Trends and Resources
HP Associations: Looking to the future with the GPA
"HPIn Associations" offers event listings and keeps track of association leadership. We interview professional staff and high-ranking advisory board members, asking about their goals, lobbying practic..
HP Innovations
High-speed wireless corrosion transmitter Emerson Process Management and Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS) are jointly introducing the RCS Microcor Wireless Transmitter for high-speed communication of c..
New Developments
Integrated video-monitoring and wireless network appliance The ION video-monitoring application reportedly makes it easy to quickly and cost effectively add video monitoring of process equipment, plan..
HP Construction: North America
AMEC Paragon has a contract with Baard Energy to provide engineering and project management services for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the $5 billion Ohio River clean fu..
HP Construction: South America
Polinter C.A. has chosen to expand its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) capacity utilizing NOVA Chemicals Corp. technology. The capacity expansion wi..
HP Construction: Europe
BASF will expand its Verbund plant for low-molecular-weight, highly reactive polyisobutene (HR PIB) in Antwerp, Belgium. The expansion is expected to be 25,000 tons, providing for a new capacity of 10..
HP Construction: Middle East
Two Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiaries have contracts with Qatar Intermediate Industries Holding Co., Ltd., to execute the front-end engineering design (FEED) and to provide project management and cons..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
RAE Systems Inc. delivered a suite of custom wireless gas detection systems and over 150 handheld gas monitors to protect the workers on eight mobile oil drilling and explorations rigs at Petr..
Free Literature
Convenient flowmeter selection tool McCrometer's new online flowmeter selection tool is said to offer an innovative on-demand search capability based on fluid, industry and appli..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Asian giants remixing trade The staggering pace of the Chinese and Indian economic growth has sharply elevated their energy needs, of which a growi..
HP Impact: Hybrid contracting plan targets inequitable risk distribution
For a long time, the engineering and construction (E&C) contracting industry was torn between two extreme contractual formulas for work: 1) reimbursable, which fundamentally places most project risks ..
HP Impact: Resource-rich nations of North Africa to quench Europe's energy thirst
The North African hydrocarbon industry is on the cusp of significant growth in both upstream and downstream capital expenditure (Fig. 2). From 2007 to 2011, these two markets are forecast to grow by $..
HP Impact: Biofuels production in US impacts water resources
Biofuels production is developing within the context of shifting options and goals related to US energy production. The technology has several impacts that must be considered. These include energy ret..
HP Impact: Breakthrough claimed in fuel cell catalyst technology
A research team from the University of Houston reports that it may eliminate one of the biggest hurdles to the wide-scale production of fuel cell-powered vehicles. Peter Strasser, an assistant profess..
HP Impact: Middle East producer's perspective on long-term petrochemicals prospects
When examining the challenges facing the Middle East petrochemicals industry, a complex mix of market forces and geography reveal not only challenges but opportunities. "I believe the industry will fa..
HP Impact: Report: global R&D activity to see reduced US dominance
R&D is becoming a truly global enterprise with all sectors moving within the not-too-distant future to a near-equal distribution of effort, funds and activity. This trend is countering the domination ..
HP Impact: China's industrial growth forecast to boom for the next 15 years
China's stunning growth has been in the news for at least the past five to seven years. The billions of dollars that are annually being poured into the economy leave some wondering when this industria..