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HP Impact: HPImpact: Global investment to reach $55 billion for LNG production
An estimated 35 active LNG production projects with a combined capital investment value of more than $50 billion are scheduled to begin production in the next five years, according to data from Indust..
HP Impact: HPImpact: EU Parliament passes REACH legislation, more review still necessary
In November, the European Parliament approved proposed chemicals regulations, known as REACH (which stands for registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals). The legislators made more than ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Worldwide DCS market to grow 6% through 2009
The Distributed Control Systems (DCS) market, primarily buoyed by growth in developing countries such as China and India and a slowdown in hardware price declines, has experienced healthy growth betwe..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Price escalations: no signal of fundamental change, says analyst
An upcoming "oil price crash" is forecast by Michael C. Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc. Speaking at a recent Independent Petroleum Association of America meeting in Hous..
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  Investments key in Middle East/ Africa Noting that a lack of investment in upstream and downstream cap..
HP Impact: China's methanol industry continues its upsurge
Discussions of future trends for the Chinese methanol market were featured at the annual Methanol Forum, Houston, Texas. China is the second largest consumer of methanol and quickly advancing to be th..
HP Impact: Despite storms, US energy firms post record 2005 earnings
For US-based integrated oil companies, 2005 has been a year of surprises. Third-quarter and nine-month performance figures show exceptional earnings by several corporations. Some of these companies en..
HP Impact: Refined product demand in Asia-Pacific reacts to oil price increases
Asia-Pacific will continue to play an important role in global demand growth: the region's demand growth is forecast to account for 38% to 46% of incremental global demand from 2004 – 2006, says ..
HP Impact: Ethylene mercury deposits: messages from Prague
A gathering of ethylene producers in Prague, The Czech Republic, thrashed out its concerns over mercury corrosion in aluminum heat exchangers. "There was a good paper on the subject and a discussion a..
HP Impact: Legislation needed to unburden US refiners, say industry analysts
Two natural disasters, hurricanes Katrina and Rita, are forcing US policymakers to address the nation's major energy issues. "Petroleum refining in the US is at a crossroads, a crucial turning point w..
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