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 ...
The FOB Houston propane differential has dropped 53% since July 1 as increasing exports and falling international propane prices narrow the arbitrage out of the Gulf Coast. Platts started assessing FOB Houston propane cargoes on July 1 as ...
The propane industry has set its sights on that symbol of American middle-class achievement: the lawn mower. Blame it in part on the natural-gas drilling boom, which has left distributors scrambling to find new ways to increase demand for ...
Tags: Lawn Mowers, Tools, Hardware, propane
The slide in LPG prices over the past four days on abundant supply and an Asian demand pause has sent physical values to six-week lows and flipped the paper market to the steepest contango structure since early July 2012, market sources ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Crosspoint Kinetics, a subsidiary of Cummins Crosspoint, has developed a second-generation parallel-electric hybrid system that can be used in package delivery applications. The Crosspoint Kinetics S3000 hybrid offers improved durability ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Wild hogs take the headlines when it comes to crop destruction, but for many farmers, birds should get top billing. Bird damage across the United States costs growers hundreds of millions in annual profit — an approximate $50-million ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Propane remains the preferred feedstock for petrochemical users in Northwest Europe, due to lower prices compared with butane, sources said this week. "We are buying propane -- it makes sense right now," said a trader. Large propane ...
Northwest European butane prices remain too high to attract petrochemical buying despite their recent slide, sources said Thursday. "At this stage we can't afford these butane levels," said a trader. Delivered prices of butane coasters, ...
One can define Material Handling Equipment as an important product which is used to store, move, protect and control some goods, materials and also items during distributing, manufacturing, disposal and consumption purposes. These can also ...
Storage tanks are tanks that are used for storage of liquids as well as gases. These tanks come in various shapes and sizes but mostly are cylinder shaped and have flat base. The roof of these tanks is either fixed or floating type. There ...
Infrared heaters are based on a basic fundamental principle of heat exchange - radiation. Just like the rays from the sun pervades into our atmosphere to keep our world warm and healthy, similarly infrared panel heaters are heating units ...
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When your office is chilly or your bedroom is cold, you need a space heater to warm up the room. However, you may have questions about the best space heaters to buy for your home and which heaters will be more affordable and efficient to ...
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Blackmer announces that it has recently released an updated version of Bulletin 501-001. Available in multiple languages ?English, French, Russian, Spanish and Mandarin ? this updated document has been designed to provide customers with ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, oil-free gas compressors
A wide price spread between naphtha and cheaper propane is making propane an attractive petrochemicals feedstock in Northwest Europe. When heating demand is low during the summer large quantities of North Sea propane are used by the ...
Ravi Sethi of ProcurianRaw material costs as a percentage of plastic packaging costs have been on a steady rise due to the long-term appreciation in crude oil prices, a key ingredient for resins. Crude oil prices have increased five-fold ...