U.S. ammonia producers that supply farmers and industry, and that enjoyed strong pricing after the start in early 2022 of The Russia-Ukraine war that sent prices for natural gas, the key...
The current flow of empty containers out of Houston will not meet the projected growth in containerized exports of plastic resins and other petrochemical products on the US Gulf Coast unless ocean and rail carriers plan to ship more empty boxes to where...
There are favorable economics for the export of US ethane and polyethylene in the short and medium term, but producers must optimize shipping strategies and costs in an increasingly competitive polyethylene market, according to Geir Olafsen, managing director...
Southeast ports such as the Port of Charleston and the Port of Savannah are preparing to receive a larger share of the growing market for US polyethylene exports to Europe, spurred by the upcoming expansion of ethylene production in North America, port...
The major expansion of the Panama Canal by 2016 will open up new opportunities for US producers to move plastics to Asia faster and more cheaply as the Port of Houston and other Gulf Coast ports ramp up exports of petrochemicals due to a massive wave of new...
The busy Port of Houston expects at least 270,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of new plastics export business to develop between 2016 and 2019 as new petrochemicals capacity comes online.
The Canadian plastics and chemical company plans to increase and diversify its ethane supplies, upgrade its existing crackers in Canada, and build a new world-scale LLDPE unit, a NOVA senior executive says.
