Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: Financial executives assess world economy
Corporate America forecasts a stable 1999 in the U.S., but continued turmoil internationally. So says a survey by Ernst & Young LLP of 350 top tax, treasury and finance executives from multinational c..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Europe's refiners lower oil levels in effluents
According to a recent study by CONCAWE, refineries continue to reduce oil discharged with effluents. Data from a 1997 survey shows a 43% reduction in the quantity of oil discharged from 1993 levels. C..
HP Impact: HPImpact: U.S. demand for petroleum products to rise 1.5%
The Supply and Demand Committee of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has released its short-term (1998-1999) forecast at the association's 69th annual meeting in New Orleans, Oct..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Clean-burning engine technology advances
The push for increased fuel economy and stricter regulation of automobile emissions presents engineers with a challenge to create an engine that both burns fuel more cleanly and produces fewer polluti..
HP Impact: HPImpact: CMA opposes EPA's recovered oil rule
The Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) has challenged certain aspects of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) refinery listing rule. CMA charges that a portion of the rule will prevent ch..
Secrets revealed
Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine is now progressing into its 76th year of publication. Though its undergone a few name changes and many design upgrades over the years, HP is a journal that has always a..
HPImpact: Ethernet 'invasion' for field-level networks
The influx of commercial technology into automation applications continues with Ethernet-based networks invading the field level. Control networks link automation processors such as PLCs or DCSs. Fiel..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Overall instruments market will grow 4.1%/year from 1998–2003, according to a study from Business Communications Co., Norwalk, Connecticut. Highest growth rate of any category will be in UV and v..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Outlook for global HPI 'surprisingly strong'
Despite the maturing of the petrochemical industry, world and regional outlooks for petrochemicals are "surprisingly strong," says a new report from SRI Consulting, Menlo Park, Calif. This assessment ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: New electricity market: benefits to refiners
Oil and gas producers have an important stake in electric industry restructuring. As consumers, oil producers must seize the initiative to control their electricity costs. This will entail both unders..
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