Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: LNG summit sees urgency in building NA import facilities
Future shortfalls of natural gas in North America (NA) can be mitigated if government and the energy industry act decisively to establish facilities for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), accordin..
HP Impact: Car to remain king, says EU study on members’ driving
Transport is developing into one of thefastest-growing consumers of energy. Recently published researchfrom the European Commission shows results of its investigationinto future driving habits. The re..
HP Impact: Package waste recycling to double in the EU
An agreement reached by the EuropeanParliament and Council conciliation committee will increase theminimum recycling targets for packaging waste from 25% to 55% by2008. The recent agreement is an upda..
HP Impact: HDPE unit receives energy efficiency award
ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc.’s Bayport,Texas, facility has been awarded the American Chemistry Council’s(ACC) Energy Efficiency Award for Significant Improvement inManufacturing at a Plant S..
HP Impact: DOE revising voluntary emissions reporting
Aiming to improve the accuracy andverifiability of greenhouse gas emissions data, the US Departmentof Energy (DOE) is proposing revised guidelines. Under the new rules, a wide range ofentities –..
HP Impact: Year-end 2003 refining margins dip, then recover
Refinery margins in the Atlantic Basinslipped lower in December compared to November averages, largely onthe failure of products to fully match crude price increasesthrough the first three weeks of th..
HP Impact: Argentina promoting compressed natural gas vs. fuel cells
Argentina’s Chamber of CompressedNatural Gas – which joins providers and equipment makers – is atwork on a Latin American project to unify standards. “The aim is tocreate a contine..
HP Impact: World industrial valve demand to gain 5.5%/yr
The market for industrial valves isforecast to exceed $60 billion in 2007. This represents animprovement over the 1997 –  2002 period, reflectingaccelerating macroeconomic growth in the deve..
HP Impact: US chemicals market ‘ready to grow again’
Structural challenges for the chemicalsindustry continue, but macroeconomic indications are that the USbusiness of chemistry finally is ready to grow again, says a recentstudy from The American Chemis..
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