Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Ethanol-blended fuels may foul some underground tanks
With the introduction of ethanol alcohol to replace MTBE in gasoline comes the problem of storage tank compatibility. Gasoline blended with 10%, 15% and now 85% ethanol may not be compatible with many..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Europe's independent oil companies seek competitive strategies
In many EU countries, there are no surviving national oil headquarters. "Decisions are made from an international perspective with a decreasing influence of local conditionals. Therefore, more regiona..
HP Impact: HPImpact: South American markets heating up for plant equipment
The demand for Brazilian ethanol and Chilean metals are two of the reasons that healthy growth is forecast for process and environmental equipment in Latin America. The market for pumps will grow from..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Survey tracks higher demand for intelligent control devices
A new survey of manufacturing engineers and engineering management reveals that respondents expect to continue to enhance their control systems. This will be accomplished by adding predictive maintena..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Petrochemicals: most chains' earnings are peaking, but healthy
Earnings across the basic chemicals and plastics industry generally will be on the upside in 2006, although certain segments have already retracted from up-cycle peaks, according to an annual outlook ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Downstream investments projected to be robust through 2010
Worldwide investment in refining will increase significantly in the next decade. Historically, capital spending in the US refining industry was generally in the $3 billion to $4 billion/yr range betwe..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Initial $60/ton premium forecast for new marine low-emissions zone
Bunker fuel traders in the region affected by the world's first Sulfur Oxide Emission Control Area (SECA) – that is, Europe's North Sea – are concerned that fuel supplies are inadequate ahea..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Enacting plant security standards in US 'likely stalled' for 2006
Despite hundreds of millions being spent by HPI plant owners to "harden" their sites over the last several years, the expenditures are mostly limited to the largest producers and not always the most v..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Plant design software market forecast to grow 11% in 2006
Partly as a result of robust demand for oil and other forms of energy, process and power owner/ operators and EPC firms are projected to step up their investments in IT solutions that enable the quick..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
  Revival for refining It seems news of new refining investments occur daily. At the end of January 2006..
- Indian Oil buys first Colombian oil under Ecopetrol contract 12/31
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire, damages equipment at Tuapse refinery 12/31
- Chile's $2.5-B Volta green ammonia project wins environmental permit 12/31
- China begins issuing second batch of 2026 crude import quotas to refiners 12/31
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30
