FMC Corporation announced the election of K'Lynne Johnson to the company's Board of Directors, effective September 23, 2013. Johnson's election increases the board's size to 11 members. Johnson is CEO and President of Elevance Renewable ...
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South Korea imported 16,769 mt of ethanol in August, up 34% from July, and up 5.6% on the same month a year ago, according to customs data released Friday. The biggest increase was seen in imports of undenatured ethanol, which surged 259% ...
Representatives of CITGO Petroleum Corporation were joined by hundreds of Bronx residents today to celebrate the 2013 edition of the CITGO-Venezuela Energy Efficient Lighting Program (EELP) at the Bronx Spanish Evangelical Church in the ...
The Government of India is likely to release a draft national chemical policy in October, Indrajit Pal, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, has said. Speaking at an event in ...
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Total intends to invest €160 million before 2016 to adapt its petrochemical platform in Carling, in the Lorraine region of eastern France, and to restore its competitiveness. Total plans indeed to develop new activities on the ...
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Argentina's petrochemicals industry is unlikely to expand until more natural gas and related feedstock supplies become available when the potential of the country's shale gas plays is turned into production in a decade or so, an analyst ...
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August 27, 2013 - GE and XD Electric Group (a Chinese manufacturer of high-voltage equipment) have formed a global partnership combining GE's grid automation capabilities and global energy presence with XD Electric's portfolio of ...
Argentine polymer and synthetic rubber output fell 15.3% in July compared with the year-earlier period, the state statistics office Indec said Friday. Production of these petrochemicals also was down 23.3% compared with June, Indec said ...
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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 ...
Process plant designers and others requiring heavy-duty protection can turn to a range of fire-resistant shelters from Intertec including 1709 models designed to protect critical safety equipment from exposure to high-temperature fires in ...
Foster Wheeler AG announced that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the sixth successive year, the prestigious Order of Distinction Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the ...
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Showa Denko has decided to build a 100,000t/y ethyl acetate plant at its Oita Complex using its proprietary production process technology. The plant will start commercial production in June 2014. Ethyl acetate is used in wide-ranging ...
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced it received air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for its planned ethane cracker and polyethylene units. Additionally, Chevron Phillips Chemical received a ...
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Showa Denko KK (SDK) has decided to build a 100,000-tons/year ethyl acetate plant at its Oita complex in Japan, based on its own recently developed technology. Ethyl acetate is used in wide-ranging applications, including printing ink and ...
Air Liquide Group, the world's largest industrial gas producer by revenue, has launched the second phase of its investment program, called Tengfei II, in China this year. The program caters to the country's growing demand for oxygen, ...
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