HP Impact: HPImpact: Risks from LNG spills ‘manageable,' says new safety report
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that domestic natural gas production is expected to increase more slowly than consumption, rising to 20.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2010 and 21..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Training teaches next generation of plant design
The recently developed Professional Piping Designer (PPD) Certification Program from the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers (SPED) shows how the piping design profession is becoming a broad and..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Surge in China's coal-fired power plants spurring shortages
In the past 18 months, China has started more new coal-fired power plants than the US has built in the past half century. Provinces suffering from blackouts and electricity shortages due to the boom..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
Foil gas bearings enable oil-free compressor 'breakthrough' Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. (MiTi) has enabled what it claims is a truly oil-free plant air compressor. Working with Samsung Tec..
New Developments
Communicator for advanced maintenance support The 375 Field Communicator now supports 82 additional FOUNDATION fieldbus devices and 50 more HART instruments for maintenance purposes. It is already c..
HP Construction: HPIn Construction: North America
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HP Construction: HPIn Construction: Middle East
Siemens LLC, Dubai, as a consortium leader, has an order from the Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Co. Ltd. (ADGAS) to modernize and extend power supply and distribution equipment for a gas liquefaction pla..
HP Construction: HPIn Construction: Africa
Honeywell has a $60 million contract from Naftec Spa for an automation project at its refinery in Arzew, Algeria. The project's goal is to modernize instrumentation systems to improve production and o..
HP Construction: HPIn Construction: Asia-Pacific
Aker Kvaerner China, an Aker Kvaerner Group subsidiary, completed the polyacetal copolymer (POM) resin plant project for Asahi-DuPont POM (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd., in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, P..
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Pump for abrasive process slurries The Titan Slurry heavy-duty, dual-case lined pump is a horizontal, single-stage, end-suction pump. Its tangential discharge reportedly handle..
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US energy demand outlook The US is th..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia-Pacific: most regions to experience robust demand growth
Since 2001, Asia's incremental oil demand growth has steadily improved on the back of China's amazing increase in petroleum product demand. A new analysis from FACTS Inc. projects that 2004 will be a ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia refining: time for conversion capacity investments?
The Asian refining industry has endured drastic cycles during the past 15 years. In the early 1990s, the unprecedented expansion led to rapid growth in petroleum demand and the need for refining capac..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Five trends in 3D laser scanning for year ahead
Laser scanning is a technology that really shines when labor is expensive, capital is scarce, schedules are tight and appetites for project risk are low. "I don't know anyone who expects relief from a..