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Korean Toluene Prices Went Down Due to Decreased Downstream Demand

Dec 4, 2012

In the previous week, Korean toluene prices went down due to decreased downstream demand and lower upstream product prices. In the initial days of last week, prices were at US$ 1220/ton, slightly lower as compared to the same period of ...

Tags: toluene prices, toluene, toluene market

Manufacturing Facility Located in Al-Jubail,Saudi Arabia,Begins Commercial Production

Dec 4, 2012

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem), as the joint venture’s manufacturing facility ...

Tags: Polymers, Petrochemical Company, Chemical Company

Business Support Services Will Act as The Hub of Milliken Innovation Throughout Asia

Dec 4, 2012

Global innovation leader Milliken & Company announced that the company has opened a regional headquarters in Shanghai. Leveraging its long presence in the region, Milliken’s new Asia headquarters combines sales, marketing, design, ...

Tags: combines sales, Milliken Company, floor covering design studio

Fixed Asset Investment in China's Refining Industry Totaled Yuan 130 Billion

Dec 4, 2012

Fixed asset investment in China's refining industry totaled Yuan 130 billion ($20.9 billion) from January to October, the National Development and Reform Commission said on its website Thursday. This was an 18.2% increase from the same ...

Tags: refining industry, China's refining industry, Refinery Sector Investment

Production Run Rates Will Remain Halved Until The End of The Year

Dec 4, 2012

Production run rates at Borealis' propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant in Belgium will remain halved until the end of the year, the company said Friday. The PDH plant, located in Kallo near Antwerp, produces around 480,000 mt/year of ...

Tags: propane dehydrogenation, propylene, PDH

CB&I Announced That It Has Been Awarded Contracts by Occidental Chemical Corporation

Dec 4, 2012

CB&I announced that it has been awarded contracts by Occidental Chemical Corporation for the technology license, basic engineering and front end engineering and design (FEED) services for a proposed new ethane cracker. The proposed cracker ...

Tags: ethane cracker, Chemical Corporation, ethylene technology

The Differentials Spread Reached Its Widest Point in More Than a Year

Dec 4, 2012

The differentials spread between Angolan crude grades Cabinda and Dalia has reached its widest point in more than a year, as the market shuns the heavier Dalia in favor of the lighter, more popular Cabinda, market sources said Friday. On ...

Tags: China's Unipec, fuel oil cracks, residual fuel

Argex to Conduct a Feasibility Study of Tio2 Plant

Dec 4, 2012

Argex Titanium Inc. is pleased to announce that it has engaged Genivar Inc., a Canadian engineering services firm and one of the world’s leading professional services organizations, to conduct a feasibility study to establish the ...

Tags: TiO2 plant, feasibility study, titanium dioxide

The First Barrel of Ethane From The Bakken Field Will Go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre

Dec 4, 2012

The first barrel of ethane from the Bakken field will go to Nova Chemicals' Joffre, Alberta facility to be value added and converted into polyethylene next year, which explains why CEO Randy Woelfel described himself at an industry event in ...

Tags: Shale gas, Petchems, petrochemicals

Ongc and Gail Are Much Interested in Acquiring a Stake in The Kochi Petrochemical Project

Dec 4, 2012

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and GAIL (India) are much interested in acquiring a stake in the Kochi petrochemical project. The Rs. 50 billion project is being jointly implemented by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) ...

Tags: petrochem project, Petrotech Conference, petrochemical complex, refinery

Inverted Duty Structure Likely Be Recasted by India on Petrochemicals

Dec 4, 2012

On the back of disinterest shown by entrepreneurs to invest in Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions (PCPIRs) set up across India; the Indian government will cast a fresh look at the inverted duty structure prevalent ...

Tags: petrochemicals, Petroleum, Chemicals, duty structure

Lyondellbasell Industries Announced Earnings for The Third Quarter 2012

Dec 4, 2012

LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the third quarter 2012 of $851 million, or $1.47 per share. Third-quarter 2012 EBITDA was $1,565 million, inclusive of a $71 million reversal of non-cash, lower of cost or market inventory ...

Tags: olefins business, polyolefins business, chemical industry

Perfluorooctanoic Acid Will Be Forbidden by Jack Wolfskind

Dec 4, 2012

The outdoor supplier Jack Wolfskin, based in Idstein, Germany, has announced that all of its weather protection products will be manufactured without the use of Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by the end of 2014. Whilst in Europe products ...

Tags: weather protection products, Perfluorooctanoic acid

Business Buyout of Williams' Gulf Olefins Has Been Completed

Dec 4, 2012

Williams Partners announced that it has completed the transaction to acquire Williams' approximately 83-percent undivided interest in the Geismar olefins production facility, as well as Williams' refinery-grade propylene splitter for $2.264 ...

Tags: Olefins Business, olefins production facility, olefins production

JGC Has Been Awarded a Contract for Expansion for The Rabigh Phase II Project

Dec 4, 2012

JGC Corporation announced that its wholly-owned Saudi Arabian subsidiary, JGC Gulf International Co. Ltd. has been awarded a contract for expansion of ethylene manufacturing facilities for the Rabigh phase II project. The contract was ...

Tags: ethylene, ethylene manufacturing facilities, petrochemicals

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