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US OLEFINS: FIRST-HALF 2012—Heavy turnaround activity pushed ethylene production to 3-year low
Sep 3, 2012
Microeconomic factors (downtime for turnarounds and trends in production costs from heavy feeds, for example) rather than macroeconomic trends during first-half 2012 were more important influences on short-term trends in US ethylene production and profitability, as was the case during second-half 2011. |
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AFPM Q&A—2: Annual conference highlights FCC problems, solutions
Sep 3, 2012
Fluid catalytic cracking was the focus of extensive questions and discussion at the 2011 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers's Q&A and Technology Forum, Oct. 9-12, San Antonio. |
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Petrobras plans gas-based petrochem complex
Aug 23, 2012
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) let a contract to a unit of Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering & Construction Group for work on a large, grassroots petrochemical complex in southeastern Brazil. |
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Methanex aids Magallanes gas exploration in Chile
Aug 15, 2012
Methanex Corp., Vancouver, BC, said it has a primary goal to progressively increase methanol production in Chile with natural gas from suppliers in southern Chile as its Argentina gas supply declines. |
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Petronas lets contract for RAPID project
Jul 13, 2012
State-owned Petronas awarded a contract to CB&I for the license and engineering design work for five petrochemicals units. |
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GUIDE TO WORLD CRUDES: Statoil updates Grane crude oil assay
Jul 2, 2012
Statoil conducted a commercial assay of Grane crude oil from a sample taken Mar. 18, 2012. |
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International survey of ethylene from steam crackers
Jul 2, 2012
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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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ExxonMobil plans expansion at Baytown petrochemical complex
Jun 5, 2012
ExxonMobil Corp. reported plans for a major expansion at its Baytown, Tex., refining and petrochemical complex just east of Houston. |
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Frac-fluid recipes threaten to become pressure points in benzene litigation
Jun 4, 2012
New requirements for disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing create a very real danger that frac-fluid recipes could become a major issue in personal injury lawsuits, particularly litigation alleging disease from benzene exposure. |
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GAIL selects Axens technology for petchem plant
May 29, 2012
GAIL (India) Ltd. will build a new ethylene dimerization unit at Pata, using Axens’ AlphaButol technology. The unit will have production capacity of 20,000 tonnes/year of high purity 1-butene. |
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Paraxylene plant nears completion in Algeria
May 24, 2012
Naftec SPA, a unit of Sonatrach, is nearing mechanical completion on a paraxylene production plant in Skikda, Algeria, according to technology licensor GTC Technology, Houston. |
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Old Ocean, Tex., picked for PE plants
May 2, 2012
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP has selected a site at Old Ocean, Tex., near its Sweeny petrochemical complex for two new polyethylene plants with capacities of 1.1 billion lb/year each. |
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Aromatics plant due at Abu Dhabi site
May 1, 2012
Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Co. has let a contract to Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering & Construction Group covering production management consultancy services for an aromatics complex at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. |
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Dow plans Texas ethylene plant based on shale gas
Apr 30, 2012
Dow Chemical Co. announced plans to build a 1.5-million tonne/year ethylene plant at its Texas operations in Freeport under a strategy reported a year ago of integrating US operations with feedstocks available from increasing production of natural gas from shales. |
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