Thinnes, Billy
HP Impact: Hot work is dangerous business
Performing hot work activities on tanks is dangerous business that should involve the utmost in safety considerations. The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is particularly conce..
HP Associations: Collaborate or wither away
Over 700 oil and gas professionals massed at Microsoft's Global Energy Forum held in Houston in late January. The daylong event was heavy on technology ses..
HP Impact: 'On-purpose' propylene production
There is a growing demand for propylene in the world today. Without the development of new technologies for the production of "on-purpose" propylene (OPP), demand will always outpace supply. Nextant's..
HP Impact: Benzene emissions decrease at US refineries
Benzene emissions from US refineries have decreased since 2000 (Fig. 3). This issue is explored in a report released from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) (www.environmentalintegrity.org). Th..
HP Construction: North America
  Rentech, Inc. and ClearFuels Technology Inc. have been selected to receive up to $23 million as a grant from the US Department of Energy to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech's Energy Tech..
HP Construction: South America
  Petrobras has awarded several contracts for the construction of the Abreu e Lima refinery in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The contracts together total R$8.9 billion. For the construction ..
HP Construction: Europe
  ABB has an order worth $26 million from Hellenic Petroleum SA to provide an integrated power and automation system for the upgrade of Hellenic Petroleum's Elefsina refinery in Greece. ABB wil..
HP Construction: Middle East
Siemens Energy has an order from Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. for five compressor trains, that will be employed in an air separation plant operated by Air Products in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The end ..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
  Chiyoda Singapore (Pte) Ltd. has a contract with Shell Eastern Petroleum Ltd. for a basic design and engineering package for desulfurization facilities at the Pulau Bukom refinery in Singapore...
HP Impact: HPImpact: EIAs energy outlook
The US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) short-term energy outlook, published in January, offers a variety of interesting tidbits. The EIA projects the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) c..
- ExxonMobil plans 1 Blbs/yr of advanced recycling by 2027 11/22
- Gauging the likely Trump effect on U.S. energy and power sectors 11/22
- Russia's Lukoil restoring cracker at NORSI refinery, gasoline output rising 11/22
- Nigeria's local currency crude sales fall short of target, Dangote refinery says 11/22
- U.S. October gasoline imports hit post-pandemic low on slump in European shipments 11/22
- Clean Hydrogen Works awards McDermott FEED contract for Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) project 11/21
