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Description: Madrid is bustling as over 4,000 delegates have gathered at the World Petroleum Congress (WPC) to discuss the current state of the global oil business. Spain is being a gracious host of the event, the spring in the host nation's step no doubt accelerated by the country's recent Euro Cup soccer victory. After the jump, our special contributor Catherine Watkins shares photographic evidence of the WPC.
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Description: ILTA's annual conference gained strength Tuesday as the trade show floor opened and technical sessions continued. We provide you with a photographic stroll through the proceedings after the jump.
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Description: The International Liquid Terminal Association's (ILTA) Operating Conference and Trade Show is back and better than ever for its 28th year. If the possibility of winning a Caribbean cruise wasn't reason enough to attend this world class event, the show is featuring feature panel discussions, breakout sessions, workshops, and product presentations by leading equipment suppliers, service providers and technical experts who are shaping the future of the terminal business.
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Description: The sixth Middle East Petrotech 2008 closed on Wednesday afternoon in Bahrain after a successful three day technical conference and exhibition. One of the more interesting presentations of the conference was given by Dr. Fatih Birol, chief economist, International Energy Agency, on Wednesday morning.
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Description: The 6th Middle East International refining and Petrochemicals Conference and Exhibition (Petrotech 2008)opened Sunday with a dinner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Bahrain with a dinner and panel discussion on "Refining/Petrochemical Integration: the way for Future Growth" to an international audience of over 1,000 HPI professionals.
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Description: The NACE conference in New Orleans hit its stride on Tuesday as the Morial Convention Center massed with exhibitors and technology seekers. EMS Canada and Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group also dropped major news at the event.
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Description: The NPRA Annual Meeting is in full swing, with breakout sessions, hospitality suites and networking ruling the day. For some photographic evidence of these events, step inside.
READ MORE ...Description: Tom Ratajczak of UOP spoke about managing the challenges of complex operations and workforce changes in a breakout session at the NPRA Annual Meeting Tueday afternoon. He was kind enough to chat with Hydrocarbon Processing and go into further detail on a few of our pressing questions.
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Description: Charles Drevna, NPRA president, said Sunday afternoon that the 2008 Annual Meeting has gathered an unparalleled wealth of information and experience.
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New oil crisis: an engineer shortage South Africa: turning a nation into skilled workers
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Description: Biofuels and the short European distillate barrel dominated the opening of the 12th Annual European Refining Technology Conference this year in Barcelona, Spain. On the day that European heating oil prices soared to an all-time high of $850 per metric ton ($2.715 gal) and ULSD commanded equally stellar premiums, several speakers used a 750-strong plenary to highlight the shortage of distillate, or flag up their capex response.
READ MORE ...Description: Catalyst manufacturer Albemarle opened the second day of the ERTC with the promise of a breakthrough that could help refiners here avoid a trainwreck scenario outlined in the meeting's plenary yesterday.
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READ MORE ...Description: A standing room only crowd greeted the staff of Hydrocarbon Processing as they released the magazine's 2008 Market Data Book.
READ MORE ...Description: The Emerson Global Users Exchange is taking place this week in Grapevine, Texas. Kim Jackson, Hydrocarbon Processing's process editor, is attending the event and will be submitting updates throughout the week. Today she briefs us on attendance numbers, speakers and new products from Emerson.
READ MORE ...Description: Charles Drevna is the executive vice-president for the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA). He recently spoke with Hydrocarbon Processing about NPRA's reason for being, membership benefits, achievements and goals for the future.
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