In the wake of deadly gas pipeline explosions that rocked Kaohsiung in the last week of July, the Taiwanese Government is mulling a proposal to set up a special zone for petrochemical companies in Greater Kaohsiung. Premier Jiang Yi-huah ...
PVC market prices across Asia are expected to rise as of June offers on reduced market supply from Taiwan, Japan and India, market sources at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Pattaya said Thursday. Market participants said ...
Tags: PVC Prices, VCM Shortages
Strong regional multi-stakeholder partnerships will be the key for a dynamic, flexible and growth-driven petrochemicals industry, said industry experts at the sixth Supply Chain conference, organized by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals ...
Tags: Petrochem, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
"We had a good start to the year in our chemicals business and in the Agricultural Solutions segment. We sold more. This more than compensated for the negative effects on sales from the comparatively weak U.S. dollar and currencies in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals, Oil, Gas
BASF is evaluating an investment in a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The on-purpose production of propylene to supply the company's North American operations would allow BASF to take advantage of low gas ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, BASF
With the aim of boosting petrochemical output and increasing employment, Iran is planning expansion of petrochemical projects in the western provinces of the country, said Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, deputy executive manager of the National ...
What is ISO 29001? Quality management standards specific to the oil, gas and petrochemical industry make up ISO 29001. It can function as a stand-alone certification, or incorporated with ISO 9001, the generic quality management ...
Tags: ISO/TS 29001, certification
In a move to better serve its customers in North and Latin America, the global chemical company Oxea has started basic engineering for a 2-Ethylhexanol (2-EH) and a Propanol unit at its world-scale production plant at Bay City, Texas. Both ...
Tags: Construction, Chemicals
PPG Industries announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., a privately-owned supplier of high-temperature-resistant and insulative ...
Japanese companies are willing to invest in Iran’s petrochemical sector, Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Koji Haneda has said, FARS News Agency reported. During a tour of Ilam petrochemical complex in Western Iran, Mr. Haneda said ...
Tags: petrochemical, Chemicals, petroleum
Royal Vopak (Vopak) announces it has signed an Equity Transfer Agreement with Xianglu Petrochemical (Zhangzhou) Co., Ltd. (Xianglu) in Fujian province, China. The agreement comprises Vopak’s acquisition of a 30% equity interest in ...
PPG Industries has completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Hi-Temp Coatings Technology Co., Inc., a privately-owned supplier of high-temperature-resistant and insulative coatings, based in ...
Tags: High-Heat-Resistant Coatings, PPG
The exports of petrochemicals from GCC countries of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE is expected to increase, once the Bali Package is ratified by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) General Council later this year, ...
Tags: Bali Package, Textile
The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes on an FOB Korea basis narrowed $2/mt from Tuesday to a more than three-year low of $154.50/mt Wednesday, with MX staying relatively supported while PX and downstream ...
Metso has received significant orders for its Neles and Jamesbury valves from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara), a joint venture between Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and The Dow Chemical Company. The valves will be delivered ...
Tags: Sadara, Textile, Metso Valves