LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost natural gas from shale formations. The unit had been out of service ...
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The Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) has in 2013 achieved its highest monthly production of methanol since its inception, which amounted to 1,254 metric tons, GPCI president Abdulrahman Jawahery revealed during the ...
Methanex, the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets, has announced its regional contract methanol prices for North America, Europe and Asia. For Europe region, Methanex has posted its contract price for ...
The European Food Safety Authority says the artificial sweetener aspartame is safe at the levels currently used in food and drinks. Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet and Equal, has been used in soft drinks and other low-calorie or sugar-free ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded that aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure. The announcement comes following a full risk assessment of the aspartame, ...
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Carbon Sciences, Inc. (CABN), provider of a complete solution for transforming abundant and affordable natural gas into clean burning gasoline and other transportation fuels, today announced that it is actively considering several Texas ...
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The US spot methanol assessment reached the highest level in more than five years Tuesday, assessed at $1.67/gal FOB US Gulf, with prices soaring 4 cents from Monday's assessment. Prices have remained at or near the highest levels in over ...
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Methanex, the world's largest supplier of methanol to major international markets, has announced its regional contract methanol prices for North America and Asia Pacific, for the month of December 2013. For the North American region, ...
OCI N.V. announced that Natgasoline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary, plans to build a new greenfield world scale methanol plant in Beaumont, Texas. The plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 5,000 metric tons per day (tpd), ...
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Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman of SABIC and Chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu, officially opened the company's state-of-the-art SABIC Technology Center (STC) in Bengaluru, India in a ceremony which ...
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Seeking to boost its methanol production capacity while meeting stricter regional environmental regulations, Jiutai Group has selected GE’s high-pressure gasification technology for a coal-to-methanol factory expansion project in the ...
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Dutch fertilizer company OCI N.V. announced Thursday it planned to build the largest methanol plant in the United States, which is believed to have a methanol shortage of about 5 million tonnes. The projected plant will be built in ...
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For years I have gone into food stores and read labels only to not know what half the ingredients were. I got to thinking, that maybe I'm not alone when it comes to knowing what the rest of them are. So, I've put together what might be a ...
Archirodon Construction is building a new general cargo terminal (GCT) at Oman s Port of Salalah, leading to a number of major investors expressing interest in shipping dry and liquid bulk commodities from the new facility. The project, ...
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Cortec Corp. offers EcoClean VpCI-432/433 rapidly biodegradable, non-corrosive, non-toxic, heavy-duty paint strippers and graffiti removers. They are designed to remove polymers, inks, resins and coatings from concrete and wood surfaces as ...
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