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Wastewater market rises as regulation bites
Added: 11 Feb 2002
The EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive is driving growth in the market for water treat…

New design for pharma heat exchangers
Added: 11 Feb 2002
The Pharma-X from Alfa Laval is a completely new type of compact heat exchanger, designed for dutie…
HTFS links thermal and mechanical HEX design
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Hyprotech's latest release of its HTFS heat transfer design system includes several additio…

Humidity in bloom
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Hygrometrix, a sensors company based in Alpine, California, harvests humidity-sensitive material fr…
Changing places
Added: 11 Feb 2002
Stuart Nathan looks at how ABB's process researchers are combining chemistry with engineering to ma…
Lubrizol to acquire Chemron
Added: 6 Feb 2002
The Lubrizol Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business and subs…

Occidental to sell Equistar interest to Lyondell
Added: 1 Feb 2002
Occidental Petroleum has agreed in principle to sell $440 million worth of interest in Equistar to …
llama droppings combat water pollution
Added: 30 Jan 2002
Scientists from Newcastle University are using llama droppings to help combat environmental…

$3.2 billion buys a lot of gas and oil
Added: 30 Jan 2002
Petro-Canada has agreed to acquire the international oil and gas operations of Veba Oil & Gas from …
Soybeans dissolve foam
Added: 30 Jan 2002
The amount of Styrofoam disposed of in landfills could be reduced in the future thanks to the work …
That's a lot of Aerosmith
Added: 28 Jan 2002
Using polymer memory technology, it will be possible to store the equivalent of 400,000 CDs on a ch…
Conoco to build 730MW heat and power plant in UK
Added: 23 Jan 2002
Conoco Global Power is to build a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant alongside its Humber refinery…
Engineers develop odour eaters for pulp mills
Added: 23 Jan 2002
An academic in Canada is researching biofiltration techniques that use bacteria to 'eat' smelly, ai…
A brief history of OLEDs
Added: 23 Jan 2002
In the future, displays will be far different from the current cathode ray tubes and expensive (and…
PGS' Atlantis subsidiary sold for $215 million
Added: 23 Jan 2002
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and China National Chemicals Import & Export Corporation (Sinoch…

GE Power Systems to acquire UK based PII Group
Added: 21 Jan 2002
GE Power Systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PII Group Ltd., formerly Pipe…

BP and ChevronTexaco to build $23 million wind farm
Added: 16 Jan 2002
BP and ChevronTexaco today announced that they are to build and operate a 22.5-megawatt wind farm a…
Are you in control?
Added: 16 Jan 2002
A recent survey was carried out by the Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme (EEBPP) to find ou…
Bug may help clean up PCB deposits
Added: 16 Jan 2002
Researchers from the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute have discovered a strai…
