Trends and Resources
HP Impact: HPImpact: Outlook upbeat for continued growth in DCS demand
Despite global economic uncertainty, the market for process manufacturing and automation remains strong. This is especially evident in the global distributed control systems (DCS) market, which grew b..
HP Associations: HPIn Associations
Words of wisdom from API's retiring chief Red Cavaney is stepping down later this fall from his position as president and CEO of the American Petro..
HP Innovations
'Revolutionary' portable video borescope GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies has released the XL Go VideoProbe. Weighing only 3.8 lb, it is claimed to be the most portable, lightweight, high-resoluti..
New Developments
Defense against harmful alarm system changes Auditing alarm settings identifies discrepancies between a known good alarm profile and a current profile. This ensures that you, your site, your business ..
HP Construction: North America
CB&I has a contract in excess of $100 million with a major North American refiner to design and build a sulfur processing complex. This project was awarded in the second quarter of 2008 and is schedu..
HP Construction: South America
Venezuela and Ecuador plan to build a joint-venture 300,000-bpd refinery on Ecuador's Pacific coast. Ecuadorean Energy and Mines Minister Galo Chiriboga said the project will include a petrochemical ..
HP Construction: Europe
M. W. Kellogg Ltd. (MWKL) has a contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for a coker revamp project at StatoilHydro's Mongstad refinery near Bergen, Norway. The project will ..
HP Construction: Middle East
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HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Sinopec and Kuwait Petroleum Corp. have an agreement to construct a 10 million-tpy refinery and chemical complex in Nansha, China. The complex is expected to be built with a proposed investment of $7..
Free Literature
Climate change Viewpoint reaction In the July 2008 issue (p. 21), Hydrocarbon Processing Editor Les Kane wrote a Viewpoint editorial titled, "Climate change and computer models." What follows is a sa..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Global policies constrain oil supply The world will experience a serious oil supply crunch within 5 to 10 years unless there is a collapse in oil d..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Rapid gains in US natural gas supply are likely, counters report
A comprehensive research study by the American Clean Skies Foundation (ACSF) and Navigant Consulting, Inc. indicates that the US has 2,247 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas reserves. This amoun..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Help in developing a lessons-learned database
Many organizations in the engineering and construction industry recognize the importance of a lessons-learned program (LLP), which plays an essential role in knowledge management systems. In such orga..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Plant construction activity stays elevated worldwide
The number of projects reported in the HPI Construction Boxscore continues to reach new highs. Projects increased by 12% from 2007 levels to total 5,029. This increase occurred despite increasing worr..
HP Impact: HPImpact: International deals bolster role of Russia's state oil major
At a time when rising energy demand is generating fears of sky-high prices, a supply crunch or bothand when a military conflict has directed the world's focus on Russiathe activities of ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Think tank proposes strategies to ensure global energy security
A new report released by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy suggests strategies to deal with the current turmoil in the global energy markets, including the role of petrodollars in t..