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China melamine makers offer lower prices

SINGAPORE--Chinese melamine makers have a competitive edge over foreign rivals amid rising urea prices but buyers were torn between lower cost and quality products, industry sources said on Wednesday. A two-tier pricing market currently exists, with Chinese produce cheaper than ...

OPEC to cut output by 520,000 bpd

VIENNA -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil ministers have decided to cut the group's output by 520,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the next 40 days, OPEC President said Wednesday. Chakib Khelil, who is also Algerian oil minister, said "I think if you do ...

Plasticizers account for more than half of global additives volume; flame retardants see fastest growth

As per a report provided by Townsend Polymer Services and Information, the plastic additives industry worth US$32 bln in 2007 is witnessing drastic changes such as boost in demand from emerging markets, maturity in the product life cycle, globalization, inexpensive supplying from ...

New bicomponent fiber technology to make possible polymer processing at high runs with elastic recovery

New elastic nonwoven technology by Kraton Polymers LLC, a global producer of engineered polymers, will make it possible for the polymers to be processed at commercial production rates with outstanding elastic properties. The new product, MD6705 will allow fabricators to make ...

Four U.S. oil refineries still shut -DOE

WASHINGTON - Four U.S. oil refineries with a total capacity of 617,000 barrels per day (bpd) remain shut down in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav, the U.S. Energy Department said on Monday. Nine oil refineries, with a capacity of 2.021 million bpd, are now restarting, the ...

Oil companies prepare for Hurricane Ike in US Gulf

HOUSTON - Energy companies are delaying the restart of offshore oil and natural gas production from the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Gustav and preparing for another round of evacuations as a second giant storm threatens to batter the region. The one-two punch from ...

Oil output cut "unjustified": OPEC source in Hayat

VIENNA - Cutting oil output now would be unjustified given the approach of peak winter demand, al-Hayat newspaper reported on Tuesday, quoting a senior OPEC source who also said prices were near a level that reflects market fundamentals. The comments will reinforce expectations ...

Myanmar, Russia to jointly explore oil, gas

YANGON -- A Myanmar's oil company and a Russian one will jointly explore oil and gas in two onshore areas in Myanmar, the state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday. According to a production sharing contract signed last weekend between the state-operated Myanmar ...

Maintenance turnaround at BTX plants in Asia

Sinopec Tianjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has shuttered its BTX plant for a 40 day turnaround until second half of October. Capacities that will be affected include: 145,000 tpa of benzene, 135,000 tpa of toluene and 400,000 tpa of xylene. The 200,000 tpa ethylene cracker will also ...

Threat of a new hurricane pushes oil prices up

New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October spiked by over two dollars to US$108.6 a barrel. Brent North Sea crude for October rose to US$106.6. Oil prices have climbed up on concerns that Hurricane Ike is likely to threaten production facilities in the ...

U.S. oil industry recovers slowly from Gustav

NEW YORK - The U.S. energy sector made slow progress on Thursday in its recovery from Hurricane Gustav with some 25 percent of U.S. crude oil production and 11 percent of U.S. refining still shut in the storm's wake. Production shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico have already cut 7.4 ...

Environment friendly 'roll and return' packaging concept unveiled

A graduate from UK's Royal College of Art, has unveiled the concept of reusing packaging made of polypropylene, which can be easily rolled up and returned. Will's particular method of forming the boxes in such a way that they can be collapsed and rolled up for return has been ...

Demand for biodegradable plastics forecast to grow nearly 16% pa through 2012 in USA

Demand for biodegradable plastic in the US is forecast to expand nearly 16% pa to 720 million pounds in 2012, valued at US$845 million, as per a report by Freedonia. Average prices will continue to decline as a result of higher capacity and greater production efficiencies, as ...

Russia not foresees gasoline price hike in near future

MOSCOW -- The Russian government foresees no surges in gasoline prices in the near future, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said Wednesday. "Gasoline prices are already declining, and no steep hikes are anticipated. It would be good if the prices remain stable," said Sechin, who ...

IChemE and BP publish new animated safety lessons

IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) and BP have teamed up to publish a new series of animations designed to aid safety learning through past incidents and experiences. An extension of IChemE and BP s book publishing venture, the animations can be used as standalone ...

INEOS and Puralube announce a new plant at Bamble Norway

INEOS Bamble AS and Puralube Nordic AS (a joint venture between Norsk Spesialolje AS (NSO) and Puralube GmbH) have announced an agreement to locate a new environmentally friendly lubricant oil production plant on the INEOS site at R nningen, Bamble, Norway. The new plant, which ...

Oil rises on U.S. fuel supply concerns

LONDON - Oil rose $2 on Wednesday as concerns about U.S. fuel supply outweighed anxiety about the U.S. government's $700 billion plan to rescue the finance industry. U.S. crude traded up $2.00 to $108.61 a barrel by 6:21 a.m. EDT, while London Brent crude gained $1.80 to trade at ...

Oil firms bid $30.9 mln for Alaska exploration rights

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Five companies bid $30.9 million Wednesday for rights to search for oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve of Alaska, a vast but lightly explored federal land holding on Alaska's North Slope. The lease sale is the fifth held in the region by the U.S. ...

Surge in oil prices not due to fundamentals

WASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Wednesday a record surge and the following retreat in crude prices this week was not driven by supply and demand factors. "It was clearly not a fundamental where the value of a barrel of oil dropped by $20 or so between 5 o'clock ...

Golden Week brings no glimmer to China petchems

SINGAPORE--The Chinese petrochemical industry seems to have missed the traditional rally ahead of the Golden Week holidays as the widespread bearish sentiment forced prices to remain depressed, market sources said on Wednesday. The country celebrates the Golden Week in the first ...

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