Environment & Safety
HP Insight: Spending for environment
In less than 18 months, the HPI enters the next century. Many great changes have occurred within the industry over the last decade; yet, the HPI constantly struggles to beat the odds. HP is currently ..
HPIn SHE: Draining the swamp
People who think they have a sense of humor often hang cute little pictures on their office walls with a motto that is supposed to convey an important message. For example, the infant sitting on a pot..
Gasoline, the environment and economics
Will the refining industry continue to solve complicated regulatory, technological and financial challenges?
Minimize wastewater contamination
Source reduction techniques dramatically reduce hydrocarbons lost to sewer system
HPIn SHE: Get involved
Politicians and government workers and are notoriously out of touch with industry needs. Especially government workers; at least politicians have to have some feeling for their constituents' needs. On..
HPIn SHE: The other side of the fence
In one of my lectures on process maintainability, I describe a plant complex: It has storage for large quantities of fuel, lubricants and explosives, all in close proximity; a nuclear power plant; a s..
HP Insight: Are we ready for optimization?
Hydrocarbon Processing sponsored its second annual Process Optimization Conference, March 25?27, 1998, in Houston. As with the first technical meeting, HP created this technical forum to investigate i..
HPIn SHE: Gilding the lily
In my last column, I mentioned attending a conference where some of my expectations had not been met. As conferences go, it was a good one. It provided some good ideas, not all of them directly connec..
HPIn SHE: Great expectations
I recently attended a three-day meeting that took place in a "luxury conference center ... with outstanding views over the city of O***." A single room cost about $300 a night. I was quite looking for..
HP Insight: New refining design focuses on feedstocks, not fuels
More than ever, the HPI must really think outside the traditional framework and break down old barriers. The industry must innovatively use available process technology to its fullest potential. Treme..
- Eberhard Bau signs long-term solar diesel offtake agreement with Synhelion 2/3
- Abundia Global Impact Group appoints Burns & McDonnell as front-end engineer for waste plastics-to-fuels facility 2/3
- Rutgers University researchers develop catalyst that can convert nitrate pollution in water directly into ammonia 2/3
- Italy's Eni teams up with Q8 to build biorefinery in Sicily 2/3
- French ethanol use jumps 15% in 2025, driven by gasoline demand 2/3
- Indian refiners await government advice on Russian oil import halt 2/3
