Japan's naphtha imports for ethylene production in November fell against a year earlier for the third consecutive month, reflecting lower ethylene output and the rising use of butane as an alternative feedstock.
News ID: 7996 Publish Date : 2019/12/17
Several naphtha-based crackers throughout Asia-Pacific are considering cutting their operating rates as margin losses deepen.
News ID: 7983 Publish Date : 2019/12/16
South Korea's S-Oil has settled its first term 2020 paraxylene (PX) contract, which includes an Argus cfr Taiwan/China component, with China's Shenghong Petrochemical.
News ID: 7982 Publish Date : 2019/12/16
The Indian government has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, UAE and Singapore.
News ID: 7951 Publish Date : 2019/12/13
Colombia's high administrative court ordered coal miner Drummond to halt coal bed methane (CBM) gas production.
News ID: 7946 Publish Date : 2019/12/13
Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Octavino Alimudin said that his country is eager to have stronger economic ties with Iran, adding that to boost trade ties, Jakarta has eased visa-issuance process for Iranian traders and businesspeople.
News ID: 7936 Publish Date : 2019/12/13
Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company (STPC) in South of Iran announced that its output peaked to record levels in the past 8.5 months (March, 21- December 6), highlighting that the plant is going to increase its production with adding new units and technologies.
News ID: 7935 Publish Date : 2019/12/14
Iran exports 8 million tonnes of methanol in a year, which the US has been unable to affect, despite all claims of American officials.
News ID: 7920 Publish Date : 2019/12/11
A series of cracker turnarounds in southeast Asia during next year's first quarter will tighten ethylene and propylene supplies, potentially lending support to current weak sentiment in the olefins market
News ID: 7907 Publish Date : 2019/12/11
Iran’s Noori Petrochemical Plant announced that its output records are higher than the set goals, adding that 60% of its production in the last 8.5 months have been exported.
News ID: 7888 Publish Date : 2019/12/10
Malaysia's state-owned Petronas is expected to be commercially ready with polymers output from its Pengerang complex by next year's first quarter.
News ID: 7806 Publish Date : 2019/12/06
Bolivia's interim government is hoping to salvage a commercial agreement with Russian fertilizer giant Acron to produce and distribute urea in Brazil.
News ID: 7799 Publish Date : 2019/12/06
Drivers in Mexico are using high concentrations of ethanol in their tanks as a direct, cheaper substitute of gasoline despite blends over 10pc being illegal, conventional fuel retailers said.
News ID: 7750 Publish Date : 2019/12/04
Load and unload operations for petrochemical and other oil-product cargoes have surged by almost a third in one month at the Iranian ports, indicating that the country has managed to find a way around the US unilateral sanctions which were supposed to paralyze Tehran’s economy.
News ID: 7717 Publish Date : 2019/12/03
Iran is planning to indigenize the equipment needed for the manufacturing of downstream petrochemical industries, an industrial official announced.
News ID: 7705 Publish Date : 2019/12/02
Chinese petrochemicals firm China Luxi Chemical has achieved on-specification production at its new olefins plant in Liaocheng, Shandong province.
News ID: 7697 Publish Date : 2019/12/02
Iran Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exports Union (OPEX) is going to hold the first international exhibition of Iranian oil, gas and petrochemical industries downstream sector (Intl. Iran Downstream Show) during February 2-4, 2020 at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds.
News ID: 7682 Publish Date : 2019/11/27
Head of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said the country’s petrochemical production capacity is going to double by the end of Iranian calendar year of 1404 (March 2026), IRIB reported.
News ID: 7666 Publish Date : 2019/12/01
High-density polyethylene (PE) prices in Vietnam are under increased pressure from new supplies from the US.
News ID: 7615 Publish Date : 2019/11/29
Negotiations for the December paraxylene (PX) Asia Contract Price (ACP) have fallen apart, marking the ninth time the benchmark has failed to settle this year.
News ID: 7614 Publish Date : 2019/11/29
