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HP Impact: HPImpact: Year 2007 to have hefty project additions in China, Middle East
Over 20 projects in the chemical processing industry are in the engineering phase and set to begin construction in the first quarter of 2007. The combined total investment value of the 21 projects is ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: New research examines US trends in gasoline and vehicle use
Forces that are redrawing the global gasoline and oil market include higher gasoline prices, tightening environmental requirements, changing demographics, growing world oil demand and expanding fuel o..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Gas-to-liquids: a mature technology with growth potential
Growing reliance on gas is an emerging trend, and gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology will play an increasingly significant role as crude oil resources are depleting, says Tony Schenk, business developmen..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Europe's refining challenges include processing Ural crude
Latest technological innovations, processes and core industry issues were the focus of the ERTC Annual Meeting (Paris, November 2006). Tackling the key strategic challenges facing European refiners ov..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Saudi Arabia switches some feedstock from natural gas to oil
In a sign that gas availability remains problematic, Saudi Arabia has decided to run its independent power project at Ras al-Zour on crude oil, rather than natural gas. This is described as a "retrogr..
HP Impact: HPImpact: South Korea producers feel pressure as China shifts to exporting
National industrial and energy strategies do not always develop in the seamless way that government planners originally envisaged in competitive globalized markets. South Korea is going through "a per..
HP Impact: HPImpact: China planning major projects for flue gas desulfurization
In the 11th plan from 2006 to 2010, the six major Chinese utilities will install 300 new SO2 flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. "To put this in perspective, the US is the leading constructor of s..
HP Impact: HPImpact: High energy demand, prices driving global DCS investments
The Distributed Control System (DCS) market experienced the strongest growth in a decade between 2004 and 2005, surging nearly 9%. This strong growth is expected to continue through 2010, with the glo..
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  Biodiesel: uneven supply, demandBiodiesel is renewable fuel made from vegetable or animal fats and oils used as..
HP Impact: Women in energy sector discuss barriers to career commitments
Especially with today's tight labor market, companies tend to focus on recruitment programs, but neglect to address the problems of why some employees may have left their ranks in the first place. Bri..
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