petrochemical

Saudi Arabia hikes ethane prices; Westlake to expand US ethylene unit

Jan 13, 2016

Petrochemicals news you need to know.

Early plant monitoring lowers risk of soaring repair costs

Dec 16, 2015

Repairing broken equipment and functional failures at petrochemical plants could cost companies as much as 20 times more than fixing defects and operational deficiencies early during process operations, according to a reliability and integrity manager at one...

Asia triples demand for US propane; Arabian Gulf raises petchems exports

Nov 26, 2015

Petrochemicals news you need to know.

US Southeast port services expand for polyethylene export hike

Nov 3, 2015

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...

Plant builders use design-stage data tools to offset impact of tight skills market

Sep 30, 2015

Design-stage innovations such as three-dimensional isometric projections delivering extra detail to field craft are improving schedule performances and reducing the cost of major US capital projects, according to John Fish, director - Project Support Services...

Houston tanker queues grow; India’s Bharat eyes US ethane; Total plans new Texan cracker

Sep 30, 2015

Petrochemicals news you need to know.

Below par US capital projects provide warning to petchems developers

Jul 27, 2015

Almost two thirds of the major capital projects in the United States do not meet their budgets and schedules, and most industry executives are not happy with the performance of their systems, according to Brett Schroeder, managing director of strategic...

Sasol’s Louisiana project controls capex via patchwork of supply, labor contracts

Jun 25, 2015

The near 50% drop in the crude oil price since mid-2014 has not delayed Sasol’s petrochemical construction projects in the United States “one single bit,” according to Rob Clark, vice president-project director, US Mega Projects at Sasol.

US Gulf Coast growth tests port tank capacity, local transport links

Jun 25, 2015

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.

Gulf region set for 5% petchems growth as downstream attracts funds

May 26, 2015

The chemical production capacity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will jump from 147 million tonnes a year in 2014 to about 198.6 million tonnes in 2020, Abdulwahab Al-Sadoun, secretary general of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals...

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