Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: Poor refining margins in Asia-Pacific at critical ‘turning point’
Asia-Pacific has been the site of remarkable additions in refining capacity over the past 5 - 6 years; production increased by almost 35%. Most of these additions were in China, India a..
HP Impact: Key US economic index rises
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is a composite index based on five seasonally adjusted economic indicators. New orders for manufactured goods represent 30% of the index, production ..
HP Impact: Profiting from the sulfur glut
To comply with government regulations for cleaner burning fuels, oil and gas companies throughout the world have been reducing the sulfur content of their end products. This helps lower..
HP Impact: Metallocene, polymer market to grow 20%/yr
US demand for metallocene and single-site polymers is forecast to expand more than 20%/yr to 4.8 billion pounds (Blb) in 2006. Gains will be driven by the considerable processing and pe..
HP Impact: Hydrogen requirement for industrial use to increase 9.2%/yr
The use of hydrogen for petrochemicals, agrochemicals and renewable energy production will make rapid advances in the next five years as even more stringent environmental legislation is..
HP Impact: F-T liquids add value as steam cracker feedstocks
Use of low-cost, stranded-gas reserves for producing synthetic fuels (synfuels) and chemicals may become an economic alternative to conventional fuels and chemicals. For chemicals produ..
HP Impact: US gasoline demand expands 2.7% in 2002
Gasoline was the only major petroleum product to sustain demand growth in 2002, and its strongest showing in four years, according to a year-end review from the American Petroleum Insti..
HP Impact: ‘Dynamism’ to return to chemicals business
After a challenging year in 2001, the U.S. chemicals sector returned to growth in 2002. A boost in shipments occurred as customers began reordering, following the most protracted invent..
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