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The spread between December Northwest European naphtha and benzene has dropped to US$150/mt as per Platts. Length in benzene has meant that strong crude-inspired gains in naphtha have not...
CRUDE OIL In the week of December 6, 2010, crude oil futures hovered around their highest level since October 2008 in Asia amid the weakening...
A process capable of producing a thin and uniform light-absorbing layer on textured substrates that improves the efficiency of polymer solar cells by increasing light absorption has been ...
Crude oil futures are lingering near their highest level since October 2008 in Asia amid the weakening dollar and strengthening oil demand during winter. The euro jumped to US$1.3375 from...
BASF plans to buy CRI/Criterion to expand its Styrene Catalysts Business. CRI/Criterion is a leading global manufacturer of chemical catalysts used in the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene ...
In a move that will help increase its production of higher-value specialty products, Thailand's IRPC plans to build a 160,000 tpa propylene plant by 2014, subject to board approval, as pe...
PTT Pcl has put a long-awaited group consolidation plan on hold because it wants to focus on legal problems at affiliate IRPC Pcl as well as other matters, as per Reuters. State-controlle...
World number two chemical company -- Dow Chemical Co. plans to use more ethane to make plastics as per Bloomberg. The company is mulling formation of a venture to separate it from natural...
In Europe, December styrene contracts settled with €34/ton (US$45/ton) increases compared to November on FD NWE basis, following an initial styrene barge contract which had settled with €...
In Southeast Asia, regional sellers have announced December offers to local markets with increases from November done deal levels, citing higher upstream costs along with limited, as per ...
A steam shortage at Huntsman Corp.’s Port Neches, Texas plant caused flaring from an ethylene unit, as reported by Bloomberg. A compressor trip resulted in steam shortage and flaring.
South Africa's Sasol Ltd. Is to build the world's first commercial ethylene tetramerization unit with capacity to produce over 100,000 tpa of combined 1-octene and 1-hexene. The unit will...
Shipments from Europe are set to almost triple, as naphtha prices in Asia have spiked to two year highs. Asian naphtha prices have risen on increased demand from China amid fuel shortages...
From may to October this year, Iran exported 7.4 mln tons of petrochemicals worth US$4 bln mostly to China, Japan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. In a move that will result in Iran ...
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is highlighting its broad portfolio of materials for BOPP, cast, blown, stretch and multi-layer film that support Poland’s growing film sector. ...
The 4th International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition for Morocco and North Africa is becoming ever more international, as many official institutions have confirmed the participat...
Mold-Align® is a new surface pressure indicating material from Sensor Products Inc. that improves yields and reduces defects in the injection molding process by minimizing flash, short...
Spot ethylene prices in USA have been flat at around 50 cents/lb Mtb-Wms, failing to lift despite news of a production outage and force majeure by Shell Chemicals, as per Platts. While so...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. has started maintenance on an ethylene unit at its Cedar Bayou chemical plant in Baytown, Texas. The unit will be partially shut down and depressured to comp...
Royal Dutch Shell Plc declared force majeure on ethylene after a ruptured steam line caused the shutdown of an ethylene unit at its Norco chemical plant in Louisiana, as per Bloomberg. Du...
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