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Taiwan's state oil refiner CPC Corp. has shut its No. 4 naphtha cracker in Kaohsiung for maintenance for a week. The week long shutdown will coincide with the stoppage of a local electric...
Qatar’s Ras Laffan Olefins Co’s ethane cracker producing ethylene is expected to reach maximum capacity by August. The cracker capacity comprises 1.3 mln tpa ethylene to supply feedstock ...
SOCAR – Azerbaijan’s state oil company is working to revive the state chemicals company Azerikimya’s idle or partially functioning capacity. Azerikimya will become a SOCAR production unit...
W. R. Grace & Co. has signed a multi-year agreement to supply polypropylene catalysts to Borealis AG. Financial terms have not been disclosed. The catalysts are used in the production of ...
Ten years ago, polypropylene was a cheap product vs. polystyrene, PET and polyethylene. Today, the affordability of polypropylene as an affordable resin seems to be ending. If that happen...
US propylene contracts for April rose by US$154/ton, marking the sixth monthly increase in prices by 53% since November 2009 on the back of tight supply. US propylene production in 2009 t...
Qatar is conducting a feasibility study for an aromatics complex in a move to consume naphtha produced in the country as feedstock. Several global players have expressed an interest in t...
Plastic composite springs have been molded from SABIC Innovative Plastics’ Ultem* resin. Among the first springs ever made with high-performance, engineered plastic, LeeP™ compression spr...
In a move that will help Indonesia reduce its dependence on foreign refineries to produce naphtha (crucial as feedstock for high octane gasoline), state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina will...
CRUDE OIL Oil prices have risen in the week of April 5, 2010, racing towards US$86 as demand gets optimistic amid signs of a global economic...
Distributors in India report that they are actively on the lookout for import LDPE and LLDPE film cargoes owing to good demand in the local market, as per CHemorbis. Distributors attribu...
Asian producers continue to maintain their initial March offers for VCM this week, although buyers have lowered buying bids in line with slackening PVC demand amid softer ethylene prices,...
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) plans to partner with Marubeni Corp and Taiwan's TSRC Corp to invest Rs 900 crore in a Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant at Panipat. The SBR would pro...
High-temperature polycarbonate (PC) copolymers features new polymer chemistry with an optimal balance of high heat resistance and high flow, enabling it to offer greatly expanded design o...
By mid 2010, Qatar Chemical Co (Q-Chem) expects to start up the new HDPE and alpha olefins plants in Qatar, each with a capacity of 350,000 tpa. Only 10% of output from Q-Chem’s high dens...
A major Middle Eastern producer has announced April offers for HDPE and LLDPE film to the Chinese market this week with price decreases of US$120/ton for HDPE film and US$100-110/ton for ...
Since the start of 2010, butadiene prices have been following a bullish trend on the back of snug supplies caused by production problems, as per Chemorbis. As a result, the downstream ch...
As a result of its commitment to innovation, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has developed a more advanced technology for the manufacture of polypropylene. This is a fourth ge...
Strong demand for ethylene from end-users has prompted Japan's Nippon Oil Corp to mull a minor capacity increase at its 404,000 tpa naphtha cracker in Kawasaki. If the company makes a for...
Oil prices have risen, racing towards US$86 in Asian trade, as demand gets optimistic amid signs of a global economic upswing. New York's light sweet crude for delivery in May rose to US$...
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