Blogs
Methanol moves (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Recent moves by methanol majors to boost their capacities have caught the blog's attention. Sabic's chief financial officer Mutlaq al-Morished disclosed at a press conference yesterday in Dubai that the company is in talks for a methanol...
Solvent Replacement: The need to change solvent either from a reaction solvent to a crystallizing
<p><span lang="EN-CA"><font face="Arial"color="#808080"size="4"><span lang="EN-CA"><font face="Arial"color="#808080"size="4"><strong>The need for solvent exchanges</strong></font></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-CA"><font face="Arial"color="#808080"size="4">The need for solvent exchanges
Methanol set for a strong year (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Chinese methanol demand growth in 2011 has beaten expectations thanks to rising requirement from the gasoline blending and methanol-to-olefins (MTO)/methanol-to-propylene (MTP) segments. Demand last year is estimated to have expanded by an impressive 30% to reach 26m...
Fresh US sanctions to target Iran petchems (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan The US is looking to introduce fresh measures targeted at the petrochemicals industry. The specifics of the new sanctions are not yet available but the goal, says this report, is to bar foreign companies from doing business...
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...
Speculation Drives China Methanol (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan Methanol continues to be an exception to the general weakness seen in Asian petrochemical markets. Spot prices have crossed $410/tonne in the important China market and could remain firm for the rest of the year. Prices have...
China's methanol economy (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan China is well set to take on an even larger role in the global methanol industry. The country already accounts for a little over 40% of demand and its share is set to expand rapidly in the...
Methanol stays strong, but for how long? (Asian Chemical Connections)
By Malini Hariharan The doom and gloom affecting many segments of the petrochemical industry has yet to reach methanol. Asian spot prices have been stable since January and have hovered in the $340-350/tonne range during the last three months. Methanol...
Libya's ethylene, propylene, methanol export position (Chemicals & The Economy)
Uncertainty over the Libyan situation is raising questions over the potential impact to its exports. The blog's IeC colleague, Bob Townsend, has therefore done a quick analysis of the 3 main products that might be impacted - ethylene and propylene...
Libya's ethylene, propylene, methanol export position
Uncertainty over the Libyan situation is raising questions over the potential impact to its exports.
