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HP Automation Strategies: Control on the wire(less)

ARC Advisory Group: Gupta, M. S.

Since the industrial revolution, process/industrial control had relied on tightly coupled systems to transmit control signals. Industrial plants have used “modern” control via wired electron..

HP Project Management: German refinery successfully modernizes safety system

Heide Refinery-Klesch Group: Romahn, T.
HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH: Cisler, M.

In September 2014, the Heide refinery in Germany used two weeks of planned downtime at its pyrolysis plant to migrate to new safety systems. The new system emphasized high plant/equipment availability..

HP Global: State of the US petrochemical/chemical industry

American Chemistry Council: Swift, T. K.

After a promising start, the global economy faltered in 2014 with heightened geopolitical uncertainty; recessions in Brazil, Japan and many European nations; and slowdowns in China, the Euro Area and ..

HP Petrochemicals: Global PE demand growth to drive downstream expansions

IHS Markit: Asaro, M.

According to IHS Chemical, global demand for polyethylene (PE) is expected to increase by more than 25% during the next five years, from approximately 85 million metric tons (metric MMt) in 2014, to m..

HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Malaysia embarks on ambitious downstream transformation program

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Goals include more production at offshore fields, as well as constructing downstream projects in Pengerang, Bintulu and the launch of the world’s first floating LNG vessel.

Motiva halts diesel expansion at top US refinery

“Motiva routinely adjusts our business plans, based on company needs and evolving state and federal regulatory requirements at any given time," a company spokesman said.

Fluor works on new delayed coker for ExxonMobil at Antwerp refinery

Fluor is responsible for the new delayed coker unit that will convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuel products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel.

Amec Foster Wheeler acquires UK specialist engineering firm Scopus

Headquartered in Aberdeen, with bases in international oil and gas hubs, Scopus employs around 300 employees who provide specialist engineering services to the global oil and gas, petrochemical and nuclear industries.

Neste Jacobs partners with Intergraph on global engineering design

The company seeks to position itself as the go-to provider of engineering solutions in the global marketplace by expanding their use of Intergraph solutions in its projects worldwide.

Improve execution of capital projects with advanced technologies

Bechtel Corp.: Avidan, A. A.

The E&C industry is now poised for a major leap forward in utilizing advancements in information technologies and, thus, enabling itself to greatly boost project performance.