Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
Tags: gas-to-liquids mega, Chemicals
The premium of styrene over benzene in the Northwest European market rose to a nine-month high of $448/mt Thursday as spot price trends between the feedstock and its derivative diverged, Platts data showed. The premium, assessed Thursday, ...
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The US exported the second highest volume of petroleum coke ever in April, according to US Energy Information Administration data. The EIA April data, released Friday, show exports of 17.78 million barrels, second only to December 2011, ...
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Qatar will use a mix feed of ethane and natural gas liquids as feedstock for two upcoming petrochemical projects, a company source said Monday. The first project involves Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell. The two companies signed a ...
Technip was awarded by Forest BtL Oy a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new second generation biomass-to-liquid (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland. This ...
Tags: Naphtha Plant, Technip, Textile
Saharan Blend's increased role as a blending crude for the slew of sourgrades headed to Europe has helped the naphtha-rich grade shrug offchronically low naphtha cracks, market sources said Friday. In turn, the Algerian crude has halted ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Taiwan's Kuokuang Petrochemical Technology Co is considering to set up an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Pengerang in the state of Johor in Malaysia, rivaling state-owned Petronas' Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated ...
European naphtha crack futures reached a three-month high Tuesday amid talk of short covering and a potential uptick in demand from petrochemicals end-users, market participants said. The June CIF Northwest Europe naphtha crack spread -- ...
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Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has signed sales and purchase agreements with PTT Polymer Marketing, a unit of Thailand's PTT Global Chemical, for polyethylene and polypropylene products, a Pertamina official said ...
The European benzene market has so far shrugged off this week's flood news in a number of Central European countries, according to market sources. Traders said they were not aware of any production issues caused by elevated water levels. ...
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South Korea's petrochemicals maker Korea Petrochemical Industry Company said Thursday its first-quarter net profit rose 32.7% year on year to Won 6.9 billion ($6.1 million), from Won 5.2 billion a year earlier. Operating profit also ...
Tags: Chemicals, Energy, Petrochemical Industry
European benzene's premium over naphtha slipped to a seven-week low, despite continuing lack of clarity on the market direction going into June. The spread between spot benzene and its feedstock naphtha was assessed at $500.25/mt at ...
The Asia Contract Price for paraxylene is likely to reach a settlement for June, after no conclusion for May, as a firmer purified terephthalic acid production margin has narrowed the gap between buyers and sellers, sources close to the ...
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The availability of spot butane at the French Mediterranean port of Lavera is tight due to petrochemicals and export demand, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer, surplus butane from refineries at Lavera is used as an ...
Tags: Spot Butane, Export Demand
Saudi Aramco boosted its crude production to a record 9.506 million b/d in 2012, excluding blended natural gas liquids, up 5% from 9.068 million b/d in 2011, the company said in its latest annual report. "During 2012 at Saudi Aramco, we ...
Tags: Saudi Aramco, Crude Output