Initial nominations for US polymer-grade and chemical-grade May propylene contract prices are calling for a rollover at 71 cents/lb and 69.50 cents/lb, respectively, sources said Friday. ExxonMobil Chemical is the only producer with ...
Tags: Propylene, chemical-grade
An explosion Wednesday at Williams' 1.5-Bcf/d Opal Processing Plant in Wyoming was continuing to significantly cut into Rockies flows Thursday and helped lift Western spot gas and forwards prices. Prior to the incident, Opal plant ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses to participate as consultants for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel as the agency considers steps to reduce lead based paint exposure from the ...
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Thermal and coking coal exports from Australia's Newcastle port fell 12.5% on the week to 2.64 million mt in the week to Sunday, after four weeks of gains, according to the Newcastle Port Corporation's latest update. NPC said there were ...
Australian exploration and production company Santos produced 12.2 million barrels of oil equivalent in the first quarter of 2014, up 1% year on year, the company said Thursday. Santos attributed the rise to increased oil output following ...
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US April propylene contract prices settled 1 cent/lb ($22/mt) lower than March's contract prices, sources said Tuesday. The decrease puts the April chemical-grade propylene contract price at 69.50 cents/lb ($1,532/mt) and the ...
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MEGlobal on Thursday nominated its May Asia Contract Price for monoethylene glycol at $1,100/mt CFR main port, unchanged from April, according to a notice to buyers provided by the company. The price reflected "the short-term ...
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The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council today opened the call for entries for its 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. This award recognizes visionary technologies in the global polyurethanes ...
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MEGlobal has set its April North American benchmark price for monoethylene glycol at 51 cents/lb, down 3 cents/lb from March levels, a company source said Friday. The reduction was anticipated. Earlier this month, MEGlobal nominated its ...
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Counter bids for the April Asian Contract Price for paraxylene are seen to come in at around $1,050-1,100/mt CFR, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday. The four PX ACP sellers in Asia -- ExxonMobil, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking companies or institutions to nominate their innovative technologies for the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. EPA is looking for nominations from companies and ...
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Prompt prices on the UK's NBP gas trading hub fell Friday morning as the system saw a large supply surplus and warm, sunny weather expected for the weekend should further cut heating demand. "The system was the longest I've seen it," one ...
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US March propylene contract prices were fully settled 1.5 cents/lb ($33/mt) lower from February, market sources said Friday. The decrease is the second consecutive decline in contract pricing this year, and puts chemical-grade propylene ...
Scrabble and Merriam-Webster are updating the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary, and fans have the chance to nominate a word to be included. This marks the first time in nine years that the Dictionary has been updated, and from today ...
Initial settlements for US March propylene contract prices called for a 1.5-cent/lb ($33/mt) decrease from February, market sources said Tuesday. The decrease, if settled marketwide, would put polymer-grade propylene prices at 72 cents/lb ...