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Supply shortages drive olefin market profitability (Chemicals & The Economy)
The above chart would have seemed unbelievable at any time in the past 30 years. It shows the performance of propylene and butadiene relative to ethylene. Not because it shows butadiene prices racing ahead relative to ethylene (green line). This...
A Question from the LinkedIn Organic Process Research & Development Group that Fosters
< span > < span style= " font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small " > A question was asked at the LinkedIn Organic Process Research & amp; Development Networking Group < /span > < /span > < a href= " http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view= & amp;srchtype=discussedNews & amp;gid=1902030 &
Confidence Is Often Relative (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson CONFIDENCE can be very relative. So, compared with late Q4 last year when global cracker and derivatives markets ground to a virtual halt, perhaps it was inevitable that January would see some kind of rebound in the...
An Exercise in Creative Process Development Problem solving | kilomentor
< p class= " summary " style= " margin: auto 0cm " > < span > < span style= " font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small " > A question was asked at the LinkedIn Organic Process Research & amp; Development Networking Group < /span > < /span > < /p > < span > < span style= " font-family: Times
Coskata looking at bio-propylene
The blog normally does not cover IPOs (initial public offerings) filed by biofuel companies given that there are so many biofuel companies out there. But the one thing that caught the green blog's attention in their $100m IPO announcement is...
How thinking about Separating Acetic acid and Acetic Anhydride can sharpen our Chemical Process
< span > < span style= " font-family: Calibri; font-size: small " > Ganesh Wagh in the Chemical Process Development Group on LinkedIn asked the question, & ldquo;What is the best way to separate a mixture of 60% acetic anhydride and 40% acetic acid to recover the acetic anhydride? & rdquo; This
European ethylene volumes at decade lows (Chemicals & The Economy)
Europe's cracker operators are heading into a crisis, again, for the 2nd time in 3 years. The chart above, based on official APPE data, compares quarterly ethylene volumes since 2000. It shows: • 2011's total Q1-Q3 volume of 15.2MT was...
A quick recovery for butadiene (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Asian butadiene prices are once again on their way up, rising over 20% in the last two weeks. Prices last week were at $1,900/tonne cfr Northeast Asia, up from a low of $1,500-1,600/tonne cfr Northeast Asia in...
US And Europe Polyolefins Raise Exports (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson in Houston, Texas DESPERATELY weak polyolefin demand in both the US and Europe is resulting in an increased focus on export markets. The US market appears to be in particularly severe distress with, as we discussed last...
China looks for LPG (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan The blog has been trying to get more information on what's driving Chinese interest in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-based petrochemical projects. Plans for eight propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants have already been announced and more could be in...
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