Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Emerging technology creates improved value for SCADA systems
The underlying technology that enables traditional supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) functionality is changing dramatically. Emerging technology is enabling SCADA systems to be tightly ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Government study names regulatory barriers to US natural gas supply
As consumers suffer from record-high natural gas prices, a new report prepared by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) identifies over 30 environmental policy and regulatory constraints that hinder US na..
HP Impact: HPImpact: ISO updates environment management standards
ISO has recently published revised, improved versions of its ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 standards. The upgrade is expected to put the benefits of implementing an environmental management system (EMS) wit..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Free standards source for chemicals exporters
For US exporters, Germany is the largest single market in the 25-country European Union (EU), with chemicals export sales of $3.3 billion in 2003. These exports represented 13% of the $26.5 billion in..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Risks from LNG spills ‘manageable,' says new safety report
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that domestic natural gas production is expected to increase more slowly than consumption, rising to 20.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2010 and 21..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Training teaches next generation of plant design
The recently developed Professional Piping Designer (PPD) Certification Program from the Society of Piping Engineers and Designers (SPED) shows how the piping design profession is becoming a broad and..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Surge in China's coal-fired power plants spurring shortages
In the past 18 months, China has started more new coal-fired power plants than the US has built in the past half century. Provinces suffering from blackouts and electricity shortages due to the boom..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia-Pacific: most regions to experience robust demand growth
Since 2001, Asia's incremental oil demand growth has steadily improved on the back of China's amazing increase in petroleum product demand. A new analysis from FACTS Inc. projects that 2004 will be a ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Asia refining: time for conversion capacity investments?
The Asian refining industry has endured drastic cycles during the past 15 years. In the early 1990s, the unprecedented expansion led to rapid growth in petroleum demand and the need for refining capac..
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