Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Growth in industrial energy use to 2015
Robust growth in U.S. industrial production over the next 15 years is expected to trigger a 25% increase in industrial energy consumption by 2015, according to a Gas Research Institute (GRI) study. ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Recent price rises for petrochemicals 'will not last'
According to a new analysis by Probe Economics, Inc., recent increases in petrochemicals and polymers prices can be attributed partly to a recovery in Asia, but mostly to the rising cost of energy and..
HP Impact: HPImpact: ECC conference looks at contract strategies
This fall's engineering and construction contracting (ECC) conference, sponsored by AIChE and numerous HPI companies, provided a two-day forum for discussing various contracting strategies. Keynote sp..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Hazards to Superfund cleanup site workers
New insight about calculating the risk to workers in toxic cleanup sites, as compared to risk to nearby residents, is provided by a comprehensive study. The research, "Hazards for Nearby Residents and..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Business-to-business e-commerce growing rapidly in HPI. Experts predict Web-based purchasing will create efficiencies as part of a multichannel distribution system to chemical purchasers. Forrester R..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Profitability spike for petrochemicals in '01?
A profitability and price projection from SRI International examines the drivers for costs and cycle timing in the petrochemicals industry. The base-case scenario forecasts "broad recovery in capacity..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Status of planned NOx reductions
U.S. power plant operators are proceeding with construction and planning of enough selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to accomplish 69% of the reduction needed during the ozone season in the ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: World LPG, NGL markets assessed
The latest LPG outlook by Purvin & Gertz (P&G) features key market developments and pricing relationships, and provides a forecast for major world markets. Highlights from the regional analysis follow..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Emissions trading in Europe reviewed
Many European countries would prefer implementation of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change without emissions trading. But the U.S. was firmly opposed to other methods of controlling global emiss..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Study examines EPA's use of science
A new book supports industry's long-held perception about the role of science in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulatory deliberations. Science at EPA: Information in the Regulat..
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