Journals By Industry - Aromatics

ORPC has two refineries - one in the port of Mina al-Fahal with a capacity of 106,000 b/d, and the other in Sohar, 116,400 b/d. The Mina al-Fahal plant meets the bulk of...

The State-owned Oman Gas Co. (OGC) has expanded its gas network with a pipeline tying the Nimr field to Salalah on the south-western coast. The MOG has said domestic demand for natural gas...

LONDON -- The global cyclohexane industry growth is highly dependent on the total growth of various end-use markets in the developing countries like China, India and Saudi Arabia. The Chinese market is set...

HOUSTON -- Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) issued the following statement on Georgia Gulf Corporation's (NYSE: GGC) rejection of Westlake's proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf for $30.00 per share in cash and its...

SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here are some of the top stories from ICIS Asia and the Middle East for the week ended 13 January 2012 (Please click on the link to read the full text) [1]OUTLOOK...

Movement on other four of Echem's projects, supposed to begin from the first quarter of 2011, was halted because of the revolution. This means completion of all the four plants will be delayed...

ATLANTA -- Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) announced today that its Board of Directors has rejected Westlake Chemical Corporation's unsolicited proposal to acquire Georgia Gulf for $30.00 per share. "The Georgia Gulf Board...

The first phase of EPC's complex at Ameriya came on stream in early 1986. A $700m second phase involving public sector banks and insurance firms as partners of EPC came on stream in...

ATLANTA -- Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE: GGC) today announced that the Company has adopted a stockholder rights plan. The plan was adopted following Georgia Gulf's rejection of Westlake Chemical Corporation's $30.00 per share...

Under an agreement signed on Feb. 11, 2008, Echem and the Italian industrial conglomerate Tecnimont have set up a JV in Egypt to offer project management (PMC) and engineering services. Shareholders in this...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5ccd19/styrene_global_mar) has announced the addition of the "Styrene Global Markets to 2020 - Substitution of Polystyrene by Polypropylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate to Impact Growth in Developed Regions" report...

QUINCY, Mass. -- Myriant Corporation announced today that Werner Praetorius, Ph.D., former global executive at BASF SE , the world's leading chemicals company, joined Myriant's Strategic Advisory Board. Dr. Praetorius, whose career spanned...

US Wesley Busch Houston Several factors could affect the US styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) market in 2012. These include feedstock cost movements, global supply-demand fundamentals, the global economic outlook and US politics. The...

New facility to come on stream in third quarter following delayed Dragon PX project China's Xianglu Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Xianglu Tenglong Group, plans to expand its purified terephthalic acid (PTA) capacity by...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/70e6bc/kazakhstan_and_uzb) has announced the addition of the "Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Petrochemicals Report 2012" report to their offering. Kazakhstan's vast oil and gas resources reflect latent potential for rapid...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e714ce/vietnam_petrochemi) has announced the addition of the "Vietnam Petrochemicals Report 2012" report to their offering. Additional refinery capacity is set to move Vietnam towards self-sufficiency in refined products,...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ac4322/asia_pacific_styre) has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Asia Pacific Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Industry Outlook to 2015 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts...

Global figures to rise in first few months of new year because of high polyester fiber demand Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices are positioned to gradually rise, following an expected seasonal increase in polyester...

Americas PET prices may firm in Q1 HOUSTON (ICIS)--North and South American polyethylene terephthalate (PET) prices are expected to firm through the first quarter of 2012, following a decline in resin and feedstock...