process automation market, whose resilience is directly related to industry prosperity and health of the economy, has experienced mediocre growth. However, the total automation busi..
HP Impact: Major growth projected for LNG market
Capital expenditure in the LNG business is forecast to see strong growth. Total spending over 2003 - 2007 is projected to nearly double that of the previous five-year period (Fig. 2). ..
HP Impact: Refiners attitudes ‘optimistic’ compared to 1990s, says study
Oil refiners expect fuel supplies and prices to remain volatile around the US in the next few years. Refineries are working to churn out fuels at near capacity levels in response to ris..
HP Impact: Report reveals causes of UK refinery incidents
In May and June 2000, three incidents took place at BP's Grangemouth, Scotland, UK, complex. A new report details results of the investigation into the events. What happened over a few weeks..
HP Impact: New OPC spec provides gateway to Internet
The OPC Foundation has released OPC XML Data Access (XML DA) specification. This is part of a move towards platform-independent interoperability and generic support for Internet-based W..
HP Impact: DOE offers guidelines to ease effects of natural gas prices
US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham offers the DOE's suggestions for easing the effects of a tightening natural gas market. In a letter to state public utility commissioners, he recomme..
HP Impact: Economist assesses 'shape of recovery'
The recession is over. The good news is, it wasn't much of a recession, says David Wyss, chief economist with Standard&Poor's. However, here's the bad news: "It's not much of a recovery." Speaking at ..
HP Impact: Indonesia state company sees 33% jump in profits
Pertamina, Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company, announced company profits for January - December 2002 of $1.66 billion, up 33% from $1.22 billion in fiscal year 2001. Of the total profit, Pert..