07.09.2011
- Case Study - At Total Petrochemicals polyethylene production plant in Antwerp, the facility wanted to find a way to increase its reliability and stability at the plant. At issue...
11.07.2011
- Asia's naphtha price was at a five-week high on Friday while cracks slipped to end the week at a two-session low, snapping gains that lasted for five straight sessions. Bears said...
28.06.2011
- Asia's naphtha price fell to its lowest in five months on Monday, while cracks hit a near two-week low as ample supplies remained an issue for sellers. The weak fundamentals were...
03.06.2011
- Formosa Petrochemical said it may reschedule maintenance at the largest of its three naphtha crackers to second-half August from early September if some downstream units are shut...
13.04.2011
- Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector fell 10% in March from the same month a year earlier, government figures showed on Wednesday, reflecting the impact of last...
07.04.2011
- Japanese ethylene production rose 0.1% in March from the same month a year earlier, although some plants were shut after the March 11 earthquake, government data showed on Thursday...
29.03.2011
- Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan said on Tuesday it shut the naphtha cracker at its Chiba plant, east of Tokyo, on Sunday for maintenance, a little earlier than its original plan...
18.03.2011
- LG Chem started a 30-day maintenance shutdown at its 800,000 ton per year (tpy) naphtha cracker on Thursday to raise its capacity by 100,000 tons, bringing its total capacity to 1...
