10.11.2011
- Opinion - Scaled-up European shale gas development is likely 10-15 years off as regulations coupled with little infrastructure, higher costs and mounting environmental concerns...
10.11.2011
- Vopak, the world's largest independent storage tank operator, reiterated its 2011 outlook and said it expected improved demand for biofuels after uncertainty in that market had...
10.11.2011
- China's refinery throughput fell 0.9% from a year earlier to 8.74 million barrels per day (bpd), the second decline this year, as planned and unexpected shutdowns cut into...
09.11.2011
- Uncontained Complexity - Plant maintenance within process industries is often complicated and managing several plants is even more difficult. The same tasks are often performed...
09.11.2011
- Deep Impact - Reach affects almost all departments in a chemical company. It is not only an issue for the regulatory affairs manager, but has an overall impact on procurement...
09.11.2011
- Overseas - "It is foreign investment - the deepest form of global integra¬tion - that binds the transatlantic economy together, not trade," reported The Transatlantic Economy 2010...
Look To The Future - Decades of operation, modernisation and expansion have left many chemical plants with a somewhat haphazard automation mix of different controls...
09.11.2011
- Success - At Loos, the acronym SUCcess stands for "Start-Up-Control combined with Shutdown and Standby," a control and equipment variant facilitating automatic steam boiler...
09.11.2011
- Flood Resilience - At first sight, climate change and plant safety seem to be separate issues, with the first one having much more public attention. However, we did not need...
09.11.2011
- Polarizing Debate - From lighter materials for cars, stronger wind turbine blades to better insulation for homes, nanomaterials help create innovative products and improve...
