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HP Impact: NPRA comments on EPA’s highway diesel progress review
Members of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) who serve on the Clean Diesel Independent Review Panel (CDIRP) urge the panel to conduct a thorough, science-based re..
HP Impact: Marine algae fight global warming?
The causes and very existence of "global warming" are hotly debated issues within the HPI and the global community in general. A team of scientists funded by European Commission Researc..
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U.S. energy plan should address petroleum industry's 'looming manpower shortage,' says the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). A blue ribbon task force recently released..
HP Impact: Asia-Pacific petroleum product demand outlook
"Most signs are pointing to a strong recovery in the U.S. economy, and the Asia-Pacific economies appear to be following its lead," according to an analysis from FACTS Inc. (www.factsi..
HP Impact: New Source Review reforms announced
Acting on a bipartisan call for improving the New Source Review (NSR) program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently submitted recommendations for reform to President..
HP Impact: Small Texas producers meeting NOx compliance
Small chemical producers in Texas are increasingly optimistic about their ability to meet and comply with new TNRCC (Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission) regulations that ma..
HP Impact: Oil, gas kept flowing during tough year
Nations need not be over-concerned about energy security in the face of unexpected world events, according to BP chief executive Lord Browne. Despite the disruptions of last year - includin..
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Ethanol pollution concerns raised by EPA. In a letter to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), EPA states, "Recent testing performed at several ethanol production facilities indicates emissions of vo..
HP Impact: China's import quotas impact HPI markets
China became a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Dec. 12, 2001. Its government finally released on May 1, 2002, a detailed import quota for refined products for the year (Table 1). ..
HP Impact: Polypropylene: cycles in market spark renewed investment
Polypropylene (PP) is the fastest growing commodity polyolefin other than linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE). So says a new report researched by SRI International Co., Menlo Park, California. How..
- Vioneo awards Lummus polypropylene contract for world's first industrial scale fossil-free plastics from green methanol facility 8/19
- Research: Developing an energy-saving, carbon-capturing method for making ethylene glycol 8/19
- Emerson announced the release of its new Rosemount 3144S temperature transmitter 8/19
- Chinese refiners sweep up Russian oil after Indian demand falls 8/19
- Indonesia plans quick-to-build oil refineries for U.S. crude 8/19
- Russia's ultra low-sulfur diesel exports from Primorsk scheduled to rise in August 8/19
