Trends and Resources
HP Innovations
Versatile control monitor reduces downtime Tyco Flow Control has developed the Westlock XR linear/rotary control monitor, claimed to be the industry's first versatile, stand-alone field device that in..
HP Impact: Project activity sends control valve market to double-digit growth
The global control valve market is in the midst of a phase of unprecedented growth due to booming Greenfield plants in developing countries and exploding investment in oil and gas exploration and prod..
HP Impact: North America tight on domestic natural gas: outlook for imports
The share of natural gas use has grown worldwide from 19% of the total world primary energy to 23% over the past 25 years. In the US, natural gas represented 22% of total primary energy use in 2006. A..
HP Impact: Coal-fired power plant escalations to continue, says study
By 2011, the world is forecast to be operating 1.6-million MW of installed capacity, according to an updated study from the McIlvaine Company. In 2020, approximately 2.1 million MW of installed capaci..
New Developments
Enhanced sulfur recovery Stronger environmental awareness and new sulfur processes call for an upgrade in sulfur-recovery units. Refineries are usually equipped with Claus plants to produce sulfur fro..
HP Impact: North America
BASF is expanding its production capacity for epsilon-caprolactone (CLO) with a project to raise its capacity by up to 2,000 metric tpy in 2008. In line with market growth, further capital has..
HP Impact: South America
Integrated Biodiesel Industries, Ltd (IBI) has an agreement with Terminal Puerto Rosario S.A. (TPR) to build a 60,000-metric tpy biodiesel plant inside its facilities in the city of Rosario, A..
HP Impact: Europe
Galp Energia will use UOP/Eni ecofining technology to produce diesel fuel from vegetable oils in a new process unit. Eni S.p.A, which co-developed the technology with UOP, is in the process of..
HP Impact: Middle East
GE Oil & Gas will supply three compression trains for a new, large-scale ethylene cracker plant in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will have a capacity of 1.165 MMtpy when it enters comme..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Emerson Process Management has been named main instrumentation provider for the Dushanzi Petrochemical Corp. oil refining and ethylene project in Dushanzi City, China. The Dushanzi project inc..
Free Literature
Real world flowmeter installation help Fluid Components International's new Best Practices Engineering Guide: Installation Recommendations for FCI Single-Point, Thermal-Dispersio..
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Rewards of cutting energy waste A new analysis commissioned by the United Nations Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy and grant-making organization, f..
HP Impact: Global LNG demand reveals regional swings in first-half 2007
Initial estimates for the first half of 2007 (1H07) show that global LNG demand reached 86 million metric tons (MMton). This represents a 6.3-MMton increase-or 8%-when compared to the first half of 20..
HP Impact: Refinery conundrum lobs challenges,opportunities at EU
Two decades of poor refining margins precipitated reduced refining capacity in Europe. With claims that a lack of refining capacity contributes to high oil prices, developing the refining industry has..
HP Impact: API: Costs of biofuels to reverberate negatively throughout US economy
Pending energy legislation in the US Congress would likely have significant adverse effects on the economy and consumersincluding 5 million lost jobs and $1 trillion in lost economic output, acc..