Williams Partners announced that it has completed the transaction to acquire Williams' approximately 83-percent undivided interest in the Geismar olefins production facility, as well as Williams' refinery-grade propylene splitter for $2.264 ...
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Optima Specialty Steel Inc said that demand for specialty-steel products used in hydraulic fracking is poised to continue rising next year as energy companies step up exploration and production in shale-rock formations. Mr Kevin Stevick ...
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Saudi Aramco is "diligently" exploring shale gas reserves in Saudi Arabia, however uncertainty reigns over whether such reserves could be tapped by petrochemical companies, top officials from the country's petrochemicals industry said ...
Williams Partners and Williams announced an agreement for Williams Partners to acquire Williams'approximately 83-percent undivided interest in the Geismar olefins production facility,as well as Williams'refinery-grade propylene splitter ...
The 3rd annual RISE 2012 Conference held October 23-25,2012 at the Hilton Baltimore in Baltimore,Maryland,brought together the global nonwovens/engineered materials value chain for two days of thought-provoking,boundary expanding ...
According to new research by the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, the Gulf petrochemicals sector added 34,564 jobs between 2010 and 2011 an increase of 11%. According to a new GPCA publication, GCC Petrochemicals & ...
Sales of valves to the oil and gas industry are expected to be $9.2 billion next year according to the latest McIlvaine forecasts in Industrial Valves: World Markets. The Middle East will generate the most revenue, but NAFTA is ...
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Westlake Chemical Corporation reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 of $87.0 million, or $1.30 per diluted share, on sales of $821.2 million. This represents an increase in net income of $19.1 million from the ...
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Global demand for oilfield equipment is forecast to rise 3.8 percent per year through 2016 to $109 billion. Gains will be fueled by a substantial increase in oil and gas production as the world economy rebounds from the general economic ...
Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, announced to expand the production capacity for Houdry dehydrogenation catalysts. The expansion will be achieved by a low double-digit million Swiss francs investment at its current ...
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BPF Director-General Peter Davis speaking yesterday at the Global Polymer Innovation Expo (GPIE) in Columbus, Ohio said the world has plentiful oil and gas reserves and global polyolefins capacity should be sufficient to meet demand growth ...
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Minister of Ministry of Finance,Xie Xuren said in a release that,under the situation of shortage in domestic demand,the ministry will support consumption expanding of environmental protection products and increase investment in energy ...
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More than $4 billion per year will be invested for plants to convert conventional and unconventional gas into liquids. These liquids will be used for fuel and chemicals. This is the latest forecast in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
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GE and memsys clearwater Pte Ltd have entered into an agreement to jointly develop membrane distillation (MD) technology for the unconventional resources market, including shale gas, coal seam gas and other fuels recovered by hydraulic ...
Tags: market view, membrane distillation