The February US butadiene contract price settled at a rollover from January at a 76-83 cents/lb ($1,676-$1,830/mt) split settlement, sources said Monday. Shell Chemical, TPC Group and LyondellBasell settled at 76 cents/lb, while ...
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TPC Group nominated its February US butadiene contract price at a rollover from its January contract price of 76 cents/lb ($1,676/mt), sources said Friday. TPC Group was unavailable to immediately comment. Market expectations ...
ExxonMobil nominated its February US butadiene contract price unchanged from January as 83 cents/lb ($1,830/mt), sources said Wednesday. ExxonMobil was unavailable to confirm immediately. Market expectations were for a rollover ...
The Northwest European styrene monomer/benzene spread has almost tripled in a month, widening $177.50/mt to $276.50/mt Wednesday, Platts data showed. The spread was $99/mt on December 17. While styrene spot values have declined ...
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Shell Chemical and Dow Chemical plan to implement 10-cent increases in their off-list US prices for isopropyl alcohol in mid-January, according to notices sent to customers Wednesday and obtained by Platts Thursday. The Shell price hike ...
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By 2030 around 70 percent of the Europe's energy requirements is predicted to come from abundant reserves of gas in Russia, the Artic and the neighboring areas of southeast Asia and North Africa. Also to the European Union's 27 member ...
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LyondellBasell announced Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has selected the Spheripol process technology from LyondellBasell for two 300 KTA polypropylene (PP) plants to be located in Pengerang, Malaysia. “PETRONAS’ ...
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Chemical company in the Netherlands,LyondellBasell's Spheripol process technology has been selected by Petroliam Nasional Berhad(PETRONAS)for two 300 KTA polypropylene(PP)plants that will be located in Pengerang,Malaysia. The Spheripol ...
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Demand for protective coatings in the European Union has been weakened by the downturn in EU manufacturing due to the euro crisis. But there is a protective coatings segment—coatings for oil and gas pipeline—further east in ...
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LyondellBasell Industries announced earnings for the third quarter 2012 of $851 million, or $1.47 per share. Third-quarter 2012 EBITDA was $1,565 million, inclusive of a $71 million reversal of non-cash, lower of cost or market inventory ...
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Polyolefin materials manufacturer in The Netherlands LyondellBasell has announced that the company will restore a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) line in Wesseling, Germany. According to the company, startup of the new LDPE line, which ...
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Production efficiency was the focus of this year’s Technology Days event, organized in March by injection molding machinery producer Arburg GmbH + Co. KG in Lossburg. Arburg defines production efficiency as an overarching “meta ...
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