Limited availability of coaster butane cargoes in Northwest Europe is supporting spot prices, industry sources said. In the summer, surplus butane from refineries in Northwest Europe is usually exported as coaster cargoes, which are ...
Tags: Chemicals
BASF will increase its global capacities for producing the chemical intermediate 1,4?butanediol (BDO) and the BDO derivative PolyTHF (chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol, PTMEG) within the coming two years. BASF's annual BDO ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, coating, paint
Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In the midst of the domestic energy boom, livestock on farms near oil-and-gas drilling operations nationwide have been quietly falling ...
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The Asian LPG paper market flipped to a slight contango for the first time since August last year Wednesday, on active selling of August Saudi Aramco propane Contract Price swaps, market sources said Thursday. If the structure steepens ...
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Buying interest from the petrochemicals sector in Northwest Europe has enlivened the North Sea butane market over the last week, according to industry sources. Over the summer period, North Sea mixed butane is used by the gasoline-related ...
Tags: Petrochemicals, Butane Market
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China has taken delivery of around 88,000 mt of Iranian LPG in June after a break of four months, as the Islamic republic extends exports to North Asia in its attempts to circumvent sanctions aimed at preventing it from exporting oil ...
Tags: Iranian LPG, Chemicals
The development of a grassroots LNG industry in western Canada's British Columbia will be a key factor in companies finalizing plans to invest in new petrochemical ventures in neighboring Alberta, industry officials and producers said late ...
Tags: Canada, LNG Projects, Chemicals
The availability of spot butane at the French Mediterranean port of Lavera is tight due to petrochemicals and export demand, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer, surplus butane from refineries at Lavera is used as an ...
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Iran'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, ...
BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock. ...
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US ethylene margins climbed for the week as production issues over the weekend pushed spot markets higher Monday. Power outages were reported at Flint Hills Resources in Port Arthur, Texas, and at Chevron Phillips Chemicals' Sweeny ...
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Iran’s share in the Middle East’s petrochemical production has risen to 24.5 percent, Director of National Petrochemical Company’s (NPC) Planning and Development Department, Ramazan Ouladi has said. Mr. Ouladi said ...
Tags: Petrochemical Output, Petrochemical, Textile
Saigon Petro has issued its first ever semi-term tender to import up to 13,200 mt of pressurized LPG for delivery over July to December this year, an industry source said Monday. The Vietnamese state-owned company, which normally buys via ...
Tags: Saigon Petro, pressurized LPG
Metal spraying or thermal spraying, is one of the most popular coating process. In this process, metal or ceramic is sprayed on the surface of other material or metal. In the process, the metal or material, which has to sprayed, is chosen ...