Journals By Industry - Chemicals

Osaka, Feb 9, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - HuMANDATA LTD, a manufacturer of various FPGA/CPLD boards in Japan, today released XP68-03-LX45, a new PLCC FPGA module powered by Xilinx Inc.'s Spartan-6 FPGA (XC6SLX45-2CSG324C)....

Tokyo, Feb 9, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Robert Walters PLC (LSE: RWA) announces today the appointments of Lanis Yarzab and Rachna Ratra to divisional Directors for their recruitment operations in Japan. With...

Tokyo, Feb 8, 2012 - (JCN) - Mitsui Chemicals Inc. will be increasing by 1,000 tons its hydroquinone production at its Iwakuni-Ohtake Works facility. The expansion is in line with the growing demand...

International Environmental Support in Collaborative Research Project with NEDO Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it is using ICT to provide support in resolving environmental problems in...

Tokyo, Jan 20, 2012 - (JCN) - Toyo Engineering & Construction Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation, has been awarded a contract to build a bioethanol production facility with a...

Tokyo, Jan 25, 2012 - (JCN) - Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) has been awarded a contract for a caprolactam plant for DSM Nanjing Chemical Company, Ltd. (DNCC), which is a joint venture company...

Tokyo, Feb 7, 2012 - (JCN) - Teijin Ltd has developed a highly innovative separator for lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries using a fluorine-based coating, enabling the company to achieve superior heat resistance and...

The state's Omani Centre for Investment Promotion & Export Development (OCIPED) has proposed a plant to produce 100,000 t/y of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins and 85,000 t/y of hydrochloric acid, among its several...

PDO produces the bulk of Oman's associated gas. Its output is being utilised for domestic consumption and re-injection into the oilfields. PDO produces non-associated gas from Yibal and Lekhwair. The government takes a...

On Jan. 22, 2007, BP signed with the MOG an EPSA for two onshore fields in central Oman with 30 TCF of tight gas. The EPSA covers Block-61, an area of 2,800 sq...

Petroleum Development Oman: PDO is owned 60% by the Omani government, 34% by Shell which is the technical manager, 4% by Total and 2% by Partex. The Shell-led foreign partners in PDO in...

Iraq's crude oil output in 2012 is set to average 3.4m b/d, including 175,000 b/d from Kurdistan. With oil accounting for almost all Iraqi state income, Baghdad is preparing to become the world's...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

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...

Under a JV agreement signed in Muscat on May 28, 2005, OORC and the industrial gases giant Air Liquide of France have established Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases LLC (Alsig). ORPC and the...

As a result of a growing number of industries setting up in Sohar, Muscat in 2008 created of a new economic zone in Sohar. It had already attracted a number of projects to...

The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...

On April 20, 2005, the Maharshi Shivatreya tanker left for India, loaded with the first shipment of ammonia from Oman India Fertiliser Co. (Omifco). The consignment was significant given Omifco's protracted gestation period....

Methanol Holding Int'l (50%), MAN Ferrostaal of Germany (20%) and Omzest (30%) are grouped in Oman Methanol Co. (OMC) which has a 3,000 t/d methanol plant built in Sohar in late 2007. Instead...