January 2013 CEP Preview

This month, CEP takes a close look at loop tuning, with a look at guidelines and strategies. You'll also have a chance to learn more about improving process hazard analysis (full-article download included), learn more about chemical industry prospects, and much more.

Is California Next in Line for an Energy Boom?

January 07, 2013. By Kent Harrington
The Bureau of Land Management recently auctioned off oil leases for 18,000 acres of Central California public land containing one of the largest deposits of shale oil in the country. Does this signal a new regional energy boom, or an environmental fight ahead?

GE and BP Wind Energy Celebrate Milestones

January 03, 2013. By Kent Harrington
As US wind-energy developers raced to finish projects before the renewable energy tax credit expired on January 1st, GE installed its 20,000th wind turbine. And now a new twist for the US wind energy industry has emerged with the fiscal cliff vote.

BP Building New Houston Supercomputing Center

December 26, 2012. By Kent Harrington
British Petroleum is spending $100 million to replace its current data center with what it says will be the largest supercomputer for commercial research in the world. The company hopes the added computing power will bring with it a significant competitive advantage in the race for the globe's newly discovered sources of gas and oil.

T. Boone Pickens Wants Truckers To Start Dumping Diesel

December 24, 2012. By Kent Harrington
T. Boone Pickens wants you to know that if that long-haul truck barreling along the freeway next to you seems quieter, no, your mind isn't playing tricks on you. It's a good bet the truck's fueled by liquid natural gas, and you've just witnessed a small part of Pickens' grand, over-arching energy plan.