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Flue-gas analyzers for improved combustion efficiency Enhanced Rosemount Analytical X-STREAM oxygen analyzers are claimed to improve the efficiencies of large boilers and furnaces, and provide immed..
HP Associations: HPIn Associations
Rice University hosts the Rice Global E&C Forum People representing all facets of the engineering and construction business came together for a day..
HP Construction: North America
Technip has an agreement with Premcor Refining Group, Inc., for an engineering, procurement, construction and management contract for part of the $2.4 billion expansion of the Valero refinery locate..
HP Construction: South America
Franklin Oil and Gas plans to construct a gas-to-liquid processing plant capable of producing 20,000 bpd of diesel fuel, kerosene and other petroleum products in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The prov..
HP Construction: Europe
AB Maþeikiø Nafta has an agreement with Chevron Lummus Global for a new grassroots VGO hydroprocessing isocracking unit to be built in its refinery in Maþeikiai, Lithuania. An importan..
HP Construction: Middle East
Chevron Lummus Global has contracts with Saudi Aramco and Total S.A. to provide process technology for two hydrocracker units, with a total capacity of 120,000 bpsd, for the planned 400,000-bpd refi..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. LLP has selected LyondellBasell Industries' polyethylene and polypropylene technologies for three new plants that will have a combined capacity of 1,300 KT o..
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HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Tracking oil's geopolitical risks As the global energy market faces new challenges, Amy Myers Jaffe, with the James A. Baker III Institute for Publ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: US refiners increase capacity despite high oil costs, low margins
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) recently released its annual US Refining and Storage Capacity Report. As of January 1, 2008, there were 150 operable refineries in the US (excl..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Spending in 2009 for equipment, materials to be up $7 billion
HPI spending for equipment and materials is forecast to exceed $104.1 billion worldwide in 2009. This is $7 billion more than was forecast for 2008. All three budgets: capital, maintenance and operati..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Business tool helps protect intellectual rights in China
China is a major trading partner for the EU and its biggest source of imports. Thus, more European companies are operating in the Chinese market. However, many are worried about intellectual property ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Robust commodities boost enterprise asset management outlook
A strong manufacturing sector with high demand for commodities and energy has permitted many companies to increase budgets for maintenance and capital expenditures. However, some remain cautious as e..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Study: Hard times ahead for biofuels infrastructure
Despite the emerging biofuels market, the creation of a global biofuels industry is forecast to be "much more difficult to achieve than originally thought," according to findings of a recent Accenture..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Automotive design drives new focus for chemicals makers
Trends emerging now in the automotive industry have the potential to bring significant change to several areas of automotive engineering, says James D. Eddy, Automotive Industry Manager of Zeon Chemic..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Optimizing input of construction needs in front end planning
A new decision-aid tool has been developed by a Construction Industry Institute (CII) research team to give capital project stakeholders a better means for evaluating specific items or project activit..