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HP Impact: New software assesses project 'health' throughout execution
The Construction Industry Institute (CII) has recently developed a tool that helps identify in real time various factors that could be early warning signs of trouble on a project. With the Project Hea..
HP Impact: Housing market drives formaldehyde demand
Formaldehyde is a petrochemical that can create value-added materials in commercial applications and improve the quality of life through its chemical interaction with numerous other compounds. Many of..
HP Impact: Oil and gas exporters to US market facing maturing demand
Refiners in Europe and Latin America will feel the crunch as they lose their export market for surplus products such as gasoline, according to Aileen Jamieson, managing consultant downstream oil, at W..
HP Impact: As China's energy use rises, government regulates conservation
In the first half of 2006, China's energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.8% over the same period of 2005. "It is a huge challenge for China to reach its energy-saving g..
HP Impact: Outlook complex for global methanol supply and demand
Methanol prices have steadily climbed over recent months, without a huge fundamental shift in supply and demand, according to an analysis by Jim Jordan, of Jim Jordan & Associates. The US market suffe..
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   US winter fuels, LNG outlook A recent forecast from the US Department of Energy (DOE) projects th..
HP Impact: HPImpact: New study reexamines link between oil, natural gas prices
Economists with the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and The George Washington University have reviewed the relationship between the Henry Hub natural gas price and the West Texas Intermediate ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: World transportationfuel demand resilient despite high prices
The world has experienced high oil prices for a relatively brief period. "Therefore, it is premature to claim that the type of record prices seen earlier this summer will not ultimately lead to demand..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Shortages in project, operations workforce concern HPI leaders
While US petroleum companies declined from 1995–2003, they also aged. The average age in the industry is 49 yr. With the emerging seller's market and rising hydrocarbon prices, the nation's emplo..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Coal-fired power boosts demand for water treatment chemicals
The world market for water and wastewater treatment chemicals in the power sector will rise from $3.4 billion in 2006 to $4 billion in 2010, says a new report by the McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvaineco..
- MOL inaugurated its €1.3-B, 200,000-tpy polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary 5/15
- ExxonMobil completes annual maintenance at Joliet (U.S.) refinery 5/15
- China's CNCEC to build 300,000-bpd Al-Faw refinery in Iraq 5/15
- Itochu to buy green ammonia from HIVE's $5.9-B Coega facility 5/15
- Higher refinery costs could increase summer gasoline prices says US EIA 5/15
- Nextchem completes acquisition of GasConTec, adding new low-carbon hydrogen/methanol to portfolio 5/15
