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HP Automation Safety: ‘Sticktion’: A dangerous failure mode
I set a wet glass on the old wooden kitchen table at our home. It sat there all night. The next morning, when I went to grab the glass, it stuck to the table. Yes, this event has happened before. But,..
HP Brief
European refiner affirms renewables project Total has reaffirmed its partnership and financial backing to the technology of renewable products company Amyris, the companies said in a recent statement...
HP Impact: Compliance in emerging risk areas
Ernst & Young recently held a seminar on risk compliance for today’s global oil and gas companies. One session in particular during the seminar focused on emerging risk areas in the energy market..
HP Impact: Future bright for molybdenum
Roskill recently released a market outlook on molybdenum. The company expects that molybdenum growth rates will exceed global GDP rates to 2016.Global demand for molybdenum bounced back from the impac..
HP Construction: Asia Pacific
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has awarded Technip a contract to supply a license, basic-engineering package, and engineering and procurement services for the refinery offgas cracker (ROGC) plant. Thi..
From mill to wing: How waste materials could become the next green aviation fuel
We are in the midst of an energy revolution, with new types of liquid fuels from new sources and an increased supply of traditional fuels unleashed from existing sources thanks to new technologies. Wh..
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Engineering and construction news
CB&I to buy Shaw GroupCB&I has agreed to acquire Shaw Group, a US-based engineering company primarily focused on serving clients in the power generation and government services sector. The acquisition..
Indian oil companies eye investment opportunities in Canada's LNG sector
"With huge shale gas discoveries in the US and Canada," LNG imports could be cheaper than other sources, said junior oil minister R.P.N. Singh, who added that transportation and the mechanism of determining LNG prices could affect the economies of LNG imports.
Hebei Haiwei to license CB&I propylene technology for new China plant
The unit will use the CATOFIN propane dehydrogenation process from Lummus Technology, which employs Süd-Chemie’s latest catalyst to produce 500,000 tpy of propylene. The plant is expected to start up in 2015.
- Steel cut for Yara Eyde: The world’s first ammonia-powered container ship 9/5
- Ukraine says it attacks Russian refinery at Ryazan, oil depot at Luhansk 9/5
- U.S. crude stockpiles rise as refineries begin maintenance 9/5
- Delta partners with Shell and the Port of Portland for commercial-scale SAF uplift at Portland International Airport 9/5
- Next-generation pyrolysis line drives global chemical recycling of waste plastics 9/5
- Moleaer partners with Xylem to globally scale nanobubble technology for water treatment 9/5
