Thinnes, Billy
HP Impact: HPImpact: The EU's ETS at a glance
Carbon trading, carbon taxing and other forms of regulating greenhouse gases have been hot topics of conversation of late. Since it appears that these concepts will be dominating thought and affectin..
HPIn Brief
IEA speaks up in Copenhagen During the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, the International Energy Agency shared its ..
Industry Forecast Forum
Billy Thinnes, News editor       Comments? Write: editorial@HydrocarbonProcessing.com In early December, Hydrocarbon Pro..
HP Construction: North America
  CB&I has a contract in excess of US$100 million with UGI LNG, Inc. to engineer, procure and construct the expansion of the Temple liquefied natural gas (LNG) peak shaving facility near Reading,..
HP Construction: South America
  Petroperú (Petroleos del Perú) and Axens have signed a contract for the modernization of Talara, Petroperú's largest refinery in Peru. The main objectives are expansion of the ..
HP Construction: Europe
  Gazprom and Srbijagas have agreed to set up joint ventures for the South Stream and Banatski Dvor UGS facility in northern Serbia.The agreement defines procedures, terms and conditions of inc..
HP Construction: Middle East
  Al-Waha Petrochemical Co. has successfully started up its new complex in Al-Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The complex includes a 450,000-tpy polypropylene plant based on LyondellBasel..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
  Alfa Laval has received an order from PetroVietnam Group. The order value is about SEK 100 million and includes equipment and engineering solutions for an ethanol production plant in central ..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
The lowdown on industrial drives The worldwide industrial drives market was estimated to be worth approximately $16.5 billion in 2008, with more th..
HP Impact: HPImpact: New regulatory pressures mean a tough slog for the EU's refining industry
Berlin was the spot for a sober gathering of HPI professionals who used the ERTC annual meeting as a platform to discuss current economic and regulatory problems facing the industry. The mid-November ..
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