NPRA, a century of achievement and excellence.
Contributors: Chemical Week Associates.
Publisher: Chemical Week Associates
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: National Petroleum Refiners Association.; Petroleum chemicals industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Other titles: Century of achievement and excellence; Chemical week.; Chemical engineering.; World refining.
Notes: Issued as a special supplement to: Chemical week.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Proud past, promising future: NPRA enters its second century. A Q & A with NPRA president Bob Slaughter; title: Corporate Profiles 1; title: Oil refining changes transportation, history, and ways of life; title: Corporate profiles 2; title: Petrochemicals: from dyestuffs to hydrocarbons and NPRA; title: Corporate profiles 3; title: What the future holds. Globalization and the U.S. petrochemical industry; title: Refiners challenged by future of tightening regualtions, hope for greater flexibility; title: Corporate profiles 4; title: Taking care of society while taking care of buisness. Many petrochemcial firms embrace repsonsible care, rest of precess industry considers adopting the program; title: Plastics from pteroleum shape modern life; title: Information technology key to refining, chemical industry innovation; title: Corporate profiles 5.