Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on the development of the chemical and petrochemical industries. The attendees of the meeting included Deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Novak, the Minister of ...
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Buying interest from the petrochemicals sector in Northwest Europe has enlivened the North Sea butane market over the last week, according to industry sources. Over the summer period, North Sea mixed butane is used by the gasoline-related ...
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ExxonMobil Chemical and Total Petrochemicals are joining other polypropylene producers seeking 2-cent/lb ($44/mt) increases effective August 1, sources said Wednesday. "Everyone is going for two (cents/lb) on the (margin) expansion," a ...
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Saudi Butanol Co. has received Saudi Ministry of Commerce and Industry's approval for construction of the world's largest butanol plant in Jubail Industrial Complex, Saudi Arabia. Sabuco is a joint venture of three leading Saudi ...
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The Sohar-based aromatic plant of Oman Refineries and Petrochemical Industries Company (Orpic) has attained record levels in benzene and paraxylene production, which has grown by 51 percent as compared to last three year’s average ...
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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 ...
Russia's Rosneft is considering the possibility of buying crude on theinternational market to supply a planned refinery and petrochemicals complexin Russia's Far East, CEO Igor Sechin told reporters Friday. "We don't need to pump all the ...
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The Chinese Government has given its final approvals to the BP Global Petrochemicals and its partner Zhuhai Port for the construction of a third purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at Zhuhai, Guangdong. Expected to start up in late ...
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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 ...
The petrochemical production by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprising of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman has risen by 5.5 percent in 2012, according to the Annual Report released ...
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List prices for INEOS ChlorVinyls caustic soda are to increase by Euro 35 per dry metric tonne with effect from 1st July 2013. INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 ...
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Sahara Petrochemicals Company declares that; based on the request of latest Sahara Board meeting, which took place on 02 June 2013, the start of the initial mutual understanding to study the merge with the Saudi International Petrochemical ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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