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Postcard from CERAWeekThe international availability of massive US shale gas resources could determine the fate of global gas prices over the next decade, said Paolo Scaroni, CEO of Italian oil and ga..
HP Impact: Energy for economic growth
Having proved resilient throughout the recent recession compared to other sectors, the energy industry has the potential to be a key engine of economic growth and recovery, according to a new study by..
HP Impact: Medium-voltage AC drives surge, thanks to energy market
While large project orders helped maintain the market size of medium-voltage AC drives in 2009, it also resulted in low growth in 2010 compared to other automation product markets. However, 2010 was s..
HP Impact: Canadian oil sands alliance
Canadian oil sands producers have formed a new alliance named Canadas Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), seeking to accelerate the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada..
HP Impact: Polyurethane news from Riyadh
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) has signed a toluene di-isocyanate (TDI) and methylene di-phenyl isocyanate (MDI) technology license agreement with Mitsui Chemicals, under which Mitsui will provi..
HP Construction: North America
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. has selected Exterran to design, manufacture and construct a natural gas-processing plant in South Texas. The project includes engineering, procurement and constructi..
HP Construction: Europe
CB&Is Lummus Technology business sector has been awarded two separate contracts by a client in Russia. The combined value of the contracts is approximately $120 million. The first contract was a..
HP Construction: Middle East
Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) with a Zimpro wet-air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of Takreers refinery e..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
The Shaw Group Inc. has a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of Star Petroleum Refining Co.s residue fluid catalytic-cracking (RFCC) unit in Map..
HP Construction Profile: Methanex targets US for relocation of capacity
Methanex plans to move at least one methanol plant from Chile to the US, seeking to capitalize on a trend of low natural gas prices and possible interest in gasoline alternatives.For now, the Canada-b..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
Vessel monitoring system uses thermal cameras Fig. 1. This vessel monitoring software shows the exact locations of imaging cameras. The Critical Vessel Monitoring System ..
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Communications platform enables global utilities to build and deploy grid-modernization systems The Grid IQ Network Communications Platform is an end-to-end, industrial-grade networking communications..