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HP Associations: HPIn Associations
"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 p..
New Developments
Sensors for chemical industry applications InPro 4260 pH probes are said to integrate a patented polymer composition, XEROLYT EXTRA, with an open junction reference system to ensure the performance an..
HP Construction: North America
HNNG Development LLC has commissioned a nitrogen rejection unit (NRU) for Oso Oil & Gas Properties LLC to treat gas vented from an underground coal mine in Carbon County, Utah. HNNG's role in t..
HP Construction: South America
Integrated Biodiesel Industries Ltd. (IBI) has an agreement with biodiesel producer Diferal S.A. to buy a minority equity stake in the company and to market the total output of its plant. Dif..
HP Construction: Europe
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Ltd.'s Global Power Group has a contract with Jyvaskylan Energia Oy for a 200-MWe (gross megawatt electric) circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator. Th..
HP Construction: Middle East
Aker Kvaerner has a contract with Gemsa Petroleum Co. for operation, management and maintenance of the Al Zaafarana FPSO located offshore Egypt in the Red Sea. The contract value is NOK 200 mil..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
Aker Kvaerner has a contract with Reliance Petroleum Ltd. to provide project management, procurement and engineering services for a new polypropylene plant being built in a special economic zon..
HP Construction: Africa
Emerson Process Management has completed the commissioning phase of a project with BP Angola for the automation of a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The vessel, whi..
Free Literature
Expanded line of electronic metering pumps Neptune Chemical Pump Co. offers a 10-page brochure featuring its full line of Tacmina PZ series electronic metering pumps. Details in..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Energy use in IEA "Improvements in energy efficiency have played a key role in limiting increases in energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA coun..
HP Impact: HPImpact: DME use challenges growth of LPG demand in China
Imports of LPG into China peaked at 6.4 million tons in 2004. At the time, that amount wasn't expected to be the "peak." The anticipation then was of further LPG demand and import growth. However, LPG..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Polyester chain faces global oversupply
CMAI recently completed an annual global study covering the period 2002 to 2012 for the terephthalates and polyester markets. Major polyester chain products include terephthalic acid (TPA) and dimethy..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Despite hurdles, US refining capacity creep continues
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA), recently released its annual Refining and Storage Capacity Report. The report contains data supplied by the Energy Information Administration ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Encouraging women to join, stay in engineering field
The concern about acute labor shortages in the HPI has been receiving global focus. One avenuedrawing women into the engineering field and retaining their servicescontinues to be a parti..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Technology offers multiple pathways to biogasoline
Overall, the bioethanol industry is evolving from a base primarily of fermenting grain (corn, wheat, milo, etc.), sugar (sugarcane and beet) and starch (cassava, potatoes, etc.) to cellulose fermentat..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Need heightens for security in automation and control systems
The call for protecting industrial automation and control system (IACS) computer environments from malicious cyber intrusions has grown significantly over the past decade. A combination of increased u..
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HPImpact: Product surpluses to balance as project additions slow
WENDY WEIRAUCH, Managing Editor Comments? Write:WW@HydrocarbonProcessing.com In 2006, Asian oil demand grew by 336 thousand barrels/day (Mbpd), while glob..
Biofuels in the US
The US biofuels market is developing rapidly, spurred both from President Bush's State of the Union address commitment to reduce dependence on foreign oil, and by a growing concern about the global en..
The role of biofuels uncovered
More processing to reach tighter fuel specifications and Europe's growing appetite for diesel means that carefully selected biofuels will have to bear the weight of efforts to reduce fuel-chain CO2 emissions