The Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI), a U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Frontier Research Center led by the University of Delaware, has announced a two-year program with ExxonMobil to research renewable chemicals from biomass. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Chemicals
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in February this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 1.4 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the ...
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China's crude oil imports in March edged up 0.9% year on year to 23.25 million mt or an average 5.5 million b/d, according to preliminary data released Thursday by the General Administration of Customs. The imports were down 8.8% from ...
North America Western Asia Holdings, US Steel Tubular Products, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, and MRC Global Inc. announced Thursday an alliance to bring critical oil well equipment into the natural resources-rich region ...
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Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company, a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum partially floated on the Qatar Exchange, and one of the region’s premier diversified petrochemical conglomerates with interests in the production, distribution ...
Vermont Natural Coatings' PolyWhey has been named a 'Top Green Finish For Hardwood Floors' by WoodRight Forest Products. WoodRight is owned and operated by sustainable forestry and consumer advocacy groups in Virginia and Ohio. WoodRight ...
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State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, hiked its ex-works price for benzene in East China by Yuan 200/mt ($32.51/mt), or 2.44%, to Yuan 8,400/mt effective Wednesday, a company source said. Sinopec has cut prices by a ...
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Electrical engineering, instrument-making, radio engineering: Domestic appliances (refrigerators, washing and sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, hygienic machines for cooking and kitchen work, electric instrument) Lightning wares, ...
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ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
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Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) Dr. Jeffrey Baldwin, Dr. Dennis Hardy, Dr. Heather Willauer, and Dr. David Drab ...
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What is ISO 29001? Quality management standards specific to the oil, gas and petrochemical industry make up ISO 29001. It can function as a stand-alone certification, or incorporated with ISO 9001, the generic quality management ...
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Best Practices for Bearing ProtectionAdam Willwerth, Sales and Marketing Manager, Electro Static Technology Voltages arcing through the bearings of VFD-driven motors create thousands of pits, which cause increased friction and noise and ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for March 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with March 2013. Intermodal traffic in March totaled 1,025,907 containers ...
State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, hiked its ex-works price for benzene in East China by Yuan 100/mt ($16/mt), or 1.23%, to Yuan 8,200/mt effective Tuesday, market sources said Wednesday. It is the first increase ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Petroleum
According to Statistics Canada, the Industrial Product Price Index (IPPI) rose 1.0 percent in February, mainly because of higher prices for energy and petroleum products. The Raw Materials Price Index (RMPI) increased 5.7 percent, led by ...
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