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A further drop was witnessed in propylene prices, as they shrunk by almost hundred dollars. Subdued demand has lowered seller's offers to US$1200/MT CFR Asia in the face of buyer's intere...
A persistent fall is being witnessed in ethylene and propylene prices in Asia as demand continues to deteriorate from downstream sector, leading to inventory build up. Sellers have expres...
Operating rates at Japan's 15 naphtha-fed steam crackers has averaged 94.1% in August. This rate is lower than the average of 97.3% recorded in July and 95.2% in August last year. Deter...
A blackout has been responsible for halting entire operations at SK Energy's polymer factory for over one hour. A crane hit high-voltage lines going into the plant in Ulsan, South Gyeongs...
Mexicos' federal government has developed the Ethylene XXI project, estimated to require an investment outlay of US$2.5-3 bln, as part of its plans to improve the viability of the petroch...
The new Fit & Fresh LivPURE™ Filtered Water Bottle manufactured by Fit & Fresh™, a leading consumer brand of healthy living products, are completely free of Bisphenol-A (BPA), a hormone-d...
Russia's Salavatnefteorgsintez and SIBUR Holding had recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a joint venture under the name Salavat Petrochemicals Complex LLC (SPCC)...
Westlake Chemical Corp has pronounced a force majeure at its Lake Charles petrochemical complex, Louisiana owing to damages following hurricane Ike. The company says the production is hur...
Chemical giant BASF has reportedly declared that it will curtail its polystyrene production by about 25% effective from October 1 due to weakening demand and the current global economic s...
Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) has declared the restart of operations at its Kashima-based No.2 ethylene plant and No.7 reactor from Sep 17, 2008. Imperfections in the refr...
Despite the sluggish Asian naphtha market, India's state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) has sold 27,000 tons of low aromatic naphtha to Sempra for a high single digit premium to M...
Owing to the Hurricane Ike's surge damage at DuPont's Sabine facility in Orange, Texas, the company on Wednesday declared "force majeure" for its ethylene copolymers business. However, it...
Repsol, an international integrated oil and gas company, have set underway the expansion project of its Sines Petrochemical Complex in Portugal which is slated to be complete by 2011. The...
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOL) has delayed the maintenance shut down at its 120,000 bpd crude unit at Panipat refinery by three weeks. The Panipat-based crude unit which was initially ...
Taiwan's Formosa Plastics Group (FPG)'s environmental impact assessment (EIA) for Phase 4 of its sixth-naphtha complex expansion project has been approved. The country's Environmental Pro...
A propylene purchase contract agreement has been inked between Japan's trading company, Marubeni Corp and Petrovietnam's oil refinery, Dung Quat. Under the terms of the contract, Marubeni...
To meet the new FAA fuselage "burn-through" barrier requirement for all new aircraft manufactured after September 1, 2009, commercial aircraft producers and insulation manufacturers are a...
Sealed Air, a global leader in shrink packaging materials and equipment is keenly reinforcing its environment friendly credentials and has plans to come out with new types of shrink films...
Propylene prices in Asia continue to sink in line with crude values, falling to four month lows. Coupled with weakening downstream polypropylene demand from China, prices have fallen by a...
Ethylene markets of Asia have weakened to levels less than US$1100/mt CFR Asia as they witness a withdrawal in buying interest. Buyers continue to abstain from deal conclusion on deficien...
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