China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Nanhai B.V. (Shell) today announce the final investment decision to expand CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company’s (CSPC) existing 50:50 joint venture (JV) in Huizhou, ...
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Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC (Shell) has taken the final investment decision to build a major petrochemical complex, comprising an ethylene cracker with polyethylene derivatives unit, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Main construction ...
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Oman is close to awarding construction contracts and reaching financial close for its planned Liwa Plastics petrochemicals complex and Salalah LPG plant, sources close to the projects said Monday. Approximately $5.2 billion of funding is ...
Inglesid Ethylene, LLC, a joint venture between Occidental Chemical (OxyChem) and Mexichem started construction of their ethylene cracker at OxyChem’s Ingleside, Texas complex. The partners say the project remains on schedule to ...
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Technip awarded contract to supply proprietary furnace technology and services in Russia OJSC Kazanorgsintez renews its trust in Technip, the world’s largest ethylene licensor and contractor. Technip was awarded by Open Joint ...
Narrowing propane price spreads between the US and international markets are poised to shrink further as terminal developers, such as Enterprise Products Partners, advance plans to increase the nation's liquefied petroleum gas export ...
Maintaining Safety Valve Control on Gas Pipelines Pipelines carrying products including natural gas from Asian countries traverse Turkey en-route for export to final destinations or for domestic consumption. Compressor stations along the ...
US ethylene margins climbed for the week as production issues over the weekend pushed spot markets higher Monday. Power outages were reported at Flint Hills Resources in Port Arthur, Texas, and at Chevron Phillips Chemicals' Sweeny ...
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Most US ethylene margins rose late last week despite higher feedstock costs as some production issues helped push up ethylene spot prices, Platts data showed late Friday. US spot ethylene moved up 2.25 cents/lb week on week, to be ...
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US steam cracker margins climbed week-on-week as ethylene prices reacted to the news of planned and unplanned outages in the US Gulf Coast region. ExxonMobil suffered an upset at its Baytown, Texas, olefins plant Tuesday. Westlake ...
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US steam cracker margins rose week on week as feedstocks prices declined, and while the continental US is enjoying a relatively warm winter. Mild weather forecasts for the upcoming months have lead to a drop in the price of propane, which ...
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US steam cracker margins climbed last week on higher spot prices and chemical plant outages. The US ethylene spot price jumped 6 cents on the week and was assessed Friday at 60-60.50 cents/lb FD USG, as olefins producer Williams ...
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After Emerson Process Management replaced existing valve positioners in the Shanghai Ethylene Cracker Complex (SECCO) with Fisher® FIELDVUE™ DVC6200f digital valve controllers, the SECCO plant gained better control, production ...
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US steam cracker margins showed minor increase against lower feedstock costs in a shortened holiday week,as US markets were closed for celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. Platts'close of assessment for the week was at 12:30 p.m.CST ...
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Shell announced that it has taken a final investment decision to 'debottleneck' its Singapore ethylene cracker on Pulau Bukom (Bukom Island). This is expected to increase the capacity of olefins and aromatics by more than 20 per cent. ...
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