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Solvent process removes CO2 from natural gas Fluor has developed an improved solvent process to treat lean, high CO2-content natural gas streams. This new technology is estimated to sig..
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Company changes name Caloritech Inc. an electrical heating equipment manufacturer is now operating under the CCI Thermal Technologies Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, company name. CCI ..
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Ultrasonic flowmeter KATflow 160 clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeter is built for use in hazardous areas. Fully ATEX Zone 1 and 2 certified, it assists with adherence to the ATEX directive's ..
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North America Sunoco, Inc., has selected ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.'s (EMRE) SCANfining gasoline sulfur reduction process. The technology will be applied at Sunoco's Philad..
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Laser-welded heat exchangers Alfa Laval's new brochure details the performance of Compabloc, its gasket-free fully welded heat exchanger. It operates in difficult process conditions such as ..
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HP Impact: Poor refining margins in Asia-Pacific at critical ‘turning point’
Asia-Pacific has been the site of remarkable additions in refining capacity over the past 5 - 6 years; production increased by almost 35%. Most of these additions were in China, India a..
HP Impact: Key US economic index rises
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is a composite index based on five seasonally adjusted economic indicators. New orders for manufactured goods represent 30% of the index, production ..
HP Impact: Profiting from the sulfur glut
To comply with government regulations for cleaner burning fuels, oil and gas companies throughout the world have been reducing the sulfur content of their end products. This helps lower..
HP Impact: Metallocene, polymer market to grow 20%/yr
US demand for metallocene and single-site polymers is forecast to expand more than 20%/yr to 4.8 billion pounds (Blb) in 2006. Gains will be driven by the considerable processing and pe..
HP Impact: Hydrogen requirement for industrial use to increase 9.2%/yr
The use of hydrogen for petrochemicals, agrochemicals and renewable energy production will make rapid advances in the next five years as even more stringent environmental legislation is..
HP Impact: Process plant operator’s role needs new paradigm
The operator's role is in transition in many process plants worldwide, due in part to the changing global business climate and the accelerating pace of technology developments. The Abno..
HP Impact: F-T liquids add value as steam cracker feedstocks
Use of low-cost, stranded-gas reserves for producing synthetic fuels (synfuels) and chemicals may become an economic alternative to conventional fuels and chemicals. For chemicals produ..
HP Impact: US gasoline demand expands 2.7% in 2002
Gasoline was the only major petroleum product to sustain demand growth in 2002, and its strongest showing in four years, according to a year-end review from the American Petroleum Insti..