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Hess resolves pollution dispute Hess Corp. has agreed to pay an $850,000 civil penalty and to spend more than $45 million in new pollution controls to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its refinery ..
HP Impact: Delta Air Lines buys Trainer refinery complex
In a move that surprised observers in two industries, Delta Air Lines and its subsidiary Monroe Energy reached an agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire the Trainer refinery complex south of Philadelph..
HP Impact: Cyber campaign against gas pipelines
In March, US Homeland Securitys Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) identified an active series of cyber intrusions targeting natural gas pipeline sector companie..
HP Impact: Global oil market reveals myth of energy independence
The current oil boom is creating economic benefits for the US, but it wont shield the country from the price volatility that is inherent in the global oil market, according to a new report from ..
HP Impact: Diesel engine demand to exceed $197 billion in 2015
World demand for diesel engines is projected to grow 6.7% per year through 2015 to $197.5 billion (Table 1). Product sales will be driven by an increase in the production of motor vehicles, particular..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
Linde debuts hydrogen for fuel-cell vehiclesThe Linde Groups hydrogen (H2) for fuel-cell vehiclesa byproduct of biodiesel production at Lindes pilot plant in Leuna, Germanyrece..
HP Construction: North America
Foster Wheelers Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a strategic umbrella agreement with The Dow Chemical Co. to provide project management, consulting, engineering, procurement,..
HP Construction: Europe
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Afipsky Refinery, located in the Krasnodarskij Region of Russia, to develop a basic-engineering package for an amine regenerator unit, a sour-water st..
HP Construction: Africa
ABB has started up a new lube-oil blending plant (LOBP) built by Oryx Lubrifiants Togo SA, an affiliate of Oryx Oil and Gas, part of the Addax and Oryx Group, in Togo, West Africa. Located in the free..
HP Construction: Middle East
The Linde Group and Sadara Chemical Co. have signed a long-term contract that will see Linde supply Sadara with carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) at a chemical complex now being bu..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
Fluor Corp. has a contract award from PETRONAS Gas Berhad, a subsidiary of PETRONAS, to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification termin..
New Developments
Full-body construction harness emphasizes comfort and ease of useBreathable padding with moisture-wicking material, to keep users cooler, and no-binding-edge shoulder padding, to prevent neck chaffing..