Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated a better way to use photosynthesis to produce ethylene, a breakthrough that could change the way materials, chemicals, and ...
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China's Panjin Ethylene Industry Corp. raised its butadiene offers by Yuan 300($48)/mt, or about 3%, to Yuan 11,310/mt ex-tank, effective Monday, local end-users said. This is PEIC's first price hike after slashing prices on five ...
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Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul Kareem al-Luaibi [Elaibi] talks about the extension of Abdalla El-Badri’s tenure as secretary general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He spoke with Bloomberg Television’s ...
State owned China National Petroleum Corp. has broken ground on a spur of the China-Myanmar gas pipeline in the landlocked Chinese province of Yunnan that will cost more than USD 700 million.
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By John Lee. Russian oil and gas investor Soyuzneftegas Capital has increased its stake in Gulfsands Petroleum, the London-listed energy company that is understood to be negotiating details of a gas capture contract in Missan province. ...
Tags: oil, gas, Soyuzneftegas Capital, Gulfsands Petroleum, energy
News of the acquisition comes just a month after BWAY Corporation was bought by private equity house Platinum Equity – which also owns Contego Packaging in the UK. In a statement, Louis Samson, a partner at Platinum Equity, said ...
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Arabian Business reported that AMEC, the UK based engineering and project management company, has been awarded USD 528 million project management consultancy contract by the Kuwait National Petroleum Company for a new oil refinery in the ...
Tags: AMEC, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Gulf state, Mineral
Flat glass has a wide application which is mainly used to building decoration, auto industry, new energy, home appliance and electronic industry and other sectors. Its development and benefit are closely related to the up and down stream. ...
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Security researchers have discovered a new cyber espionage campaign targeting several large companies, including two in the energy sector. The campaign, dubbed Mirage, targeted an oil company in the Philippines, an energy firm in Canada, ...
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The News reported that the board of Pakistan Petroleum Limited has sought explanation from its chief financial officer after the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan unearthed insider trading by Pakistan Petroleum Provident Fund ...
Trade Arabia reported that UAE based Dana Gas has reached a lock-up and standstill agreement with bondholders to restructure USD 920 million Islamic bond by reducing the debt to USD 850 million via USD 70 million cash. Dana said that the ...
Tags: UAE, Dana Gas, Metallurgy, Gas
RIA Novosti reported that the state owned China Development Bank will provide USD 1.8 billion loan to finance a gas pipeline project in Kazakhstan. The KazTransGas Company said that the loan will be allocated to Beineu Shymkent Gas ...
Tags: Kazakhstan, Chinese Loan, Gas Pipeline, Mineral
BHP Billiton Petroleum Group Chief Executive said PetroChina has acquired an interest in a world class gas source and BHP Billiton has exited a non-strategic asset BHP Billiton,the Australian coal miner, had signed an agreement with ...
Tags: PetroChina interests, Gas Project, Petroleum Group, Petroleum
Trade Arabia reported that the fourth edition of the Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition began on December 10th 2012 under the theme People and Innovative Technologies to Unleash Challenging Hydrocarbon Resources. ...
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NYMEX January crude futures settled 98 cents higher at $86.77/barrel Wednesday, as the entire oil complex received a boost from the US Federal Reserve's move to continue its quantitative easing program to stimulate the economy. January ...
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