The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) is all set to host its 8th Annual GPCA Forum, scheduled to be held from November 19 to 21, 2013, in the city of Dubai in United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to GPCA, the 8th ...
The Mexican state of Veracruz would receive investments of over US$ 5 billion in the coming months for the development of the petrochemical cluster in the south of the state, announced Veracruz’s Governor Javier Duarte De Ocha, during ...
Tags: Petrochem Projects, Textile
Western China is likely to be the focus for development of the petrochemical sector in future, Bang Han-hong, president of Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) said at the 12th edition of the Korea-China Petrochemical Conference, ...
Tags: Petrochemical Sector, Chemical
Western China is likely to be the focus for development of the petrochemical sector in future, Bang Han-hong, president of Korea Petrochemical Industry Association (KPIA) said at the 12th edition of the Korea-China Petrochemical Conference, ...
Tags: petrochemical, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The price spread between CIF naphtha and cheaper CIF propane has narrowed on less bearish propane sentiment as well as weakening naphtha, according to industry sources. The CIF propane swap reached a $171/mt discount to the CIF Northwest ...
Shell's recent announcement that it is seeking additional feedstock supplies for its proposed western Pennsylvania petrochemical facility is only one major roadblock that the facility needs to circumvent in the next few years, a Platts ...
Indonesia’s largest petrochemical firm PT Chandra Asri and German company Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH have signed an agreement to set up a methanol-based olefin production complex in Indonesian province of West Papua. ...
Tags: Chandra Asri, Ferrostaal Ink, PP, Ethylene
The utilization of surplus naphtha capacity is a key driver of Indian petrochemical sector, according to a top official with the Indian Oil Corporation. The utilization of surplus naphtha and stranded propylene from refineries, as well as ...
Tags: Naphtha, Petrochemical Sector
The eight developing countries that constitute the D-8 group can enhance cooperation in petrochemical sector by investing their surplus funds in projects of other member countries, Abdolhosain Bayat, Managing Director of Iran’s ...
Tags: Textile, Iran, petrochem sector
The five new petrochemical projects that started operations since start of the current Iranian calendar year on March 21, 2013, are expected to boost the country’s petrochemical revenues by US$ 2 billion, National Petrochemical ...
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Saudi Arabia’s national science agency, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), is keen on developing research and programs to support the country’s petrochemical sector, said the president of KACST, Mohammed bin ...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Petrochemical, KACST
The ratio of the Gulf Coast normal butane assessment to the front-month NYMEX crude contract is at 57.9% Friday morning, the lowest level since late 2008, Platts data showed, in part due to the deployment summer gasoline specs. The ratio, ...
Tags: USGC, normal butane prices
Iran is all prepared to export its technical knowledge in petrochemical production and services thereof, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi has said. Speaking on the sidelines of inauguration of the first phase of Bandar Imam Khomeini ...
Tags: petrochemical production, Textile
The spot market for LPG cargoes loading out of the Middle East has softened amid weak demand from Asian buyers, according to market sources. This was reflected in the spot cargo price differentials, with Arcadia heard selling 44,000 mt of ...
Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd. China's largest private chemical EPC contractor announced that Wison Engineering Ltd, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has successfully completed the delivery of six projects of the ...