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The Boston Business Journal Has Named Kronos Incorporated a 'best Place to Work'
May 22, 2013The Boston Business Journal has named Kronos Incorporated a "Best Place to Work". Employees rated Kronos in 10 categories including teamwork, trust in senior leaders, feeling valued, manager effectiveness, trust in co-workers, and ...
Tags: Chemicals
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Oil Futures Closed out The Week in Higher Territory Friday
May 22, 2013Oil futures closed out the week in higher territory Friday, boosted by a strong equities performance even as the US Dollar Index climbed to a 34-month high. NYMEX June crude settled 86 cents higher at $96.02/b, after ranging from a low of ...
Tags: Oil Futures, Strong Equities
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Sweet North Sea Crude Values Have Begun Rebounding
May 22, 2013Sweet North Sea crude values have begun rebounding as European crude oil traders begin to take note of improving sweet refining margins, the first time in over a month that sweet margins have performed better than sour, traders said Monday. ...
Tags: Sweet North Sea, Margins
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Total 2012 Marketed Natural Gas Volumes in The US Are Roughly Flat with 2011 Levels
May 22, 2013Total 2012 marketed natural gas volumes in the US are roughly flat with 2011 levels, according to a Platts analysis of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Form 552 data. As of Friday, gas marketers reported 125,723 trillion Btu of ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Chemicals
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Wood Mackenzie Expects Resource Sector Investment in Australia to Peak in 2013 at A$85 Bil
May 22, 2013Wood Mackenzie expects resource sector investment in Australia to peak in 2013 at A$85 billion ($82.6 billion), dominated by spending in gas, followed by iron ore and coal, and to remain at high levels for the next three years, according to ...
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Participants Will Be Eying Whether China Will Continue to Remain Relatively Passive
May 22, 2013Participants in the biggest Asian coal conference in Bali, Indonesia, in the first week of June will be eying whether China will continue to remain relatively passive in importing thermal coal, industry sources said Monday. Participants ...
Tags: thermal coal, Coaltrans Asia
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Methanol Exports for March Were up 47% From February
May 22, 2013Methanol exports for March were up 47% from February while methanol production was down 5.2% from March to February, according to data the Ministry of Energy Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago released Monday. During March, 540,361 mt of ...
Tags: Trinidad Methanol, Chemicals
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It Was Assessed by SunSirs That in The Tracked 100 Spot Commodities
May 21, 2013It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,12 commodities increased in prices, 34 fell and 54 remained unchanged on 17/05/2013.The largest rises were Dried cocoons (1.69%),Copper (0.87%),HDPE (0.64%),while the ...
Tags: Spot Commodities Price, Chemicals
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MEGlobal Set June North American Benchmark Price for Monoethylene Glycol at 63 Cents/lb
May 21, 2013MEGlobal set its June North American Benchmark price for monoethylene glycol at 63 cents/lb, a rollover from May, a company source said Friday. Market players said Friday there was also talk that other US producers could keep prices flat ...
Tags: MEGlobal, MEG Benchmark
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Venezuela and China Have Agreed on The Terms of a Previously Announced $4 Billion
May 21, 2013Venezuela and China have agreed on the terms of a previously announced $4 billion financing deal to increase the output of their Sinovensa joint venture in Venezuela's Orinoco oil belt, the South American country's oil minister said late ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
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US Natural Gas Prices Will Remain Stable in The $3-$4/MMBtu Range for The Rest of The Year
May 21, 2013US natural gas prices will remain stable in the $3-$4/MMBtu range for the rest of the year, three-quarters of the global energy executives surveyed by consulting firm KPMG said in a poll released Friday. "Greater assurance of supply ...
Tags: Energy, Metallurgy, Mineral, natural gas
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China's National Energy Administration Is Considering a Proposal to Outlaw The Import
May 20, 2013Market reports that China's National Energy Administration is considering a proposal to outlaw the import of some grades of lower calorific thermal coal has been greeted with a mixture of consternation and disbelief by participants in the ...
Tags: Asia Market, Thermal Coal
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Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co Is Expected to Offer More LPG to Asia
May 20, 2013Iran's Petrochemical Commercial Co is expected to offer more LPG to Asia after selling a cargo to South Korea, possibly its first to this region in 2013 since an EU ban late last year, by using ships made available for CFR deliveries, ...
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European Prompt Gas Prices Rose Wednesday Despite Strong Norwegian Gas Supplies
May 20, 2013European prompt gas prices rose Wednesday despite strong Norwegian gas supplies, as higher than normal seasonal demand in the UK gas hub supported higher prices on the continent. Day-ahead gas contracts on the Dutch TTF trading hub were ...
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Norwegian Oil and Gas Association Said Thursday a Proposed Tax
May 20, 2013The Norwegian Oil and Gas Association, the peak industry group which represents the major producers offshore Norway, said Thursday a proposed tax being considered by the government could led to a decline in production and urged it to ...
Tags: Norway Oil, Gas Group
