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High-efficiency multistage pump New high-pressure ring-section pump is said to deliver up to 3,100 gpm (700 m3/hr), with heads to 3,300 ft (1,000 m), and pressures to 1,500 psi (100 bar). The Model 33..
HP Construction: North America
Rentech, Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the US Department of Energy to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Tech..
HP Construction: South America
Petrobras has awarded several contracts for the construction of the Abreu e Lima refinery in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The contracts together total R$8.9 billion. For the construction ..
HP Construction: Europe
ABB has an order worth $26 million from Hellenic Petroleum SA to provide an integrated power and automation system for the upgrade of Hellenic Petroleum's Elefsina refinery in Greece. ABB wil..
HP Construction: Middle East
Siemens Energy has an order from Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. for five compressor trains, that will be employed in an air separation plant operated by Air Products in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The end ..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Chiyoda Singapore (Pte) Ltd. has a contract with Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. for a basic design and engineering package for desulfurization facilities at the Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore...
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Achieve safe and reliable operations with enterprise risk management According to a recent survey by the IBM Institute for Business Value, which included more than 100 in-depth intervie..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Method could make refineries more efficient Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at P..
HP Impact: HPImpact: EIAs energy outlook
The US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) short-term energy outlook, published in January, offers a variety of interesting tidbits. The EIA projects the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) c..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Taking a long, hard look at ethanol
The production and use of biofuels is increasing. Ethanol in particular is the lead biofuel in the US, but question have begun to emerge regarding whether ethanol and other biofuels have an overall po..
HP Associations: Association news in brief
NPRA files comments opposing EPA's PSD, greenhouse gas tailoring rule The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) submitted comm..