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High-pressure hose pump The PetroProof pump claims to be the first industrial high-pressure hose pump that can pump petrochemicals such as hydrocarbons and oils. Its new oil-resistant hose m..
HP Construction: North America
Marathon Oil Corp. is expanding its 245,000-bpd Garyville, Louisiana, refinery. Project cost is approximately $2.2 billion and will increase the refinery's crude throughput capacity by 180,000 bpd to ..
HP Construction: South America
The joint venture (JV) between KBR and JGC Corp. has a contract with Peru LNG Co., LLC (PLNG) to prepare a lump-sum turnkey (LSTK) price for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to be located in Pam..
HP Construction: Europe
Huntsman Petrochemicals (UK) Ltd. is purchasing what is claimed to be one of the largest reciprocating compressors ever built from GE's oil and gas business. The compressor is for a new facility in no..
HP Construction: Africa
Siemens Power Generation (PG) is building two steam power plant units for Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) in Morocco. The two units, which Siemens PG will build as turnkey projects in Jorf Lasfa..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
GE Energy has a contractual service agreement providing maintenance services for two GE Frame 6B gas turbines operating at a Gulf Cogeneration Co. Ltd., a Gulf Electric Public Co. Ltd. subsidiary, pow..
HP Construction: Middle East
Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. (FWEL) and Foster Wheeler Arabia, Ltd., both Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiaries, have a contract with Eastern Petrochemical Co. (SHARQ), a SABIC affiliate, for the engineering..
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How to evaluate and repair damaged insulation Adequate insulation is critical to controlling process temperature and protecting workers, as well as saving energy. The Industrial Insulation Group's (II..
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Investments key in Middle East/ Africa Noting that a lack of investment in upstream and downstream cap..
HP Impact: China's methanol industry continues its upsurge
Discussions of future trends for the Chinese methanol market were featured at the annual Methanol Forum, Houston, Texas. China is the second largest consumer of methanol and quickly advancing to be th..
HP Impact: Despite storms, US energy firms post record 2005 earnings
For US-based integrated oil companies, 2005 has been a year of surprises. Third-quarter and nine-month performance figures show exceptional earnings by several corporations. Some of these companies en..
HP Impact: Refined product demand in Asia-Pacific reacts to oil price increases
Asia-Pacific will continue to play an important role in global demand growth: the region's demand growth is forecast to account for 38% to 46% of incremental global demand from 2004 2006, says ..
HP Impact: Ethylene mercury deposits: messages from Prague
A gathering of ethylene producers in Prague, The Czech Republic, thrashed out its concerns over mercury corrosion in aluminum heat exchangers. "There was a good paper on the subject and a discussion a..
HP Impact: Legislation needed to unburden US refiners, say industry analysts
Two natural disasters, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, are forcing US policymakers to address the nation's major energy issues. "Petroleum refining in the US is at a crossroads, a crucial turning point w..