LiqTech chairman Aldo Petersen said: “We are extremely pleased that Finn Helmer, a proven leader, has agreed to accept the role as CEO of LiqTech. Over the course of more than 40 years Finn has in many different situations ...
The ICE Brent front-to-second month spread fell into contango during afternoon US trade Friday, the first contango between the two contracts since July 2, 2012. ICE May Brent was down $2.50 at $103.84/b after hitting a fresh eight-month ...
The Angolan Nemba crude premium to heavier grade Hungo crude has hit a near two year high as the naphtha-rich grade gains support from soaring Nigerian crude values, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed Nemba Thursday at Dated ...
Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corp., the country's sole importer of fuel oil, has made a rare export offer of the product due to falling demand from power stations as well as higher domestic output, company sources said Friday. ...
UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its technology has been selected to produce key petrochemicals in a new complex in Brunei. Brunei Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of China's Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co., will use several ...
Tags: aromatics, Brunei Petrochemical
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 ...
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China National Offshore Oil Corp or CNOOC Group, the parent of listed arm CNOOC Ltd, refined 30.08 million mt (602,400 b/d) of crude last year, up 15.2% from 26.1 million mt in 2011, the company said in its 2012 sustainable development ...
Tags: Refining Throughput, Chemicals, OIL
Russia's export of ESPO Blend crude loading from Kozmino port is fixed at 19 cargoes in May, the highest monthly figure since exports of the grade began in December 2009 and up from 17 in April. The increase is in line with the completion ...
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Royal DSM, a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands, has opened new enzyme solutions, oils and fats unit office and laboratory in San Diego, California, US. The new facilities are expected to support the ...
Ratings agency Moody's expects US refiners to increase investments in renewables blending and infrastructure if federal renewables targets are not lowered. "In the absence of any EPA waivers to meeting the renewable fuel requirements, we ...
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Financial Highlights: In accordance with the PRC Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, in 2012, the Company's operating ...
Researchers at Arizona State University (ASU) have succeeded in developing electrically powered nano-scale lasers that operate effectively at room temperature – a step that could pave the way for their use in a variety of practical ...
Saint-Gobain Glass not only boasts the UK’s leading energy-saving flat glass coatings with its SGG PLANITHERM range; it is also working with a growing group of processors to develop and expand its innovative Cullet Returns Scheme and ...
Tags: glass recycling, glass, flat glass coatings
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, slashed its ex-works prices for butadiene in East China by 7% effective late Tuesday, market sources said Wednesday. Butadiene offers from Sinopec's subsidiaries across East China -- Yangzi ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Petroleum
Two of theatre consultancy Charcoalblue's major projects, The New Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and The Newcastle Theatre Royal, have won recognition from the prestigious Civic Trust Awards, which were held at City Hall in Cardiff and ...