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Nova Chemicals Launches New Sealant Resins for Flexible Packaging Applications
Sep 29, 2017Canada-based Nova Chemicals has introduced three new sealant resins for flexible packaging applications. The new resins, including VPsK914, SPsK919 and SPs116, can be used in applications such as hot fill and institutional packaging. ...
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Nova Chemicals Invests in New Molding Machine to Boost Caps and Closures Production
Sep 17, 2015Nova Chemicals has invested in a new Sacmi semi-commercial scale compression molding machine to boost caps and closures production. Being installed at Nova Chemicals' center for performance applications in Calgary, Canada, the new ...
Tags: Nova Chemicals, polyethylene, plastic resins
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Naushad Jamani Appointed as The Senior Vice President for Olefins and Feedstock of NOVA
Nov 18, 2014NOVA Chemicals, a leading producer of chemicals for global customers who produce consumer, industrial and packaging products, has appointed Naushad Jamani as the senior vice president for Olefins and Feedstock, effective from January 1, ...
Tags: NOVA Chemicals, feedstock sources, Textile
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Operations Have Begun at a New Injection Molding Unit and an Advanced Lab
Sep 15, 2014Operations have begun at a new injection molding unit and an advanced lab at Nova Chemical’s center for performance applications in Calgary, Canada. Apart from the molding unit, Nova has also invested in a range of caps and closure ...
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Nova Chemicals Corp Saw Its Profit Slip to $167 Million
Aug 14, 2014For the second quarter of 2014, Canada-based Nova Chemicals Corp, a producer of Olefins & Polyolefins, including ethylene, saw its profit slip to $167 million compared to profit of $201 million for the second quarter of 2013, down 16.91 ...
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An Expansion of Hess' Natural Gas Processing Plant Will Cut Gas Wasted and Boost NGL
May 21, 2014Hess Corp. and North Dakota officials gathered Monday to mark the recent completion of an expansion of the company's natural gas processing plant that will help cut the amount of gas production wasted through flaring and boost NGL ...
Tags: natural gas, pipeline
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Mistral Energy Started Shipping Purity Ethane to Canada From US on Its Vantage Pipeline
May 12, 2014Mistral Energy has started shipping purity ethane to Canada from the US on its Vantage Pipeline and expects to increase levels to 60,000 b/d over the next two years, a company spokesman said Thursday. The average volume in the "initial ...
Tags: Ethane, purity ethane
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The CO2 EOR Market Is a Well Established Sector of The Oil and Gas Industry in US
Dec 5, 2013The CO2 EOR market is a well established sector of the oil and gas industry in the United States with the first commercial projects dating back to the early 1970s. The key enabler of this success has been the availability of a large volume ...
Tags: CO2, Oil Recovery
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PLA Is Thermoplastic Polyester Derived From Renewable Feedstock Such as Corn Starch
Dec 4, 2013Polylactic Acid (PLA) is thermoplastic polyester derived from renewable feedstock such as corn starch, sugarcane, wheat, tapioca roots. PLA has wide application such as in Packaging, Textile, Agriculture, Transportation, Bio-Medical and ...
Tags: Polylactic Acid, PLA, Chemicals
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NOVA Chemicals Announced That It Has Closed Its Private Placement of $500 Million
Aug 2, 2013NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced that it has closed its private placement of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2023. The Company also announced that, as of 5:00 P.M., New York City Time, on July 29, ...
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Profits Reaches $201 Million at NOVA Chemicals in Q2 Due to Lower Finance Costs
Aug 2, 2013In the second quarter of 2013, we generated a profit of $201 million compared to profit of $186 million for the second quarter of 2012. The increase was primarily due to lower finance costs in the second quarter of 2013. For the six ...
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Development of a Grassroots LNG Industry Will Be a Key Factor
Jun 7, 2013The development of a grassroots LNG industry in western Canada's British Columbia will be a key factor in companies finalizing plans to invest in new petrochemical ventures in neighboring Alberta, industry officials and producers said late ...
Tags: Canada, LNG Projects, Chemicals
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US Polyethylene Contracts for HDPE Film,LDPE and LLDPE Rose in March
Apr 3, 2013US polyethylene contracts for HDPE film, LDPE and LLDPE rose in March, market sources said Tuesday. Producers initially planned to increase prices for those grades in February, but delayed the hikes for film-grade PE resins to match ...
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Falling Natural Gas Liquids Production in The US Midwest and Rockies Has Resulted
Mar 15, 2013Falling natural gas liquids production in the US Midwest and Rockies has resulted in a return of the regional frac spread to positive territory and a drop-off in ethane rejection since mid-January, a Platts analysis shows. Platts ...
Tags: natural gas liquids production, benchmark Conway, Kansas
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Petrochemical Producers Are Expected to Increase Investments in Alberta
Dec 21, 2012Petrochemical producers are expected to increase investments in Alberta in the coming few years, with the prospects of additional feedstock becoming available and current market conditions favoring NGL and ethane extraction costs, a key ...
Tags: petrochemical, petrochemical spending, NGL, ethane