Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NFK) ("AHI" or the "Company") today issued the following news and operational update regarding its BHN-1 exploration well on the Bouhajla Permit in northeastern Tunisia where the Company has a 47.5% ...
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This is the third near-field discovery in the Norwegian Sea in three months. Exploration well 6407/8-6 and sidetrack 6407/8-6A, drilled by the Songa Trym drilling rig, have proven several oil columns in formations dating from the Jurassic ...
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BCI Chemical Corporation was presented with the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for their achievements in the area of innovative value proposition in the Asia Pacific region at the 2013 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best ...
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According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Solvents Market (Alcohols, Hydrocarbons, Ketones, Esters, Chlorinated and Others) for Paints and Coatings, Printing Inks, Pharmaceuticals, Adhesives and Cosmetics ...
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Natural rubber is produced from the latex found in certain plants. It can also be manufactured synthetically through a process that employs unsaturated hydrocarbons. Natural rubber is a polymer that is resilient, water-proof and highly ...
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Offer can be supplied with an oven or furnace. Versaperm has introduced a version of its Permeability meter together with a range of specialist filter that can measure not just the CO2 permeability of Carbon Capture membranes but also the ...
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Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Chairman of the Management Committee, and Dmitry Konov, SIBUR’s CEO, signed Memorandum of Cooperation in the gas processing project in Far East that envisages construction of a gas processing plant (GPP) ...
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A report has been published by ECHA on the methodologies employed in the environmental risk assessment of petroleum substances This report provides conclusions and offers recommendations for improving the scientific validity and ...
Hopping onto the shale gas bandwagon is high on the agenda for just about everyone. The U.S., which has led the way in developing hydraulic fracturing technology, and in sheer scale of shale exploration, has transformed itself from one of ...
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Sappi, a South African paper company specializing in coated fine paper, has teamed up with BASF and Eurofins to launch Mineral Oil Barrier (MOB) coated papers - MOB Kraft and MOB Gravure, for food packaging. According to the company, ...
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In early September 2013, KSB launched a zero-leakage mag-drive pump series in back-pull out design: RPHmdp. The horizontal, radially split volute casing pump to US standard API 685 has been developed to reduce maintenance costs and ensure a ...
A combination of planned and unplanned outages sent ethylene spot prices to a 2013 high of Eur1,180-1,185/mt ($1,560-1,5667/mt) FD NWE Friday, soaring by Eur98/mt on the week. Volatility of feedstocks added to upward pressure on spot ...
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State-owned Chinese oil giant Sinopec has taken its first step into Egypt's upstream sector with a $3.1 billion deal to buy a 33% stake in US-based Apache's assets there. The deal is the first under in a new global strategic partnership ...
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Polyethylene producers are targeting higher prices in September amid increases in feedstock naphtha and improved economic data, sources said this week. Naphtha was assessed at $914.5/mt CIF NWE Wednesday, up $2.50 on the week. The average ...
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In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
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