Weirauch, Wendy
HP Impact: HPImpact: PP, gasoline use forecast to 2002
Two recent market analyses from The Freedonia Group, Cleveland, Ohio, forecast world demand for polypropylene and the U.S. outlook for gasoline. Polypropylene. World demand for polypropylene (PP) i..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Ceramic coatings to be $987 million market
The market for high-performance ceramic coatings services is expected to reach $987 million by 2002, an increase from $710 million in 1997. That's an average annual growth rate of 6.8%. So says resear..
HP Impact: HPImpact: NPRA speaks out on Refinery MACT II
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) recently testified on the costliness of EPA's Refinery MACT II proposal. "The cost-effectiveness of the EPA's proposed controls to reduce inorg..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Miscellany of note from the API
A new partnership has been established between the U.S. petroleum and chemical industries, the EPA and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The initiative aims to voluntarily provide the public with ..
HP In Brief: HPIn Brief
Gas, oil industries anticipate on-time Y2K readiness. According to a recent survey of more than 800 gas and oil companies, nearly a third of respondents who provided dates expect to have their compute..
HP Impact: HPImpact: How are Superfund dollars spent?
Hydrocarbon processing companies have been paying tax dollars to Superfund to finance cleanups of the worst hazardous sites. Promulgated in 1980, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Oil companies close financial gap
Oil company commodity chemical operations have closed the financial performance gap with petrochemical companies, according to a new study from New Vernon Associates, Inc., Parsippany, New Jersey. ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: LNG industry outlook for Asia-Pacific
An "Energy Advisory" from the East-West Center addresses the pre-existing potential for a supply surplus in the Asia-Pacific LNG industry. It examines some of the causes and also forecasts supply and ..
HP Impact: HPImpact: ECC industry reps meet to evaluate issues
HPI owners, contractors, suppliers and business analysts convened recently to discuss critical issues of mutual interest. The 30th annual Engineering and Construction Contracting Conference, Scottsdal..
HP Impact: HPImpact: Forecast for benzene supply and demand
From 1998 through 2003, benzene is forecast to grow at 3.9%/yr to 35.1 million tons (MMton). Following growth of 1.6% in 1996, demand for benzene and its derivatives spurted during 1997 to a 6.2% grow..
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