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HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
The Singapore LNG Corp. Pte Ltd. (SLNG) has awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of Singapore's LNG terminal to Samsung C&T Corp. The total budget for the termi..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
The gribble solutionScience is the never-ending quest to make what is remarkable one moment absolutely pedestrian the next. Inventions like light bulbs and the internal combustion engine rocked the co..
HP Impact: Demand expands for hydrogen
Global demand for hydrogen is forecast to expand 3.4% per year through 2013 to 475 billion cubic meters. This is according to a new study from The Freedonia Group (www.freedoniagroup.com). Demand will..
HP Impact: OPEC's perspective on global refining operations
Looking for some intel on how refiners are faring in 2010? OPEC published a report in March that pulled numbers up to the end of February and extrapolated them out to make some predictions about the f..
HP Impact: Hot work is dangerous business
Performing hot work activities on tanks is dangerous business that should involve the utmost in safety considerations. The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is particularly conce..
HP Associations: Collaborate or wither away
Over 700 oil and gas professionals massed at Microsoft's Global Energy Forum held in Houston in late January. The daylong event was heavy on technology ses..
HP Impact: 'On-purpose' propylene production
There is a growing demand for propylene in the world today. Without the development of new technologies for the production of "on-purpose" propylene (OPP), demand will always outpace supply. Nextant's..
HP Impact: Benzene emissions decrease at US refineries
Benzene emissions from US refineries have decreased since 2000 (Fig. 3). This issue is explored in a report released from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) (www.environmentalintegrity.org). Th..
HP Construction: North America
  Rentech, Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the US Department of Energy to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Tech..
HP Construction: South America
  Petrobras has awarded several contracts for the construction of the Abreu e Lima refinery in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The contracts together total R$8.9 billion. For the construction ..
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