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Honam's next expansion (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Honam Petrochemical's plans for Indonesia appear to be progressing. Company sources told ICIS news yesterday that a feasibility study is underway for a $4-5bn petrochemical complex in Southeast Asia with Indonesia the most likely location. The study...
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
Petchems And The Non-Profit Motive (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John RichardsonAS the US contemplates raising its ethylene capacity by up to 29 percent by 2017, we would be fascinated to know whether the companies involved in these proposed expansions, and the
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...
China set for aromatics expansion (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan China is preparing to bring onstream huge capacities for aromatics this year. Nearly 1.7m tonnes/year of toluene capacity is due to be added, writes Dolly Wu in the latest issue of ICIS Chemical Business. The major projects...
MOVES: Restructure of Petrofina Aromatics Trading Europe
Petrofina has restructured its European aromatics trading team from 1 January 2012, the general manager of the team announced by email to all business contacts on 25 January. Martin Carbonez will be responsible for spot trading on Mixed Xylenes, Para-xylenes,...
The Risks For US Petchems (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson THE US petrochemicals industry might be in danger of being lured into old thinking about the future direction of the global economy as a result of abundant shale gas. Despite the short-term markets gloom which we...
Saudi Gas Costs Head Higher (Asian Chemical Connections)
By John Richardson SAUDI Arabia's petrochemical producers could soon, or may already, be paying $1.50-2.00/mmBTU for their ethane supplies.
More speakers confirmed for 7th ICIS World Olefins Conference
The 7th ICIS Olefins Conference, set for 29 February 2012, has announced some speaker additions to the programme: John Medico, Business Director - Crude C4 & Butadiene at TPC Group will deliver a paper which looks at the North...
MOVES: Michael Peeters joins Vinmar
Michael Peeters, formerly with ExxonMobil, has joined traders Vinmar in January, the company informed the Blog on Monday. Based in Belgium, he will be in the Olefins Europe team, where he will be focussing on crude C4s, butadiene and...
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