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BP to sell 47.4% stake in Samsung Petrochemical for US$70 mln

In line with BP's strategic intent to exit the Korean PTA market, the company is to hive off its stake in Samsung Petrochem. BP PLC has agreed to sell its 47.4% stake in South Korean Samsung Petrochemical Co for US$70 mln in cash to Samsung Corp. Samsung Corp already owns 47.4% ...

UAE company to build refinery in Pakistan

ABU DHABI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- An investment company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday got an approval from the Pakistani government to build a refinery worth five billion U.S. dollars in the country's Balochistan province, Emirates News Agency reported. The approval ...

KMG Chemicals buys chemical unit from Air Products

Houston, TX (bizjournals) -- KMG Chemicals Inc. is buying Air Products and Chemicals's high-purity process chemicals business. Houston-based KMG Chemicals said the unit is the largest United States supplier to semiconductor manufacturers. The $74.6 million acquisition includes a ...

Formosa Plastics posts record high quarterly profit

World's number two PVC maker - Formosa Plastics Corp has posted a record quarterly profit on robust demand from China that has aided stronger prices. Net income surged 65% to NT$20.1 bln (US$619 mln) for Q3 ended Sept. 30, up from NT$12.2 bln a year earlier. China buys almost 33% ...

A new mid-level oxygen-barrier film for packaging foods and liquids

Preventing oxygen permeation through plastic packaging reduces food oxidation. The oxidation of foods or liquids reduces shelf life, and affects the sensory properties, and is a major issue in the food industry. Honeywell Specialty Films has introduced the new film as part of its ...

GAIL to partner Lukoil in Russian petrochem unit

Gas utility GAIL and Lukoil, the world's second largest private oil company by proven hydrocarbons reserves, have formed a panel of senior executives to explore the possibility of jointly setting up a petrochemicals plant in Russia and farming in the Indian state-owned company in ...

Stretch and shrink film demand in US to grow 4.7% pa until 2011

Stretch and shrink film demand in USA is projected to increase 4.7% pa to US$4.7 bln in 2011, amounting to 3.2 bln pounds of resin. Demand growth for films will be stimulated by healthy expansion in the manufacturing sector and growing requirements for product packaging and the ...

Fortron expands capacity to create world's largest Polyphenylene Sulfide plant

Fortron Industries LLC, a joint venture between Ticona Engineering Polymers and Kureha Corporation, has expanded its Fortron linear polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) plant in Wilmington. Capacity has been doubled to 15,000 metric tpa - a result of a three-year effort that has created ...

Crude oil futures close at record high of $91.86

NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Crude-oil futures closed at a new record on Friday, as worries over energy supplies and tensions in the Middle East propelled the market to a new peak. Crude oil for December delivery climbed 1.40 U.S. dollars to end at 91.86 U.S. dollars a barrel on ...

EU steel producers brewing anti-dumping complaint against China

BRUSSELS, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Steel producers of the European Union (EU) are threatening to file anti-dumping complaints to the European Commission next week against rising imports from China, media reports said on Friday. "It will probably be next week, perhaps as soon as Monday...

BASF wins IChemE Award 2007

October 25th 2007, BASF received the AstraZeneca Award for Excellence in Green Chemistry and Engineering , one of eight IChemE Awards 2007 , for its novel process for producing cyclododecanone (CDon). This new process developed by BASF researchers consists of three steps and ...

Eastman Increases Eastman Glycol Ethers And Glycol Ether Esters Prices on November 1

KINGSPORT, Tenn., Oct. 29, 2007 - Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products effective Nov. 1, or as contracts allow. These increases are due to increased market demand and operating costs, particularly in raw materials, energy and freight. Eastman DB ...

DuPont's nanotechnology alliance combines polymers, metals

Wilmington, DE -- DuPont has formed an alliance with Morph Technologies, Integran Technologies, and PowerMetal Technologies to develop and commercialize a nanocrystalline metal/polymer hybrid technology. The technology will be used to manufacture extremely lightweight components ...

Eastman, world's largets PET supplier plans to significantly shrink business

Eastman, the world's leading supplier of PET for packaging plans to significantly shrink the business. The move, that will turn PET from Eastman's largest business segment into the company's smallest segment by the end of 2008, will be achieved by divesting or shutting down much ...

Bayer MaterialScience increases polycarbonate prices

With effect from 15 November 2007, Bayer MaterialScience plans to raise worldwide prices for its "Makrolon", "Bayblend" and "Makroblend" resins. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the hike will be EUR 0.15/kg. In Asia Pacific and North America, prices will go up by USD 0.20...

S K Engineering awarded order for US$108 mln Thai plant

South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction has been awarded a US$108 mln order to build a plant for Thai Polypropylene Co, a unit of Siam Cement Group. The new plant, to be located in Map Ta Phut industrial complex, will produce an 400,000 tpa of polypropylene from 2010.

Shell estimates 800,000 ton China naphtha cracker to surpass its design annual capacity

Royal Dutch Shell's cracker in partnership with China National Offshore Oil Company, and in operation since late 2005 operated at 94% capacity in the first 9 months of this year, up from 85% last year. Shell expects its Chinese naphtha cracker, in southern Guangdong province, to ...

Polyethylene is one of the fastest-growing synthetic resins in China

By virtue of its excellent performance, polyethylene is regarded as one of the fastest-growing synthetic resins of China as per a report by Research and Markets. Currently, China has become the largest polyethylene import country and the second largest consumption country in the ...

Crude oil closes at all-time high of $93.53 a barrel

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. light, sweet crude rose for a fourth day and closed at a record high of 93.53 dollars a barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday. The price rallied after bad weather forced Mexico to briefly halt one-fifth of its oil production, and the ...

Cost of building petrochemical plants in the Arabian Gulf region surging by 14%

Escalating prices charged by contractors is expected to hike construction costs by 14% as per an estimated by Industries Qatar, the largest company listed on the Doha Securities Market. This situation has arisen due to the construction boom in the Arabian Gulf; as the region ...

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