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..
- Chiyoda, AVEVA forge strategic partnership to power plantOS with AVEVA CONNECT 6/27
- SABIC announces closure of Olefins 6 facility in Teesside, UK 6/27
- LyondellBasell's polyolefin technologies selected by SHCCIG Yulin for petrochemicals complex in China 6/27
- Damaged unit of Iran's South Pars refinery back operating 6/27
- hte conducts research for JGC to advance decarbonization by identifying suitable catalysts for ammonia cracking 6/26
- TES and CPC Finland to develop 500-MW e-NG project in Finland 6/26
