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HP Impact: HPImpact: Methanol industry rides out economic difficulties
The global MeOH market has more capacity than demand, according to remarks made by Jim Jordan at the 2009 Methanol Forum in Houston, Texas. A gap exists between global supply and demand and a number o..
HP Impact: HPImpact: How misguided policies interfere with global market and future supplies
Rice University convened its 12th annual global engineering and construction forum in mid-September. One of the featured speakers was Dr. Michael Economides, a professor of chemical and bimolecular en..
HP Associations: Refiners take stock of the new reality, looking within and without the HPI
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HP Associations: ISA and Chem Show gear up for events
ISA Expo 2009 The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced the co-location of several events throughout the week at ISA Expo 2009 be..
HP Construction: North America
The Aker Solutions and IHI partnership has received a "signed notice of substantial completion" for the Cameron LNG liquefied natural gas receipt terminal near Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Cameron LNG..
HP Construction: Europe
  Alfa Laval has received an order for compact heat exchangers from one of the major refineries in Russia. The order value is about SEK 110 million and delivery is scheduled for 2010. The Alfa La..
HP Construction: Middle East
KBR has a contract with ConocoPhillips and Saudi Aramco to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for the utilities package and the interconnecting systems and pipe racks for the compan..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Toyo Engineering Corp. has a contract with BASF-YPC Co. Ltd. for works related to the construction of a petrochemical plant in Nanjing, China. This project aims to meet the increasing demand in China ..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Oil demand up in 2010 Global oil demand will grow next year for the first time since 2007, says a recent report from IHS Cambridge Energy Research ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: How natural gas impacts the US economy
In advance of the US Senate's debate on climate change legislation, two studies have been commissioned to emphasize the contributions the natural gas industry makes to the US economy. The first, produ..
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