The spread in Asia between paraxylene and feedstock isomer-grade mixed xylene hit a three-year low of $160/mt Wednesday, amid an open arbitrage into Asia for PX but tight regional supplies for isomer-MX. On Wednesday, Platts assessed the ...
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The exploration and development of shale gas in China is accelerating with production in 2015 set to easily exceed this year's 100 million cubic meters, a senior official at the Ministry of Land and Resources, said on Friday. "In 2015 we ...
Petrochemical producers in Northwest Europe have started to reduce propane cracking rates due to a narrow CIF naphtha/CIF propane price spread, according to industry sources. When the price spread between CIF naphtha and cheaper CIF ...
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Calling it a "game changer" for West Virginia, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin announced that Odebrecht will build an ethane cracker and three polyurethane plants in the Mid-Ohio Valley region. Odebrecht is an established international petrochemical ...
Tags: Shale, oil, gas, processing, facility, Wood County
Honeywell announced that it was selected by the Sinopec Maoming Company for business management and automation technology that will rejuvenate and improve operational performance at aging petrochemical plants in Guangdong Province, China. ...
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Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced today that it has been selected as the Main Automation Contractor for Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP's (Chevron Phillips Chemical) USGC Petrochemicals Project. The project was first announced in ...
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The Polish company Grupa LOTOS S.A. has selected Axens to provide the technology license for a new Coker Naphtha Hydrotreater at its Gdansk refinery. This contract is part of the Gdansk refinery development and modernization program based ...
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Recently, Changyi Petrochemical called on all personnel to focus on improving service quality to satisfy customer needs by taking the following five measures. Establish civil service concept Service personnel should love their job and ...
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Changyi Petrochemical's ERP project for its 1-million-to-per-year reforming integrated unit and diesel hydrogenation unit recently went into operation ahead of schedule, providing for trial material feedings for new projects. The company ...
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Recently, Tianjin Petrochemical unveiled management methods for IT terminals and information safety. The company also clarified responsibilities in management of IT infrastructure, IT terminals, servers, computer rooms, software and ...
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Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced that it was selected by the Sinopec Maoming Company for business management and automation technology that will rejuvenate and improve operational performance at aging petrochemical plants in Guangdong ...
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BP has developed two new technologies for the production of key petrochemical feedstocks. SaaBre is a new route for the production of acetic acid from syngas and Hummingbird® directly converts ethanol to ethylene through dehydration. ...
Plant managers and engineers are constantly looking for innovative and cost-effective solutions to increase productivity and system reliability while reducing overall operating costs. Ashland Water Technologies, a commercial unit of ...
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Israel's Dor Chemicals plans to double methanol imports within two years to meet an expected demand surge for blended gasoline, a senior company official said Wednesday. "Imports will reach 200,000 mt/year with the introduction of a 15% ...
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PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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