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HP Construction: South America
GE Oil and Gas has been awarded a $32 million contract by PlusPetrol Peru Corporation SA to supply compression and reinjection upgrade equipment to boost the output of the Malvinas natural gas liquid ..
HP Construction: Europe
Avantium has started with the construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site in Geleen, The Netherlands. The pilot plant will produce building blocks for making green materials and fuels. Avantium..
HP Construction: Middle East
Siirtec Nigi S.p.A. has been awarded two contracts by Saipem S.p.A. to design and supply eight packages, each including a burner, reaction furnace, steam drum, waste heat boiler, and 20 sulfur condens..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Toyo Engineering Corp. has a contract for an ethanolamine (ETA) production plant to be constructed in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, by Honam Petrochemical Corp. (HPC). The plant is scheduled for ..
HP Impact: LCFS will adversely affect oil-sands crude refiners
Purvin & Gertz, Inc., has released a report on the effect low-carbon-fuel standards (LCFS) will have on oil sands. The report notes that LCFS programs are being implemented in California, Oregon and B..
HP Impact: US demand for lubricants to reach 2.25 billion gallons in 2014
US demand for lubricants is forecast to expand 1.3% annually to 2.25 billion gallons in 2014, valued at $22 billion. This represents a significant improvement over the performance of the 2004–200..
HP Impact: Linde supplying hydrogen technology to US BMW plant
The Linde Group will provide the BMW Manufacturing Co. plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with a hydrogen fueling system for its material-handling fleet. An according agreement was signed in mid-Au..
HP Impact: Oil and gas reserves increased 3 percent in 2009
The worldwide upstream investment of 224 oil and gas companies decreased 23% to $378 billion in 2009, according to a report released by IHS Herold. Although development spending fell nearly 20%, the f..
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OU’s Biocorrosion CenterThe University of Oklahoma (OU) has joined forces with ConocoPhillips to create a new Biocorrosion Center within the OU Institute for Energy and Environment. The center wi..
HP Construction: North America
Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, Benham Constructors, LLC, has been awarded two new contracts by a subsidiary of Holly Corp. to provide engineerin..
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