April 2000

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Here are answers to questions such as: What’s the difference between the old and revised standard? Will it be more difficult to implement? Will it change the way a business is run?

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Like many of you, I work for an engineering company (EC). I've worked for several, and whenever the company has lost a few proposals, the reason is (as always), "Our multiplier is too h..

A few years ago, a major petrochemical company modified the piping leading from their steam generator to a mechanical drive turbine inlet flange. They then disconnected the piping from ..

If you operate in the downstream sector, you need to know about the core of our industry - the petroleum refinery. Because of the vast resources of the Internet and the fantastic work d..

Boiler water carryover occurs when water droplets become entrained in saturated steam. The quantity of water entrained in the steam is described as steam quality. Steam quality and ..

AEA Technology Engineering Software-Hyprotech Ltd. andDB Robinson & Associates Ltd. (DBR) have announced a strengthening of their long-term relationship to provide advanced thermodynamics to gas proce..

BP Amoco, Stavanger, Norway, has agreed withADB Systems to purchase its e-commerce solution. BP Amoco will be one of the first oil companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to start using a busines..

Lorne Bain has joined WorldOil.com as chairman, president and chief executive officer. WorldOil.com is the corporate parent of Hydrocarbon Processing magazine and other businesses of Gulf Publishing C..

The Energy Information Administration submitted its analysis and outlook on the energy marketplace last month to a House subcommittee on energy and power. Here are highlights from the statement, prese..

Worldwide shipments of e-procurement solutions (ePS) software are forecast to grow 10 times their present size. At $243 million in 1999, shipments are expected to reach $2.2 billion by year-end 2004. ..

Poor processability of first-generation linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) has prevented full penetration of this polymer into the high-pressure LDPE market. Significant catalyst and process deve..

This decade marks "the next step forward" in the evolution of North America's natural gas industry. A study from Arthur Andersen and CERA characterizes the next 10 years as "a period of tremendous gro..

U.S. taxpayers have received a high return on their investment in measurement standards for fossil fuels. These saved $113 for every dollar spent, while enhancing environmental quality, according to a..

Plant and product design technology analysts at Daratech (Cambridge, Massachusetts) forecast that worldwide user spending for mechanical CAD/CAM, CAE software and services will top $6.6 billion in 200..

Demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) in the U.S. is forecast to increase 6.7%/yr to 1.4 billion pounds in 2003. This is a significant outpacing of gains in the general economy. Market research f..

The value of VOC-related air pollution control (APC) equipment in the U.S. market totaled $3.3 billion in 1999, according to a recent Business Communications Co., Inc. study. That amount will rise to ..

Limitations of model predictive controllers Alan Hugo, author, is to be congratulated for his insightful article "Limitations of model predictive controllers," published in the January 2000 issue..

Gas processing is this month's special report. HP's Gas Processes 2000 lists tried-and-true gas preparation techniques. It also debuts several newcomers. Traditionally, the gas processi..

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Here’s how transmitters designed for critical use can save thousands of dollars and still provide a high level of plant safety and fewer false trips