22.12.2010
- Royal Dutch Shell and Qatar Petroleum will jointly study building a major petrochemicals plant in the Ras Laffan industrial city in Qatar, Shell said on Tuesday. "The scope under...
17.12.2010
- Four people connected to an "expert network" firm were arrested and charged in a widening probe of insider trading at hedge funds on Thursday.A list of some of the people involved...
16.12.2010
- BP said on Wednesday it was examining the possible sale of its Canadian natural-gas liquids business as it seeks to raise up to $30 billion to pay for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill...
14.12.2010
- Germany's reputation for high-tech products and engineering know-how is known the world over. The country, nestled in the heart of Western Europe, is now using its innovative...
10.12.2010
- Düsseldorf was buzzing at the end of October with hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world who came to Germany for the world's largest trade show for plastics and...
10.12.2010
- Not-So-Small Problem - The labeling of products to indicate their nanoscale chemical content may or may not be very welcome in the chemicals industry. Already coping with Reach...
10.12.2010
- Exchanging Data - ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems are often a key technology in the operations and maintenance functions of the process plant industry. They include...
10.12.2010
- Critical Consumption - Energy is widely acknowledged to be one of the largest operating expenses for chemical plants. In fact, total costs are often underestimated. Reported...
10.12.2010
- Saving Time and Money - At last there is a tool that can monitor field devices and fieldbus at the same time. But why is this good news for the customer? Well, there are several...
