Qatar Petroleum (QP) and two Japanese companies, namely Zeon Corporation and Mitsui & Co. Ltd., today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the development of an integrated butadiene extraction and elastomer complex in Ras Laffan ...
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US-based firm General Electric Co. (GE) and Egyptian private company Carbon Holdings have signed a US$ 500 million agreement to provide technology and equity support for the building of a Greenfield naphtha cracker and olefins complex in ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported record quarterly net income of $170.3 million, or $2.54 per diluted share, on net sales of $1,004.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. This represents an increase in net income of $83.3 ...
Tags: Ethane Prices, Textile
The report "Alpha Olefin Market By Type (1-Butene, 1-Hexene, 1-Octene, 1-Decene, 1-Dodecene 1-Tetradecene, C16-18, C20), & Applications (LLDPE, HDPE, Detergent Alcohols, Synthetic Lubricants, Polybutene-1, AOS, & Others) - Global Trends & ...
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Abundant shale natural gas reserves in the United States are expected to keep petrochemical producers in North America well stocked with inexpensive ethane for the next decade, according to the just-launched Platts Petrochemical Analytics: ...
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PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported record quarterly net income of $170.3 million, or $2.54 per diluted share, on net sales of $1,004.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. This represents an increase in net income of ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has opened its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississipp, in order to expand production of its Inherent renewable building blocks in 2016. The decision is based on the successful start-up and ...
LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings from continuing operations for the third quarter 2013 of $1.51 diluted earnings per share or $854 million. Third quarter 2013 EBITDA was $1,531 million. Third-Quarter 2013 Highlights - ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced that it has authorized the next significant stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Miss., in order to expand production of its Inherent ...
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Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced that it has authorized the next significant stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Miss., in order to expand production of its Inherent ...
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Idemitsu Kosan would soon restart its olefins conversion unit (OCU) at its Chiba refinery, which was shutdown due to a fire incident earlier this week. “The fire occurred at the refinery on the morning of October 16, 2013,” ...
The Western Asian Arab country of Kuwait’s state owned petrochemical firm, Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) is expecting an annual 46 percent increase in its production capacity after the initiation of new strategic projects for ...
Work on construction of a US$ 4.5 billion petrochemical complex in Vietnam, a joint venture of Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) and Thailand-based Siam Cement Group (SCG) and its Vietnamese partners - PetroVietnam (PVN) and Vinachem, is ...
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Bioplastics are emerging as viable alternatives to petroleum-based polymers. This quiet revolution goes well beyond the standard drivers for sustainably sourced and/or compostable materials. I attended the 2013 BioPlastek conference in San ...
Tags: Bioplastic Revolution