Australia's government is to speed up the country's transition to a carbon emissions trading system by dropping its fixed-price carbon tax in 2014, a year earlier than planned, Australian treasurer Chris Bowen said over the weekend. From ...
MEGlobal on Monday nominated its August Asia contract price for monoethylene glycol at $1,140/mt CFR, up $40 from its price for July, a company source said in an email. "The August 2013 ACP reflects the short term supply/demand situation ...
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European benzene's premium to naphtha slipped to a 3.5-month low at the end of last week as benzene failed to keep pace with strengthening upstream markets. The spread between spot benzene and its feedstock naphtha was assessed at ...
South Korea's benzene exports to China tanked by 30,193 mt, or 82.8% month on month, to a 14-month low of 6,291 mt in June, crashing below the 10,000-mt support level, data released Monday by the Korea Customs Service showed. The sharp ...
The Asian naphtha industry gathered Thursday for the start of the 22nd CFR Far East Open Specification Naphtha Meeting to debate among other things a recommendation that seeks to widen the scope of naphtha cargo origins for inclusion in an ...
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China's apparent oil demand in June surged 11.7% year on year to 40.89 million mt, or an average 9.99 million b/d, according to Platts' estimates Monday, based on the latest preliminary government data. This is the highest growth rate ...
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There are different types of plastic water tanks available in the market and these are widely used to store water. These are durable, light-weight and comparatively easy to install. As there are many numbers of health concerns with other ...
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There are lots of places where you can purchase plastic storage tanks. Buying a tank has become easy with a large number of purchasing options. Spending some time on the internet and understanding what you really need, you can able to get a ...
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Adhesive systems do not work in isolation. For a correct adhesive bond of the required strength and the right physical, chemical properties it's important to factor in the physical and chemical factors at play. At a glance the factors ...
8 Companies join forces with the European Commission to set up a Public-Private Partnership and accelerate the deployment of biobased products in Europe The European Commission proposed a €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership (PPP) ...
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The ability of OPEC to influence the balance of crude markets is diminishing in the face of growing US oil production, with 2013 expected to be a rare instance of a year-on-year decline in the call on the producer group to maintain balanced ...
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Reform in Mexico has been talked about for many years, but substantial change that would likely involve some degree of constitutional amendment seems finally at hand, a Mexican energy legal expert said Thursday. With production dwindling ...
OPEC's share of the global oil market is set to diminish further next year as surging supplies of oil from the US and other non-OPEC producers outpaces an expected acceleration in world oil demand growth, the International Energy Agency ...
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The Obama administration's ongoing delay in ruling on 20 pending applications to export liquefied natural gas is stalling US job creation and GDP growth, according to a new report from a conservative economic think tank. The report, ...
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US refiner Valero Energy will build one of the world's largest methanol plants at its St. Charles, Louisiana, refinery, the company said Thursday. The $600 million-$700 million project will add a 1.6 million tons/year methanol plant at ...
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