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Global ethylene capacity continues advance in 2011

Jul 2, 2012

Global ethylene production capacity moved ahead in 2011 but much more slowly than the record-setting pace for 2010, according to Oil & Gas Journal's latest survey of the industry.

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ACC details US chemical rebound from abundant, affordable gas

May 20, 2013 Abundant, affordable US natural gas supplies resulted in 97 announced chemical and plastics projects totaling $71.7 billion in potential new investment, the American Chemical Council said in a rece...

PROCESS SAFETY—1: Gas conditioning failures show need for design scrutiny

May 6, 2013

Review of certain oil and gas operations offers lessons on process safety to designers of gas conditioning.

Yasref awards Yanbu refinery, petchem contract

Apr 11, 2013 Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co. Ltd. (Yasref) has awarded a 2-year engineering services to SNC-Lavilin Fayez Engineering for the refinery and petrochemical plant under construction at Yanbu on th...

ONGC signs MOU for urea plant in Tripura

Apr 11, 2013 Oil & Natural Gas Corp. of India has signed a memorandum of understanding to enter the urea fertilizer business in a move that would boost development of natural gas it has discovered over the ...

Egyptian derivatives plant to get wastewater treatment plant

Mar 27, 2013

Egyptian Ethylene & Derivatives Co. (Ethydco), Cairo, has let a contract for water treatment at its petroleum derivatives plant in Alexandria to Aquatech, Canonsburg, Pa.

HPCL, Rajasthan sign MOU for refinery

Mar 14, 2013 Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. and the government of the Indian state of Rajasthan have signed a memorandum of understanding envisioning a refinery and petrochemical complex at Barmer, near oil fie...

EPP plans Gulf Coast ethane system

Mar 13, 2013 Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP) said shipper commitments support development of a 270-mile pipeline header system for delivery of ethane to US Gulf Coast petrochemical plants from the company...

2012 ethylene production bounces back; turnarounds in early 2013 to curb output

Mar 4, 2013 With parts of European still struggling with sovereign debt problems and key members of the European Union reconsidering the benefits and disadvantages of further economic and political integration...

Study: Catalyst demand to reach $19.5 billion in 2016

Feb 19, 2013 Global demand for petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and polymerization catalysts will rise 5.8%/year to $19.5 billion in 2016, according to World Catalysts, a new study from the Freedonia Gro...

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