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Dow Ethanolamines Confirms Expansion Plans in Louisiana

18 Dec 2007 - The 100-million pound (45,000 metric ton) ethanolamines nameplate capacity expansion planned at the St. Charles Operations (SCO) site, owned by Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, in Hahnville, Louisiana that was ...

Experiments Reveal Unexpected Activity of Fuel Cell Catalysts

17 Dec 2007 - Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have unveiled important details about a class of catalysts that could help improve the performance of fuel cells. With the goal of producing "clean" hydrogen for fuel cell reactions in ...

PetroChina to adopt UNIPOL PE Process at three new facilities

Univation Technologies' UNIPOL PE Process for polyethylene manufacturing is to be adopted by PetroChina at three new facilities. The three facilities located at Daqing in Heilongjiang Province, Fushun in Liaoning Province and Pengzhou in Sichuan Province are expected to have an ...

Crude prices decline as OPEC may raise output

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices declined Monday as an OPEC official hinted to boost output. Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil, who is to take over as president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Jan. 1, said the cartel would not exclude the ...

Dow Increases Prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer in All Regions

Midland, MI - December 17, 2007 The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow" ) announced today that it will increase off-list selling prices for Vinyl Acetate Monomer in Latin America by US$100 per metric ton; in Asia Pacific by US$100 per metric ton; in Europe by 100 Euros per metric ton; in ...

Dow UCAR Emulsion Systems Announces Price Increases for Emulsion Products and Rheology Modifiers

Cary, NC - December 17, 2007 UCAR Emulsion Systems (UES), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, is increasing the off-list prices on its emulsion products and rheology modifiers. Effective January 1, 2008, for all North American customers, UES will increase the price by US...

Petrochem project delays and cancellations estimated in the Gulf due to surging construction cost

Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) has warned that construction cost bubble in the Middle East region would lead to some project delays and cancellations, as the surge in petrochemicals exports from the Gulf is projected at more than 50 million tons by 2008. ...

Iraqi oil output reaches highest level in more than 3 years

PARIS, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's oil output hit its highest level in about three years in November, reaching 2.32 million barrels per day, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday. The oil output of the war-torn country enjoyed increase from the first ...

Nepali petroleum dealers to be on nationwide strike

KATHMANDU, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Angered over the inability of Nepal Oil Corporation to maintain adequate supply of petroleum products, Nepal Petroleum Dealers' Association (NPDA) Saturday announced a nationwide protest from December 25, The Kathmandu Post reported Sunday. Putting ...

Haldia plans to maintain bottomline during petrochem downturn period

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is in the process of preparing a proposal to maintain its bottomline at current levels even during the petrochem downturn period which is expected to start from 2010, likely to continue till 2013. For this, the company has embarked upon a detailed ...

New oil reserves in Brazil face technical, cost problems

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has to solve a series of technology and cost-related problems before its newly-discovered oil field with an estimated reserve of up to 8 billion barrels could pump oil for the country and the thirsty world market, analysts said. In ...

Basell commences construction of second PP compounding facility in China

In a bid to meet groing demand from the automotive, appliance, electrical and electronics sectors, Basell has started construction of its second polypropylene compounding facility in China at Guangzhou Nansha scheduled to come on-stream in September 2008. The new facility, to be ...

Strong domestic demand pushes BPCL to cancel naphtha export contract

India's Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) has canceled a contract to export 180,000 tons of low aromatic naphtha, to meet domestic demand that could result in better price realisation. The domestic fuel demand fuel has been increasing, resulting in a shortfall of fuel to meet ...

Petrochemical companies in Korea could witness consolidation after 2009

LG Chemical, Honam, Hanwha Petrochemical, Kumho Petrochemical, SK Corp., Samsung Total Petrochemical, Yeochun NCC and Korea Petrochemical are Korea's domestic petrochem producers. Of these only Yeochun NCC and Samsung Total are unlisted on the Korea Stock Exchange. The existing ...

Sinopec shuts Fujian refinery for maintenance

Sinopec Corp has shuttered the 80,000 bpd Fujian oil refinery for 40 days of planned maintenance, to start work on connecting the plant with a new multi-billion-dollar complex jointly funded by Exxon Mobil and Saudi Aramco. The shutdown is the first in three years for the ...

Sinopec to complete refinery by January

BEIJING, Dec. 25 -- Sinopec Group will complete the construction of a 12.5 billion yuan refinery in Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province by the end of January, a move to further tap rising demand. The project is designed to process 10 million tons of crude annually. It will ...

Eastman to Sell PET, PTA Assets in Europe

KINGSPORT, Tenn., Dec. 21, 2007 Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced it has entered into definitive agreements with Indorama to sell its PET facility and related businesses in the United Kingdom, and its PET and PTA facilities and related businesses in the ...

Florida proposes ethanol blending rule; industry seeks changes

Florida's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Friday issued a proposed rulemaking on the blending of ethanol into the state's gasoline pool. The oil industry, however, quickly panned the proposal and said it would hamper the wider blending of ethanol in the state. ...

Shell, BP actively contending for refinery investments in China

The rivalry between Shell and BP to build refineries in China seems persistent. BP was shortlisted instead of Shell to participate in the 15 mln tpa refinery project in Guangzhou in partnership with Sinopec and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). After a year, a one mln tpa ...

Eastman Increases Ketones Prices on January 1

KINGSPORT, Tenn., Dec. 28, 2007 - Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products effective Jan. 1, or as contracts allow. These increases are due to elevated operating costs, particularly in raw materials, energy and freight. Eastman MAK Eastman MIAK ...

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