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Weirauch, Wendy

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

HP Impact: New methodology assesses U.S. diesel supply

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

A recent study from Charles River Associates, Inc. (CRAI) uses a new approach in analyzing the impact that proposed U.S. regulations will have on diesel supply and demand. The methodolo..

HP Impact: Oil industry profits placed ‘in context’

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Sensational headlines may blare that oil industry profits have reached unconscionable levels, but the American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued its own statement. API's assessment i..

HP Impact: Use of air-purifying respirators approved

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Responding to a request from the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (API), OSHA has confirmed that air-purifying respirators are acceptable to protect workers from exposure to diis..

HP Impact: Responsible Care in Europe progresses

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

A recent workshop held in Lisbon, Portugal, and sponsored by CEFIC featured a look at "Responsible Care in Changing Times." The meeting's aim was to propose and receive input from the i..

HP In Brief: HPIn Brief

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

A healthy global economy and competitive polypropylene (PP) prices fueled 1999 global PP demand to a 10.8% increase over 1998 levels. This was the largest annual increase in the past five years, accor..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Business potential for HPI contractor

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

A recent market study by European Industrial Forecasting Ltd. (EIF) analyzes new project potential, maintenance by end users and the financial performance of contracting and engineering companies. Sho..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Owners, contractors join initiative

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Can technologies be integrated to bring about significant improvement in construction and operation of large capital facilities? In response to this vision, the Fully Integrated and Automated Technolo..

HP Impact: HPImpact: EPA provides snapshot of risk management

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

In June 1999, an EPA regulation - called the Risk Management Program (RMP) - prompted 15,000 U.S. facilities that use hazardous chemicals to submit reports describing their potential risk to surroundi..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Natural gas's role in power generation

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

Fig. 1. U.S. fuel mix for electricity generation is forecast to change dramatically over the next 20 years. What consequences might U.S. air emission..

HP Impact: HPImpact: Beyond e-commerce: the other opportunities

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Weirauch, Wendy

One track for technology is of fads and failures; these get the bulk of attention. The other track is the substantial technology that endures and brings value. These opportunities "are often clouded b..