UK-based Paint Research Association (PRA) has developed an eco-friendly food packaging coating product, known as PlantPack, which can be an alternative to coatings based on petrochemicals. PlantPack, which has been developed from seaweed ...
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Blackmer is pleased to announce that the design of its GX and X Series Sliding Vane Pumps make them ideal for oilfield fluid-transfer applications that require the safe, effective and efficient handling of non-corrosive industrial liquids ...
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Excluding $51 million in pre-tax transaction charges and a net $69 million tax benefit related to certain U.S. foreign tax credits in the fourth quarter of 2012, net income was $638 million, or $1.49 per fully diluted share, down two ...
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APTMA spokesman has said that the government has agreed to restore gas supply from 7th February to the textile industry in Punjab for 2 days a week basis. It is second consecutive success of the APTMA leadership, as a day earlier ...
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The Los Angeles, California-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. has proposed setting up of a new ethylene plant in Texas. In its application to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occidental said the construction for the plant ...
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Anadarko Petroleum's Colombia unit will begin acquiring 2D and 3D seismic data at deepwater offshore blocks it operates in Colombia with an eye to begin a drilling program with partner Ecopetrol in 2014. Anadarko has six offshore blocks ...
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Non-manufacturing economic activity remained in healthy territory, growing for the 37th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). In its monthly Non-Manufacturing Report on Business, the ISM reported that ...
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The sharemarket fell the most in four weeks yesterday after political uncertainty in Spain and Italy triggered risk aversion in global markets and domestic earnings reports mostly disappointed investors. THE sharemarket fell the most in ...
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In November 2012, the turnover in France's manufacturing industry decreased significantly by 1.9 percent month on month, following a month-on-month rise recorded in October, according to France's National Institute of Statistics and ...
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A major pipeline project that will transport natural gas from Nigeria to Europe through Algeria remains on track, Nigeria's state news agency reported Friday, citing Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. The report comes amid concerns ...
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ShaMaran Petroleum has announced an update of estimated contingent and prospective resources for the Atrush block provided by third party auditors McDaniel & Associates prepared as at December 31, 2012 in accordance with standards set out ...
Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq upstream petroleum witnessed three unprecedented interrelated developments post-2003: A grand opening to FDI;offering ...
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DataApex has announced the launch of a new control driver for US-based Cetac Technologies' ASX-8000 autosampler. Cetac is involved in providing sample handling and introduction products including autosamplers, autodilutors, liquid ...
In January, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.4 percent, down by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month, still above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was ...
Pakistan government has ratified the $1.5 billion Iran pipeline project, which will bring around 750,000 Mcf/day of gas to the energy-starved country by January 2015, an official from petroleum ministry said Thursday. The federal ...
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