HP Impact: HPImpact: Measurement, automation sector reports big gains in profits, operating income
Assessing performance against peers and competitors, the Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) has released its latest findings. Each year, the association collects information on the o..
HP Impact: HPImpact: US industries dealing with rising energy costs in 'healthy' way
US industrial manufacturers are gearing up for growth, projecting an average revenue increase of 8.1% for the next 12 months, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' most recent Manufacturing Barometer. ..
New Developments
Flowmeter functions in harsh environments A new ultrasonic flowmeter is intended as a partner to Katronic Technologies' existing KF160 flowmeter for use in hazardous and corrosive atmospheres. It is f..
HP Construction: North America
Air Liquide Large Industries U.S. LP has selected CB&I to provide a large-scale hydrogen (H2) production facility that will be built at ConocoPhillips' refinery in Rodeo, California. The unit will sup..
HP Construction: South America
Meridium Inc. has a contract with Braskem which operates 14 petrochemical plants in Latin America. The facilities have a production capacity of more than 5 million tpy of chemical and petrochemical pr..
HP Construction: Europe
MB Inspection has a three-year contract with options to extend by Shell UK Oil Products Ltd. The agreement is to supply dinitro toluene (DNT) and inspection personnel at Shell's Stanlow Manufacturing ..
HP Construction: Africa
PAS has a contract with Sasol for its multi-site operations effectiveness initiative. The campaign includes deploying both alarm management and control-loop performance software across multiple Sasol ..
HP Construction: Middle East
ConocoPhillips and International Petroleum Investment Co. signed a memorandum of understanding to identify new upstream and downstream opportunities for joint investment. The parties also signed a hea..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Dresser-Rand (D-R) has a $17 million contract for compression equipment with Shenhua Coal Liquefaction Corp., Inner Mongolia, China. D-R will provide four six-throw BDC process reciprocating compresso..
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Production capacity in 2015: up 25% Global oil and liquids supply capacity could increase as much as 2..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia-Pacific product demand swings on prices, substitution
Asia-Pacific oil demand growth slowed down in 2005, particularly during the second half. Two major reasons for this noticeable change: 1) oil prices persistently stayed at the historically highest lev..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Construction activity, maintenance spending dominate downstream
The growth of construction activity in the HPI is unlike anything seen since the late 1970s. Sustained high prices for refined, petrochemical, and gas processing products and commodities are driving i..
HP Impact: HPImpact: EU registration of petroleum streams looms under REACH
First introduced in February 2001, The European Commission's "White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy" presented a new system of chemicals control: Registration, Evaluation and Autho..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Value in ethics touted as industry focuses on curbing corruption
Conducting business in an ethical manner is vital to all businesses. However, this year's annual conference of the Construction Industry Institute focused particularly on the engineering and construct..