Petkim,the Turkish petrochemical producer,is pursuing a project,which would boost the purified terephthalic acid(PTA)capacity of its Aliaga plant by 50 percent,a company statement said. The project would raise the capacity of the ...
Aquapolo Ambiental has won the National Water Agency (NWA) Award in the ‘Company’ category for its Aquapolo Project. The annual award recognises initiatives that contribute to the management and sustainable use of ...
Tags: Aquapolo Ambient, NWA, Aquapolo Project, Brazil
The European physical naphtha market and forward spreads have come under heavy pressure in recent days as weak LPG values have led some petrochemical end-users to turn their attentions to cracking propane, traders said Friday. Platts ...
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Tehran Times reported that Iran inaugurated a large petrochemical complex, with a projected annual output of 300,000 tonnes of high density polyethylene, in the western province of Kermanshah on Tuesday. The report said that the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, petrochemical complex
ExxonMobil has commenced startup operations at one of the world’s largest ethylene steam crackers, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion dollar expansion project at its Singapore petrochemical complex. The expansion, ...
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The Government of Indonesia wants the country to become net exporter of petrochemical goods by 2016 from its current status of net importer, and hence it is developing two new upstream petrochemical centres. Muara Enim in South ...
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Braskem Idesa has announced the successful signing of key documents for securing US$ 3.2 billion financing for developing the Ethylene XXI project, a petrochemical complex for the production of ethylene and polyethylene in the state of ...
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Tehran Times reported that ethylene was injected into the West Ethylene Pipeline in Assaluyeh Port in Bushehr Province on December 17th Monday. Mr Mohammad Reza Rahimi an engineering manager of the pipeline said that the injection had ...
Tags: ethylene, West Ethylene Pipeline, Economic Energy, energy
An official figure in the Iranian National Petrochemical Company said that world's largest ethylene producer has been launched in Asalouyeh.Official added that the West Ethylene Pipeline will begin operation. Mr Reza Amiri directing ...
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Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) reported its financial performance for the quarter/half year ended 30th September, 2012. Highlights of Half Year’s Performance Revenues (turnover) increased by 14% to Rs 188,191 crore ($ 35.6 ...
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A UAE-based major polymer & petrochemical trading firm has evinced interest in setting up a petrochemical complex in any of the Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Region (PCPIR) across India. At present, Uniplas ...
Taipei, Dec. 14, 2012 (CENS)--Formosa Plastics U.S.A. will invest US$1.7 billion (NT$49.38 billion) to expand its capacities and switch to shale gas as the raw material for its naphtha crackers, which will enable it to cut production cost ...
Tags: raw material, naphtha crackers, Formosa Plastics, oil shale resources
New mega projects will boost the UAE's investment in the petrochemicals industry to nearly USD 12 billion by 2015 to maintain its position as a major global producer of the gas based substance. According to official data, the investments ...
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Rosneft President Igor Sechin Tuesday met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan to discuss the terms of an intergovernmental agreement to build and operate a refining and petrochemical complex in China's Tianjin, the state-owned Russian oil ...
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Taipei,Dec.7,2012(CENS)--After being deferred for over one year,a high value-added petrochemical investment project of Formosa Plastics Group(FPG)is finally ready for implementation,as the Petitions and Appeals Committee of the Executive ...
Tags: Petition Committee, Environmental Restriction, FPG Project