Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Five trends in 3D laser scanning for year ahead
Laser scanning is a technology that really shines when labor is expensive, capital is scarce, schedules are tight and appetites for project risk are low. "I don't know anyone who expects relief from a..
HPIn Europe: Opportunity and resolution for the year ahead
During the holiday season, I asked a few people what their goals in the year ahead were. It was a haphazard kind of poll. But, interestingly, each answer points to an area of significant new business ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Europe's market for premium fuels grows
New EU motor fuels and their impact on refiners and the supply chain was the topic of an analysis by Walter Pfeiffer with Accenture Kronberg. Speaking at the recent ERTC meeting in Prague, he offere..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Politics, perceptions keep oil prices high
Market speculators have kept oil prices high, but energy analyst Amy Myers Jaffe, a researcher with Rice University, Houston, expects a "more bearish outlook" for 2005. Speaking at a recent engineer..
HP Impact: HPImpact: ASEAN, China join to form largest free-trade region
China has moved to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the US, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations. The agreement aims to create the world's largest free trade area by 2010..
HP Impact: HPImpact: NPRA: MTBE ban impacts supply chain, causes price escalations
The National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association (NPRA) continues to stress the importance of balancing a supply-oriented fuels policy with continued environmental progress. Testifying before..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Fewer NA project cancellations, delays expected in 2005
The North American chemical processing industry saw a small decline in projects put on hold or canceled in 2004. Expectations are that trend will continue in 2005. In 2004, market research from I..
HP Impact: HPImpact: US specialty fuel additives demand to jump 6%/year
A new outlook forecasts that US gasoline and other fuel additive demand will become an $8.4-billion market in 2008. Volume will decline slightly to 38 billion pounds. This is the result of the ongoi..
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they targeted petrochemical facilities in the Gulf 4/6
- Petrobras delivers LPG sold at steep premiums despite Lula move to annul auction 4/3
- Plug Power to supply 275-MW GenEco electrolyzer system for Hy2gen’s Courant decarbonized ammonium nitrate project 4/3
- Vietnam refinery boosting jet fuel production 4/3
- China plans to upgrade some petrochemical plants, phase out others by 2029 4/3
- Morocco has diesel stocks for 51 days, energy ministry says 4/3
