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Weirauch, Wendy

<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i> Staff, Houston, Texas

HP Impact: HPImpact: M&A's transitioning to 'buyer's' market

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Through the first nine months of 2000, $23 billion in chemical deals were completed. This compares to $29.4 billion in the year-ago period. Including deals that have closed since then, it appears unli..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Miscellany of note in the HPI

Hydrocarbon Processing / February 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

&#149; The Fieldbus Foundation has released an alpha version of its High Speed Ethernet (HSE) Testing Kit. The kit is intended for testing HSE linking devices, which are critical components of the H..

HP In Brief: HPIn Brief

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels from natural gas earn 'alternative' designation. The U.S. Congress recently designated domestically produced GTL fuels made from natural gas an alternative fuel as defined u..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Scenarios project increases in both energy use, emissions

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

World energy consumption will grow 2%/yr from now until 2020, and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), which contribute to unwanted climate change, will rise at about the same rate. Most of these increases..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Risk reduction: prime factor in automation safety systems growth

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

The increased desire of manufacturers to reduce risk, improve their corporate image and reduce insurance premiums is fueling the growth of the automation safety system market, according to a recent st..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Positive displacement pumps: what intensifies the competition?

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

A new study by Frost & Sullivan (F&S) reveals that both product performance and specification are increasingly motivating purchasing decisions within the industry. However, price remains a critical fa..

HP Impact: HPImpact: EIA forecasts key energy trends

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

While most attention in energy markets is focused on near-term issues of world oil supply and prices, U.S. natural gas prices and the transition to restructured electricity, a longer term forecast has..

HP Impact: HPImpact: What motivates HPI capital investment?

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Companies involved in the business of chemistry have a number of reasons or purposes for investing in new plant and equipment. The American Chemistry Council (www.americanchemistry.com) has collected ..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Gas industry partners save $54 million

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Natural Gas STAR Program announced that its industry partners have reduced methane emissions from unit operations and equipment leaks by 27 billion c..

HP Impact: HPImpact: HPI safety record improves

Hydrocarbon Processing / January 2001
Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

For the Western Europe downstream oil industry, the number of injuries sustained at work is declining, according to a new report from CONCAWE. Fig. 2 lists the safety performance of member companies f..