China's apparent oil demand in 2015 grew 5.8% year on year to 11.11 million b/d, the fastest pace since 2011, despite the country's economy growing at the slowest rate since 1990, Platts calculations based on recently released official data ...
Tags: oil demand, fuel oil
Asian propylene term contract discussions for 2016 are likely to conclude at larger discounts than this year due to an increase in supply in the region, market sources said this week. A source at a producer in South Korea estimated the ...
Tags: propylene, spot market
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to C3 Petrochemicals LLC in Alvin, Texas. C3 plans to construct a new propane ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Gas
US spot refinery-grade propylene declined 0.75 cents/lb Thursday to reach a five-month low as propylene markets weaken, according to sources. Spot RGP was assessed at 58-58.5 cents/lb delivered, after May and June buying bids were heard ...
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) Pump Systems Matter (PSM) have announced the upcoming Pump Systems Optimization 2-Part webinar series. During this series participants will examine and identify opportunities for energy savings, learn how to ...
Tags: Pump Systems, Pump
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), will establish MHI Compressor Manufacturing, LLC in Pearland, Texas (part of greater metropolitan Houston), by the end of ...
Tags: MCO, petrochemical, plant, MHI
At least three Chinese companies are in the final stages of negotiations with three LPG producers in Iran for term supply deals for 2014, industry sources said Thursday. The deals would mark the first time buyers in China had secured LPG ...
Tags: LPG Industry, Energy
Pump Systems Matter has announced the date of the Pump Testing for Rotodynamic Pumps webinar. The session will be held August 14, 2013 at 1:00pm EDT and will be led by Jim Swetye, Pentair Water. It will cover the scope of the recently ...
Tags: Pump Systems, Pump, Processing Machinery
Pump Systems Matter (PSM) and the Hydraulic Institute (HI) have announced the upcoming Pump Systems Optimization 3-Part webinar series. The series will begin on June 3, 2013. During this series participants will examine and identify ...
Tags: PSM&HI, Pump Systems
Baldor Electric Company, a Member of the ABB Group will host a one-day pump systems optimization course on May 16, 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, designed to help pump users learn how to identify and reduce hidden operating and energy ...
Tags: Baldor Electric, Pump Systems, Pump
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its UOP C3 Oleflex process technology has been selected by Williams to produce propylene, a valuable petrochemical used in plastics production. The selection is the sixth win for ...
Tags: Williams, UOP Technology, Propylene
The Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter announce the start of the upcoming Slurry Pumps webinar series. The three-part webinar series will be led by slurry pump expert Robert Visintainer of GIW Industries. The series begins on ...
Tags: Slurry Pumps, Pumps, Industrial Equipment, Manufacturing
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced it has been selected to provide technology to produce propylene in China. Fujian Meide Petrochemical Co. Ltd. will use Honeywell’s UOP C3 Oleflex process technology to convert propane to ...
Tags: propylene, UOP petrochemical, Textile
Pump Systems Matter and the Hydraulic Institute have announced the date of the first Pump Testing for Rotodynamic Pumps webinar of the 2013. The session will be held on March 11th from 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT and will be led by Richard Rindy, ...
Tags: Pump Systems Matter, Hydraulic Institute, Pump Testing
The Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter, in collaboration with the Fluid Sealing Association, have announced the first Mechanical Seals Webinar Series of 2013. The series will begin on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. A complimentary ...