EQUATE Petrochemical Company said that the global petrochemical industry was facing serious global challenges. Delivering the keynote address at PETCHEM Arabia in Bahrain, EQUATE President & CEO Mohammad Husain said, “The challenges ...
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South Korean based - Tongsuh Petrochemical has taken off-stream an Acrylonitrile (ACN) plant located in Ulsan on October 5 for an annual maintenance turnaround. “Tongsuh will also begin commercial production of its new ACN line ...
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In November, Cargotec secured a breakthrough contract for two large Siwertell coal unloaders from Formosa Petrochemical Corporation part of the Formosa Plastics Group. The unloaders will be the largest that Cargotec has delivered so far and ...
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation plans seriously to expand its investments in China through the implementation of new expansion at the JV project, (SABIC Sinopec), in Tianjin owned equally between the two sides. Mr Mohamed Al Mady vice ...
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Reportedly, Iran's West Ethylene Pipeline, located on the shore of the Persian Gulf, to Kermanshah in the west is about to be accomplished and will commence in December after essential tests being implemented. The pipeline project has ...
Global protective packaging company Sealed Air has introduced a new packaging technology Restore Mushroom Packaging, which is made from non-food agricultural byproducts and mycelium or mushroom roots. According to the US-based company, ...
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China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced the successful start-up of the 800Kt/a ethylene unit at Fushun Petrochemical, all the eight production units of the 1Mt/a ethylene capacity expansion project operated together and turned ...
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Sinopec Group has announced closure of two refineries, one of which also has a petrochemical plant, in China’s southern province of Guangdong for checking environmental problems. The two plants – Sinopec Dongxing refinery ...
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Six US senators Tuesday asked the Justice Department's Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to conduct a "refinery by refinery probe" into spikes in West Coast gasoline prices in May and October. The request, from Democratic senators ...
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Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim posted Tuesday a second consecutive increase in its list prices, industry sources said. It followed a similar announcement last week. Low density polyethylene and high density PE film prices were ...
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International Petroleum Investment Co., owned by the Abu Dhabi government, is planning to construct 70,000 barrels per day naphtha cracker facility in the Emirate, Salem Kelil, technical adviser to the government, said while speaking at a ...
Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran as saying that the ministry plans to set up a special fund for the purpose of supporting oil producers and contractors. A plan has been drafted by the ministry and it will be submitted to the parliament ...
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CENS reported that Taiwan's China Steel Precision Materials under the CSC Group will supply 1.5 tonnes of titanium 64 alloy wire products for Apple's iPhone5,valued at NTD 2.5 million(USD 8.33 million)per tonne,140 times that of typical ...
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The Peninsula reported that the Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Petrochemical Company joint venture project in Ras Laffan Industry City is scheduled for completion in 2018. With the launch of the USD 7 billion project, Qatar would emerge as one ...
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BASF inaugurated its new dispersions plant in Daya Bay Petrochemical Industrial Park in Huizhou, China. The new plant will produce styrene butadiene (XSB) dispersions and styrene acrylic (SA) dispersions. XSB dispersions are mainly used as ...