tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24453879652985700362011-11-19T15:45:28.721-08:00Petrochemical Plants. Petchem News & Global Market OutlookHMDnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-86675631422145634432011-11-19T14:53:00.000-08:002011-11-19T14:57:25.069-08:00

Hamidreza Seyyed Jafari, the corporate planning director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), is quoted to have mentioned that new petrochemical plants, targeting to produce propylene-chain will be launched at the refineries of Imam Khomeini, Shazand and Isfahan. Iran is expecting to churn out as much as $14 Billion of petrochemical export revenue by 2012.Most

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Iran's Petrochemical sector is expected to be badly affected by the recent announcement by the US Government to impose yet another sanction. This time it is specifically targeting Iran's petrochemical industry. The sanction can be as soon as next Monday. Iran has responded that it is largely a political motive by the IAEA and the United States in accusing Iran of having nuclear power. European

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After you finish your chemical engineering course and get that degree, nothing else matters.What matters afterwards would be how you apply the knowledge that you have gained, nobody will really ask you the very fundamental of things, but rather you would be required to solve simple problems.There are tonnes of options for a chemical engineering graduate to go to, but in reality, in can be broken

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This is a new section, which my good friend is willing to share his vast experience in the petrochemical industry. He likes to write and contribute to the world, so on and off he will offload his sharing of experience here. This is like chemical engineering 101 but only difference is, this is the stuff that they do not teach you at university, more of practices in the petrochemical industry and

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We are happy to announce the new paper on Syntetic Crude Oil from Associated Petroleum Gases - Project in partnership with ROSNEFT &GAZOKHIM TECHNO List of Delegatesis being updated daily. The following companies have already registered their delegates 3rd International Gas Technology Conference & Exhibition – IGTC 2011, 19 & 20 SeptemberAir Liquide, Alfa Laval, ATEK, Basf, BP International, CMAI

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If connecting with key petrochemical industry professionals, top experts, brand owners, technology suppliers and similar profiles is your goal, then the premier 18th APS (Asia Petrochemical Summit) in Phuket on 19-20 Sep 2011is THE ONE opportunity you can't pass up! Why? Because senior executives from the international petrochemical community are already confirmed attending. PLUS we have quite a

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Kuwait's Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company will be expanding its presence in the petrochemical business with two upcoming plants producing purified terephthalic acid (PTA), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with combined cost of US$ 700 million.It will be a joint venture with United Industries Co with the new JV company to be called United Petrochemical Company.

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With demands of new oil and gas related plants, especially petrochemicals projects coming up with the world economic demand, it is highly forecasted that the engineering market will be severely impacted.This is coupled with the highly skilled engineers are now reaching their retirement age within the next decade. Engineering professionals will be highly sought after beginning of 2012 onwards, a

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Prime Minister of Malaysia has announced a new Refinery-Petrochemical Complex known as RAPID Project to be developed by the country's national oil company, PETRONAS in the southern part of Johor.The complex which estimated to cost US$ 20 Billion will be decided by 2012. Currently it is under Detailed Feasibility Study and PETRONAS is finalizing the partners for the project.It is estimated to spur

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has acquired Lubrizol for $9.7 Billion or $135/share in an all-cash transaction. The transaction includes $700 million in debt of the lubricant business company. There is only four well-known detergent companies globally with the recent fifth coming from China. The move is seen as Warren's new agenda towards the energy market.

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With little over two weeks until ME-TECH 2011 and the Russia & CIS Executive Summit: Downstream Oil & Gas take place in the luxurious setting of the Madinat Jumeirah resort in Dubai, we wished to offer you a final reminder to book your place now if you wish to attend. This is to allow for visa application and processing time if needed and also because the conference hotel is almost full (special

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-66811249680544099082010-12-28T05:39:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.034-08:00

Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina will be in collaboration with Malaysia’s Petronas and France’s Total SA for East Natuna project in Indonesia waters. This comes amids Pertamina inking agreement with ExxonMobil earlier.Pertamina is looking for collaboration both for investment and technology provider such as one in regards to high CO2 content in the oil field.

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Saudi Aramco in its statement says that they would want to increase the chemical production in the Gulf to $80 Billion by 2020. Saudi Aramco is targeting to increase from the current chemical industry from $40 billion to $50 billion in per-annum revenue.The expected revenue is likely to come from Saudi's Wasit gas plant, expected to commission in 2013, UAE's Borouge, tripling capacity to 4.5

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-28582480543380619572010-12-15T02:47:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.042-08:00

Shell is conducting a study for its Saudi Arabia joint venture, Sadaf with SABIC for expansion of capacity under the provision of enough and reliable feedstock supply from its partner. The expansion will be looking specifically for additional capacity of polyurethanes (PU), polyols and alpha-olefins even though the Sadaf JV also produces ethylene, crude industrial ethanol, styrene, caustic soda,

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If you would like to plan your conference attendance for next year, please complete our short survey here. JANUARY, DUBAI ME-TECH, 24 - 26 January Middle East Technology Forum for Gas Processing, Refining, Residue Upgrading and Petrochemicals www.europetro.com/METECH_2011 ***** RUSSIA & CIS Executive

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Saudi Aramco which has joint venture projects with Japan's Sumitomo Chemicals and Dow Chemicals is expected to introduce petchem products higher in the value chain including metallocene-based elastomers, glycol ethers, methyl methacrylate (MMA), polymethyl metaacrylate (PMMA), nylon and EP rubber. This comes as Phase II expansion of PetroRabigh is expected to commence which currently produces 1.3

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-26843996535309817712010-12-10T06:40:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.059-08:00

Malaysian Stateoil Petronas subsidiary, Engen Petroleum Ltd. has just reportedly completed acquisition of Chevron assets in Malawi, Zambia and the French territory of Reunion. Engen Petroleum which operates South Africa’s largest fuel retailer is also in stage of getting regulatory approval to buy Chevron’s assets in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania and Mauritius in 2011.

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India is building a new 450,000 tonne per year of ethylene plant in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state. The project which is owned by GAIL, will be using technology and engineering services from Shaw Group under EPCC.

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If you want answers to above, then you must make plans to register for the 6th Methanol Markets & Tech Summit in Manama, Bahrain on 1-2 March 2011!The summit is your opportunity to participate in a dynamic forum involving leading figures from both the regional and global methanol industry. Preliminary agenda is now available online – click here to access!When you attend the 6th Methanol Markets &

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BASF and PETRONAS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake a joint feasibility study for new complex producing specialty chemicals in Malaysia worth MYR 4 Billion. The partnership is said to leverage on the existing BASF-Petronas Chemicals joint venture plant in the Malaysian Pahang state.Petronas and BASF will both evaluate the technical, commercial and economic viability of jointly

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PTT Exploration & Production PLC, has recently acquired 40% stake in Kai Kos Dehseh oil sands project from Statoil worth US$4.3 billion of recoverable bitumen capable at extraction rate of 10,000 bpd of bitumen.The acquisition means PTT is in a new playfield of breakthrough shale oil extraction which will allow the company to build technlogical capability in that shale oil area.

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Look no further - 9th Asia Petchem Feedstock Markets Summit brings you the answers in high level sessions led by industry leaders. Click here to access the just launched preliminary agenda, now available online!Held on 23-24 February 2011 in Shanghai, this is the only event you need to attend if you want to set your compass right for the new financial year.Here’s a preview of not-to-be missed

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The very first BIOBASEDCHEMASIA – Next Generation Biobased Building Blocks“Elevance & Wimar has a joint venture to build a 180,000 tonne/year biorefinery in Surabaya, it is estimated to come on stream in 2011. It will produce biobased specialty chemicals such as 9-decenoic acid and esters, C18 dicarboxylic acids and esters, etc using natural oils and waste oils as feedstocks.”“Glycos

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-32806186807225919232010-12-02T02:25:00.000-08:002010-12-02T02:26:10.445-08:00

Shell is reportedly now discussing with Qatar Petroleum for the worldscale petrochemicals complex in Ras Laffan, Qatar after ExxonMobil was reportedly exiting its position for the co-development with Qatar state oil giant.

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French TOTAL is planning to build a $6 billion petrochemical plant in Qatar with the state oil company, Qatar Petroleum even without ExxonMobil’s participation. The products and capacity remain undisclosed for time being.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-51620185422437455402010-11-30T08:40:00.000-08:002010-11-30T08:42:17.763-08:00

Plastics imports to Turkey hit an all-time high in the month of September, reflecting the growing demand for plastics in the country. With PP materials making up majority of these imports, what is the likely outlook for the industry in the coming year? How will the country meet these increasing supply needs in the near future?For answers to the above, join key international stakeholders to attain

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-13442630312877900502010-11-26T22:06:00.000-08:002010-11-26T22:42:13.520-08:00

Japan's Sumitomo Chemical is planning to build a 40,000 tonne/year solution styrene butadiene rubber (S-SBR) plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, a well-known feedstock for the tyre industry. The plant which will comissioned in 2013 has a capex of $120 million which is timely due to the strength of the yen currency. The plant will not replace Sumitomo's existing 10,000 tonne/year S-SBR plant in

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-49287953649911107072010-11-24T02:46:00.000-08:002010-11-24T02:54:24.743-08:00

EPC invites you to attend the Middle East Technology Forum - ME-TECH 2011 - in Dubai from 24 - 26 January followed directly by the Russia & CIS Oil & Gas Summit - the strategy event focussed on the Russia & CIS region from 27 to 28 January. Both are to be held in the same venue - Madinat Jumeirah resort in Dubai.To view a copy of the ME-TECH conference programme, please click here .To view the

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The global car industry sees jump in cars demand as rising economies in China and rest of Asia sees increase in middle class population. China has already surpassed Japan for largest automotive producer and close to overtaking US as the largest automotive market.Engineering polymers which widely used in the cars production is expected to increase from 18% to 25% per car as the auto sector

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-67297446406366320982010-11-22T05:25:00.000-08:002010-11-22T05:54:46.297-08:00

Bayer MaterialScience is planning to expand in invest in Shanghai, Qingdao and Chongqing with investment totalling €110m ($149m). They have announced five facilities for polyurethanes and polycarbonate without any mentioning on capacities of each.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-33410935559082575882010-11-18T05:46:00.000-08:002010-11-18T05:50:12.040-08:00

Cangzhou Petrochemical Co is operating its methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) plant. The MTBE unit capacity has been increased recently to 50,000 tonnes/year from 20,000 tonnes/year in November. All of the capacity of the MTBE unit is used for captive consumption in gasoline blending.

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Malaysian stock market, KLSE or locally known as Bursa Malaysia is getting a boost after the Malaysian's national oil and gas participation in listing of its subsidiaries and companies on the stock exchange. PETRONAS who will have six of its units listed on the Bursa Malaysia will be controlling 10% of the Malaysian stock market based on value.It's latest listing is an IPO for its petrochemical

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-3308264850864425002010-11-14T21:50:00.000-08:002010-11-14T21:53:02.246-08:00

LyondellBasell, a joint-ventured petrochemical company as a product from the hard hit of global recession has announced that new management line-up for its Olefins & Polyolefins unit. Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel has been named senior vice president who will succeed Anton de Vries.The announcement was welcomed by LyondellBasell CEO Jim Gallogly.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-65205164252380329922010-11-13T19:23:00.000-08:002010-11-13T19:25:29.917-08:00

The agenda for the 9th Asia Petchem Feedstock Markets is shaping up, and I’m excited to share with you a glimpse at some of the top international panel. To date, confirmed speakers include:· Nexant· Purvin & Gertz· GAIL India· HFT Investment Management· Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS)· Petrovietnam E&P· China Petrochemical

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-54918190244310957422010-11-11T07:57:00.000-08:002010-11-11T08:00:32.891-08:00

Foster Wheeler has been awarded for the expansion in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia for a new Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB). The award was given by Gulf Farabi for completion by 2011 for the new 100,000 tonnes per annum of LAB.

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NEWS RELEASE11 October 2010PANalytical Inc. to open new office with demo facility near Houston, TX, USAPANalytical Inc. is pleased to announce the January 1, 2011 opening of a new office with demonstration laboratory and meeting space near Houston, TX. Located just 10 minutes from George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the Kingwood, TX facility is focused on serving the needs of the many

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Integrated petrochemicals producer Petronas Chemical Group Bhd has been cited in the local news to be selling its IPO share for RM5 (USD1 = RM3.01). However the report has also indicated that the company which is at its infant stage as a group of companies will likely to reduce and revise the price.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-34951408960473497252010-09-21T08:36:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.081-08:00

Total entry via acquisition in the GLNG project has expedited the project to progress further. Total had previously announced the acquisition of 15% and 5% stakes in GLNG from Santos and PETRONAS respectively. Under the new arrangement, Total will also take up the volume of 1.5 million tonnes per annum from the project for 20 years.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-91175010016357790182010-09-17T07:19:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.088-08:00

Bangladesh is reportedly to sign a deal with Qatar for import liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ship. The arrangement of the deal will see Qatar supply LNG upon a sign of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by both countries expected by this month.

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PETRONAS has agreed to sell a five per cent stake in the Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Australia to Total, the world's fourth largest listed natural gas producer. Total will be acquiring a total of 20% stake in the project after Santos, Australia's third-largest oil and gas producer, which is also the current partner in the project willing to sell 15 per cent of its stake in

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-27184449426472209222010-09-16T17:30:00.000-07:002010-09-16T17:31:47.825-07:00

“China will consume around one-third of global polypropylene (PP) output by the middle of this decade - up from the current 25% - as domestic demand continues to grow at more than 10% a year, a consultant said on Wednesday. Mike Smith, vice-president for propylene and derivatives with petrochemical consultancy, DeWitt & Co, said the growing demand would be fed both by new

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-1488718305537251702010-09-15T20:48:00.000-07:002010-09-15T20:49:09.831-07:00

Just FOUR weeks left to register for the international resid upgrading event of the year: 8th Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference & Exhibition, London, 5-6 October.A chance to LEARN: When economic upgrading projects will be back on the cards.How KNPC's Shaiba Refinery optimises performance at its Ebulated Bed unit.The news on the recent start up of world's largest coke

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Please ensure you do not miss the LAST CHANCE to register for the opportunity to meet a large number of hard to reach Russia & CIS gas, refining and petrochemicals decision makers. SEE THE LIST OF REGISTERED DELEGATES to date at the end of this e-mail.REGISTER AT WWW.EUROPETRO.COM Moscow Refining, Gas & Petrochemicals Week, September 20-24, Marriott Grand Hotel Incorporating: 2nd

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With the upcoming release of IPO from Malaysia's biggest petrochemical player in the country, Petronas, the horizon of Malaysian's petrochemical industry is set to change.Currently, petchem industries in Malaysia has its joint ventures with multinational companies, normally the technology providers such as Shell, ExxonMobil, Kaneka, BASF, Dow Chemicals, ConocoPhilips and others.The petchem

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-30262284103650459132010-09-09T22:46:00.000-07:002010-09-10T00:03:35.723-07:00

World's biggest energy consumer, China is doubling its subsidies for renewable energy in order to increase the burden on electricity users to reduce air pollution using conventional energy source. Renewable energies from generators harnessing the wind, sun and biomass are paid subsidies in order to increase the development of new energy sources and combating the country's worsen air pollution.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-54197601881114042742010-09-08T22:01:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.109-08:00

Industrial sources are quoting that PETRONAS under its Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd may offer Southeast Asia's biggest IPO offering as much as $3.53 billion in a few coming months. The IPO will include 22 companies under the Chemical Group with annual capacity of 11 million metric tonnes.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-39964729482071466402010-09-08T16:52:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.117-08:00

Oman Oil Company is reviving Indian's Fertilizer Firms at cost of around $3bn (€2.3bn) to be given to Fertiliser Corporation of India (FCI) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corp's (HFCL). These two units of fertilizer plants can produce a combined of 2.3 million tonnes per year of urea.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-76393483563633758272010-09-05T15:39:00.000-07:002010-09-05T15:41:00.768-07:00

The 5th Global PP Markets & Tech conference is bringing together the petrochemical, polymer & end-use application sectors to exchange the latest development in the polypropylene value chain. At the meeting on 2 - 3 December in Istanbul, you can look forward to learning from our invited speakers as they present facts on project status, size and growth of various Polypropylene markets, with a

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-13783958357106220602010-09-03T08:22:00.000-07:002010-09-03T08:59:57.518-07:00

Japan has followed it's counterpart United Stats in imposing additional sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme despite Tokyo's reliance on oil imports from the country. This will heavily put a restraint in terms of financial activities with restrictions in banking activities with designated Iranian banks. The sanction also includes a halt in new energy-related investment.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-159749629124408192010-09-02T06:23:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.124-08:00

BP is expecting to sell off its Malaysian C2 & Polyethylene plants which is currently a joint venture with Malaysian Petronas for $363 million. The company produces 440,000 tonnes/year of ethylene and 318,000 tonne/year PE plant at the same site.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-36995729819412880012010-08-30T00:34:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.131-08:00

Saudi's SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corp) has announced that it will partner with German's Lurgi for technology provider in oleochemicals. The said arrangement is set to tapped into Lurgi's technology that will utilize renewable feedstocks with planned oleochemicals plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.The renewable feedstock is targeted to produce 83,000 tonnes/year of distilled natural alcohols by

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-61005795413493770712010-08-27T06:04:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.138-08:00

Iran's NIPC is looking to get new foreign investors for petrochemical projects in Iran. The company has set up a firm in the United Kingdom to attract foreign investors to finance three big projects with an estimated value of $2.2 billion as part of Tehran's aim at becoming the number one producer of petrochemical products and materials in the region in terms of value.Turkey had initially planned

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-18130830618833918222010-08-25T03:18:00.000-07:002010-08-25T15:52:04.445-07:00

The Green Refining and Petrochemicals Forum - 4 October8th International Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference - 5 & 6 OctoberThe Royal Garden Hotel, London Due to the very high demand for speaking slots at International BBTC and limited availability at the venue, we have rescheduled our October events to allow one day for the Green Forum and two days for BBTC. Please view the revised

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-68096780761763704672010-08-24T05:20:00.000-07:002010-12-01T05:46:38.333-08:00

What are noteworthy trends shaping the Polyesters & MDI-TDI markets?“Polyester Chain: Values up” Passable PTA market and pick up in MEG values supported polyester chip markets in Asia.~ Yarnsandfibers“Demand for toluene was expected to improve from May due to its use for gasoline blending in summer months market participants said.~ Chemguide AsiaFor insights on the latest trends, developments and

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-53462808608141831302010-08-23T09:19:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:05:58.123-07:00

China will be using new technologies, of which yet to be informed for its $10 billion coal-to-olefins (CTO) project between China's Shenhua Group, the largest coal mining company in China, and US-based Dow Chemical.China is the world's leading producer of goal, most of which is for nonpower related industrial gases with projection of increase almost 10% annually.The CTO and its downstream

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-75797312367047481832010-08-21T19:59:00.000-07:002010-08-21T23:45:22.612-07:00

A US$40 Million Contract for Gasco plant in Abu Dhabi was awarded to Siemens Energy to engineer and supply an integrated power solution for natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionation plant. The plant which will be set-up by Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO).

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-65994156519864909482010-08-20T16:52:00.000-07:002010-08-20T17:42:42.578-07:00

BASF has announced new dispersions plant in Southern China of Huizhou with 100 kmta annual capacity producing XSB dispersions and acrylic dispersions. The production will be getting feedstock from local China with customers mostly in China market as part of its verbund concept. The plant which will be up by 2012 will serve mostly paper industry and industries such as coatings, adhesives and

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-41485839122018250912010-08-17T15:17:00.000-07:002010-08-17T15:50:58.029-07:00

The global market changes constantly and by 2013, China will no longer hold the throne of the fastest growing market. China is expected to grow by 9% in 2012 down to 8% in 2015 while India is expected to have growth rate by 9% in 2013 up to 9.5% in 2015.Much of the growth is expected to come from its demographic since India has one of the lowest median ages among the major economies with high

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-16348470173829919782010-08-15T00:49:00.000-07:002010-08-15T00:51:57.136-07:00

Iran will be launching its first Bushehr nuclear power plant after completion of the plant's main tests and inspections. The Bushehr nuclear power plant project was started by German firm Siemens in the 1970s, and was then handed over to Russia in 1995.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-2402735894061905152010-08-13T15:56:00.000-07:002010-08-13T16:23:53.149-07:00

The biggest polyamide plant is underway in China with capacity of 260 tonne per day. The plant will the biggest in the world upon completion to be built by German engineering firm Lurgi, a unit of Air Liquide of France in Fujian, China.Lurgi will be responsible supplying the main equipment and technology as well as the supervision of erection and commissioning of the new polyamide plant. The new

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-64672339254985058762010-08-09T05:24:00.000-07:002010-08-09T06:45:02.176-07:00

The Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) in its bid to aggressive expansion is starting up its new Vinyl Acetate Monomer Plant (VAM) in Jubail Industrial city capable of producing 330 kmta of VAM annually.Sipchem, like many other Middle Eastern petrochemical companies is regarded as fast expanding with many of its new plants are starting up. Just recently, the company has started

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-89064353175869392052010-08-08T06:35:00.000-07:002010-08-08T06:47:12.425-07:00

Despite the economic sanction on Iran, two petrochemical projects have been announced in Assalouyeh to produce 2.25 million tons of domestic petrochemical production capacity by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The petrochemical complex is said to be the second largest global unit and the largest middle East unit for urea production in a single facility with expected turnover of US$550 million when

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-59650340440437842772010-08-07T06:36:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.146-08:00

Uruguay is setting up its very first new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Montevideo, in the region of Río de la Plata, Uruguay. The construction was awarded to Foster Wheeler by Uruguay’s state-owned oil company, Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland (ANCAP).The LNG Terminal is in conjunction of the 2007 Uruguay and Argentina Energy Cooperation Agreement for the

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-7084703098311721402010-08-05T03:57:00.000-07:002010-08-05T04:10:31.112-07:00

Sipchem of Saudi Arabia (Saudi International Petrochemical Co) has announced a 100 kmta ethyl acetate plant in Saudi Arabia. The plant will be built in Al-Jubail with collaboration with Rhodia of France for technology license, a marketing agreement and an ethanol procurement deal.The Ethyl Acetate plant which could also produce butyl acetate will be receiving feedstock from International Acetyl

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-81527718506995807912010-08-04T05:39:00.000-07:002010-08-04T05:44:28.236-07:00

Russia will be holding the crown for the largest polypropylene plant in the world with the upcoming 500 kmta of polypropylene capacity plant is currently under construction in Tobolsk. The construction is said to be completed by end of 2011 and commissioning of the plant to be scheduled sometime in 2012.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-87563444949051852672010-07-29T05:55:00.000-07:002010-07-29T06:02:19.283-07:00

The Indian government has imposed an anti-dumping duty policy which will be affecting chemical products used for toys manufacturing and adhesives with anti-dumping values of as much as US$608.57 per tonne.The radical step was taken in a combat to safeguard the local industry against cheap imports from seven countries, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Russia,Taiwan, China and Thailand claimed the Indian

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-33362490876584750852010-07-27T08:10:00.000-07:002010-07-28T04:09:22.174-07:00

Solutia Inc has announced that it plans to set up a new polyvinyl butyral (PVB) plant in Malaysia worth US$ 40 million. The plant will be set-up in Gebeng Industrial Park in Malaysia's Eastern Peninsular on a 20 hectare site.The new PVB plant will be able to produce up to 15 kmta of PVB in capacity by 2012 which can be used toproduce laminated glass, window films and conductive films in solar

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-23249818015719644052010-07-26T05:35:00.000-07:002010-07-26T06:00:45.342-07:00

A Qatari engineer has designed the world's first Cooling Palm which has a structure like a palm trees with 40m high and able to cool the surrounding temperature to as low as 25 degC from a 40 degC high temperature which is common in Qatar.The cooling palm does this by reducing the humidity of the air and converts the moisture to water. An industrial fog valve system then convert the water to cold

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-3486169160122575712010-07-24T20:46:00.001-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.153-08:00

Shell is reportedly in exclusive negotiations with Vitol Group for its African investments. The acquisition of Shell Oil Products Africa (Shell) downstream businesses is currently at a stage of final price and subject to regulatory requirements.Vitol is likely to close the deal with Helios Investment Partners for a share of Shell's Retail, Commercial Fuels, Lubricants, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-60474146232104847012010-07-24T07:53:00.000-07:002010-07-24T08:06:57.489-07:00

If Biomass pellets trading is on your radar, you should clear your schedule to attend the BiomassPellets Trade Asia conference in Jakarta, Indonesia on 27-29 September 2010!As is widely known, there is swelling interest in Europe to utilize renewable fuels to meet emission limits and targets set by the EU directives.Co-firing, the simultaneous combustion of different fuels (for example, biomass

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-56481916165196813042010-07-23T07:54:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:45:28.792-08:00

Asian industry leaders are skeptical on the petrochemical outlook in the near future from increase pressure of environmental concern in particular global warming. Japan Petrochemical Industry Association (JPCA) chairman, Kenji Fujiyoshi was urging the industry players to re-look at energy effectiveness and improvement via reusable energy.Two identified areas are methods for naphtha cracking,

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-23167622877389200002010-07-22T04:26:00.001-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.161-08:00

H.E. Dr Abdul-Hussain Ali Mirza, Minister of Oil & Gas Affairs, Bahrain has indicated that Bahrain is planning to bring oil output to about 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) from its current 32,000 bpd. The excess supply is reportedly will be sold to Saudi Arabia via pipeline expansion.Currently Bahrain is exporting 230,000 bpd of oil to Saudi Arabia. With the expansion of the pipeline, it will be

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-59862117033642619472010-07-20T04:51:00.000-07:002010-07-20T06:10:50.760-07:00

Biodiesel players are currently looking at ways of expanding businesses and usage of edible oils. One such company is Desmet Ballestra who is currently looking at acquiring technologies to use ethanol and biomass for power plants.The move is seen as complimenting the biodiesel industry which has seen big impacts due to food commodities surge in the past years.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-7944496172304770802010-07-19T05:08:00.000-07:002010-07-19T06:03:27.234-07:00

In light of fierce inter-material competition, technology advances, improved living standards and intense M&As that are contributing to radical structural shifts in the TPE value chain, CMT is bringing together industry leaders from across the globe to explore market opportunities and challenges at our 6th Specialty Elastomers /TPEs conference, to be held on 2-3 December in Shanghai,China.Focus

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Titan Chemicals which is one of major petrochemical players in Malaysia has agreed to sell its stake to Honam Petrochemical, a Korean petrochemical player. The deal is said to be all in cash term amounting to 1.5 trillion won or $ 1.26 billion.Upon completion of the deal, Honam Petrochemical will have total control and sole owner of Titan Chemicals. Titan Chemicals has previously been in

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-16478978595376396002010-07-15T04:30:00.000-07:002010-07-15T04:32:29.382-07:00

8th MENA Olefins & Polyolefins conference, which will be held on 9th – 10th Nov 2010 in Dubai.Key industry experts will discuss and explore the different avenues and faucets of “Reaching Out to Emerging High Growth Markets” at the conference, with an agenda covering:• Alternative feedstock options in a tightening gas market in ME• Economics of integrated refinery petrochemical crackers• Projects

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-50396871427247105232010-07-12T05:15:00.000-07:002010-07-12T06:48:38.704-07:00

A new breakthrough in solar power brings new hope to increase energy efficiency of solar panel and consequently a wider commercial use of the technology. Researchers from the University of Texas in Austin and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have discovered a process that can increase the conversion efficiency of solar cells up to 66%. Current solar panels generate hot electrons and

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-42013496823657486462010-07-07T04:41:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.175-08:00

Shell and Petronas are in the process of awarding a deal to drill new oil wells at Iraq's super giant Majnoon oil field which will include engineering, procurement and construction deal to build various production installations at the field.Potential firms in the bidding lists are reportedly Halliburton, Weatherford International, and Petrofac which will be responsible to develop Majnoon

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-63355847376140260422010-07-02T05:01:00.000-07:002010-07-03T02:49:25.181-07:00

Singapore is building new import facility for liquified natural gas on Jurong Island which will receive LNG from Qatar in the country's plans to diversify its gas supply. The facility costs $1.5 billion is due to be completed in 2013 to store more than six million tonnes per annum.Singapore currently depends on the piped LNG from Malaysia and Indonesia.Singapore's Prime Minister is replying in

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-48527122175651954052010-06-30T06:10:00.000-07:002010-06-30T06:15:59.651-07:00

CMT is happy to announce that you can now register for the 8th MENA Olefins & Polyolefins conference, which will be held on 9th – 10th Nov 2010 in Dubai.Key industry experts will discuss and explore the different avenues and faucets of “Reaching Out to Emerging High Growth Markets” at the conference, with an agenda covering: * Alternative feedstock options in a tightening gas market in ME *

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-83982936119533692922010-06-29T05:20:00.000-07:002011-11-19T15:44:43.183-08:00

ExxonMobil has reportedly entering a joint venture project with Petronas Malaysia for a recovery of an oil field, Tapis expected to begin in 2013.The project which is estimated at $1 billion is considered by many timely in concordance with Petronas's recent announcement of re-shifting its focus backs towards domestic exploration and production and away from its wide-reaching international

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-38714804002089468102010-06-28T05:54:00.000-07:002010-06-28T06:15:49.473-07:00

Australia's recent four mega-projects involving LNG plants have seen second approval under the environmental prior to signing of the official project.BG Group PLC's proposed liquefied natural gas project in Queensland is the second project to after Santos Ltd. (STO.AU) and Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd or Petronas, received the Queensland government approval last month.Australia's new Prime

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-37943358584689936822010-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:002010-06-25T23:39:44.546-07:00

Australia is on a path to rely on 100% on renewable energy sources by 2020. It was based on the research by Melbourne University’s Energy Research Institute through its Evironmental group Beyond Zero Emissions which was presented to the Australian Parliament.The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy report claims at a price of A$37bn ($32.4bn) a year Australia can totally replace fossil fuel

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-56225456115363922282010-04-13T06:56:00.000-07:002010-04-13T07:03:40.527-07:00

Crude prices have been on the climb and has now reached US$86 per barrel. How much further will energy prices climb and how will this affect petchem feedstocks?Various segments of the Petchem industry are also seeing some of the biggest capacity expansions in years. While some expansions have been put on hold, there are still concerns of overcapacity. Can growing demand in Asia absorb the

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-3758520600731443152010-04-07T07:49:00.000-07:002010-04-07T08:07:18.475-07:00

Only two weeks left to register for the events at the EPC's April Refining & Petrochemicals Week in Moscow’s Marriott Grand Hotel. Don’t miss the opportunity to attend, register at www.europetro.com now.See below for a brief outline on the events, new exciting additions to the programmes and latest list of attendees.19 April - Workshop: Project Implementation in Russia & CIS - covering the

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-7378238436739657232010-04-01T04:48:00.000-07:002010-04-01T05:08:26.516-07:00

Earth Energy Resources Inc., a Canadian company has been granted a government's approval to launch the very first US oil sands project in a 62 acre pit in Uintah County, Utah.The project would be able to produce 2,000 barrels of oil a day by extracting oil out of sands using a proprietary solvent. Earth Energy requires $35 million to fund the project.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-4020528384782419522010-03-31T06:21:00.000-07:002010-03-31T07:30:16.099-07:00

Reliance is reportedly transporting gasoline into Iran through Petronas. This becomes a dispute as the Indian refiner has previously instructed traders not to transport its gasoline into Iran following President Barack Obama new push toward international sanctions against Iran.Reliance has been seen to be prepared not to become a prime target for US legislators which may result into potential

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-91668023976498590302010-03-11T04:32:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.190-08:00

As expected by analysts what would be a continual strong year for mergers and acquisition activities in 2010 is beginning to unveil when a $11 Billion deal between Texas-based oilfield tech services giant Schlumberger Ltd and Smith International Inc.The merged between the two companies is aimed for access of technical leap to develop unconventional gas plays focusing on shale gas is going to be

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-11521888666153743532010-03-10T05:45:00.000-08:002010-03-10T06:09:55.316-08:00

With the expected upcoming government policy changes to force oil companies to curb greenhouse gas emissions, big oil companies are looking at emerging renewable technologies. Chevron’s latest one-megawatt concentrating solar photovoltaic project in New Mexico, is a testimony of the situation.Chevron will be utilizing technology from Concentrix Solar, whose CPV solar system will be used in the

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-31602346243492478112010-03-09T08:32:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.197-08:00

It is a sign of recovery for the oil and gas outlook where merger’s & acquisition (M&A) value in Upstream oil and gas industry is estimated at $46 billion for the year of 2010. In 2009, this value was catapulted to $153 billion. In 2009, most of the buyers for the M&A came from National Oil Companies representing 50% of all deals greater than $1 billion in 2009 and similar trend is forecasted for

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-71796827139080742102010-03-08T06:09:00.000-08:002010-03-08T06:17:26.202-08:00

Recent technology advancement in drilling techniques has enable bigger oil wells to be developed with faster drilling and lower costs. Such things have turned North Dakota massive oil reserve to be economically able to be tapped. The two miles underground Bakken Shale deposit has been known and tapped on occasion for decades. This year however is entirely new since technological improvements

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-3955141848863254142010-03-07T01:07:00.000-08:002011-11-19T15:44:43.206-08:00

Malaysia's PETRONAS and Proton Holdings Bhd, the national car company are in collaborations to grow its lubricant business.It is expected that the collaboration will amount up to two million litres in the next two to three years.The two companies under the agreement gives Petronas the exclusive rights as Proton partner for all its domestic and global original equipment manufacturered (OEM)

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-63922044932311292722010-02-10T07:43:00.000-08:002010-02-10T07:45:30.738-08:00

Russia Downstream Asset Management Conference – RAMC 2010 20-21 April, Marriott Grand Hotel, Moscow Russia Bottom of the Barrel Technology Conference – Russia BBTC 2010 22–23 April, Marriott Grand Hotel, Moscow Book by this Friday 12 February and save GBP 250 www.europetro.com Just a quick reminder to book your place this week if you haven't already done so. The early

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-37713995321698924832010-02-09T07:39:00.000-08:002010-02-09T07:41:39.778-08:00

Get in-depth insights on PBA, Polycarbonates and Epoxy Resins at the 7th Phenol/ Acetone Derivativeconference. Hear from Kumho P&B Chemicals, Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company and SI Group Indiaas they share insights on: BPA Markets Overview - Impact of legislation against BPA in applications - Demand/supply balance - Sustainability in the long run By: Mr. Jay Baek,

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-23559274942584691912010-02-05T06:33:00.001-08:002010-02-05T07:17:16.536-08:00

Burma’s military government, widely known as Junta is planning to privatize Burma's 50 million oil reserve industry.This following rumours that a meeting between petrol and diesel business and the government was held in Naypyitaw.The Junta government had earlier reduced its subsidy for petrol in the country.

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-28156937379069091922010-02-04T03:55:00.000-08:002010-02-04T06:30:23.143-08:00

China is the world's fastest growing market for phenol and acetone and a key influencer of global phenol and downstream markets.That’s why at 7th Phenol/Acetone & Derivative Markets Conference, we’ve invited a key industry trader to provide in-depth analysis on China’s Phenol & Downstream Market Developments and the future of polycarbonates.Hear from Mr. Li Tian Tong, Manager of Sinochem Jiangsu

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-27443764460166231112010-02-02T04:46:00.000-08:002010-02-02T04:53:45.032-08:00

3 industry experts are weighing in on Coal-to-Chemicals at 7th CTLtec Asia conference in Beijing on 16-17 March 2010!Larry Song, General Manager at Nexant, will kick off the Coal-to-Chemicals focus at the 7th CTLtec Asia conference, with his update on Coal to Chemicals, touching on the latest developments spanning technologies, economics & markets. Also on the agenda are key sessions on: Coal

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-70278489129884465982010-01-30T04:08:00.000-08:002010-01-30T05:57:17.884-08:00

Russian's petrochemical group of companies, Sibur Holding is planning for a worldscale polypropylene plant which will also become the biggest polypropylene complex in Russia. The plant will utilize German's technology company, Linde for building the PP plant. The polypropylene plant will have a nameplate capacity of 500,000 tpa capacity.The PP chemical plant will be located in Tobolsk in the

HMDnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-15918294441721884742010-01-28T06:06:00.000-08:002010-01-28T06:07:07.357-08:00

Prof. Dr. Ami Ben-Amotz has researched marine algae for over 30 years, and served as Head of the Department of Marine Biology at Israel’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), and head of the Head of the Dunaliella Section at the Weitzman Institute of Science at the NIO. Upon his retirement from NIO, Prof. Ben-Amotz founded Seambiotic Ltd., a company devoted to the cultivation of marine

HMDnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2445387965298570036.post-38761930407058587012010-01-27T03:45:00.000-08:002010-01-27T04:45:37.837-08:00

Want to know the latest developments in Vietnam’s rapidly growing Petrochemical industry? Then attend11th Asia Olefins & Polyolefins Market conference where Vietnam’s petrochemical developments will be in the spotlight! Vietnam’s petrochemical industry is very small. However, upcoming projects like PetroVietnam’s petrochemical complex in Dung Quat Economic Zone, the Nghi Son Refinery &

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