HP Associations: Association news in brief
2009 Industrial Automation Safety and Security Symposium The 2009 Industrial Automation Safety and Security Symposium will take place April 22..
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Regenerable SO2 scrubbing eases environmental pressures To manage growing strategic pressures from green fuels and environmental issues, refiners will be required to direct more attention to their ref..
HP Construction: North America
Total's refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, recently added some equipment as part of an ongoing $2.2 billion upgrade. The upgrade, known as the Deep Conversion Project, includes ..
HP Construction: South America
INEOS Technologies has granted two polyethylene technology licenses to Polimérica S.A. These plants will form part of Polimérica's cracker and derivatives complex in José, Venezu..
HP Construction: Europe
Total Petrochemicals recently started up a revamped styrene unit at its petrochemicals facility in Gonfreville-l'Orcher, France. With capacity expanded by 210,000 metric tpy, the 600,000-metric..
HP Construction: Middle East
Invensys Process Systems (IPS) has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Qatargas to complete a major automation upgrade at the Qatar Gas 1 facility in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. U..
HP Construction: Africa
Shell Global Solutions International BV has a contract with Oilmoz Lda to design a refinery. Oilmoz Lda plans to build an $8 billion, 350,000 bpd oil refinery in the Maputo province of Mozambiq..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Networking, alarm management, security among top initiatives
ISA recently conducted an online survey to find out what automation industry observers and practitioners felt that near-term trends were going to be. When survey participants were asked which technolo..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Coke drum delivery marks project milestone at Texas refinery
TOTAL's refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, recently achieved a significant project target: the arrival of the centerpieces for its $2.2 billion Deep Conversion Project. Four massive coke drumsconsi..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Pace of economic decline forecast to slow in first half of 2009
The US recession deepened dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2008. However, according to one recent industry analysis, the rate of the economic contraction should slow in the first half of 2009, an..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Nobel Laureate Chu selected to head US Department of Energy
During his recent Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of the US Department of Energy (DOE), Steve Chuan acclaimed physicist and Nobel Laureatesaid that boosting development of energy..