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Polymer News On Nov-30-2007

RIL hikes PP, PE and PVC prices

Nov 30, 2007

A short while ago a local source informed the polymerupdate team that Indian petrochemical major Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) ...


EPC contract awarded by PetroVietnam to Hyundai Engineering led consortium for construction of PP plant

Nov 30, 2007

While in conversation with an industry source based in South East Asia, a polymerupdate team member was informed that PetroViet...


Aramco awards contract to Worley parsons for rendering services to its East Coast refinery project

Nov 30, 2007

While in conversation with an industry source based in Saudi Arabia, a polymerupdate team member was told that WorleyParsons ha...


Dubai based trader opines on market trends

Nov 30, 2007

A trader in Dubai while on his weekly holiday today spoke with a polymerupdate team member and said, " sentiments are strong ac...


ACN quotes stable as Asian sellers remain reluctant to drop their rates

Nov 30, 2007

While in conversation this afternoon with an acrylonitrile (ACN)trader a polymerupdate team member was told, “ prices are stabl...


Indian price revisions expected in PP, PE and PVC

Nov 30, 2007

A distributor of an Indian resin producer while in conversation with a polymerupdate team member this afternoon said on conditi...


RIL to carry out investment to the tune of Rs.17,000 crores in oil and gas

Nov 30, 2007

While in conversation with a domestic industry source, a polymerupdate team member was informed that over the next few years Re...


South East Asian prices of PA climb

Nov 30, 2007

Phthalic Anhydride (PA) prices firmed this week on the back of firmer upstream OX prices coupled with good demand across many p...


BPCL Board gives go ahead for 2.5 percent share purchase of OIL from government

Nov 30, 2007

A domestic industry source informed the polymerupdate team a short while ago that the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) had been info...


Buyers concede to improved trend in DOP markets across Asia

Nov 30, 2007

DOP prices firmed in Asia this week. Outlook for December remained bullish as sellers were seen up adjusting their offer prices...


Technip and Wieland to jointly market innovative enhanced heat transfer solutions

Nov 30, 2007

Technip and Wieland have announced that they have entered into an agreement to jointly market innovative enhanced heat transfer...


Prices of 2EH climb in Asia

Nov 30, 2007

Asian availability of 2EH remained constrained this week helping sellers to up adjust their offers. Although volumes were not h...


NBA prices in Asia firm this week

Nov 30, 2007

NBA prices in Asia this week firmed. Limited regional availability coupled with good demand helped sellers take their offers to...


Faulty unit shut down by Formosa Petrochemical

Nov 30, 2007

While in conversation with an industry source based in North East Asia, a polymerupdate team member was told that a mechanical ...


Rs. 5,000 crores to be invested by IOC in Haldia refinery

Nov 30, 2007

A domestic industry source informed the polymerupdate team that Rs.5,000 crores will be invested by state oil major Indian Oil ...


Oil prices rise marginally as fire strikes pipeline linking US and Canada

Nov 30, 2007

Crude prices edged marginally higher on Thursday, reversing the bear run witnessed on Tuesday and Wednesday which saw global pr...


Indian government slashes custom duties on select intermediates

Nov 30, 2007

A domestic industry source informed a polymerupdate team member that the Indian government on Thursday announced a reduction in...


Kraton Polymers LLC Announces Global Product Price Increases

Nov 30, 2007

Throughout 2007, Kraton Polymers continued to experience unprecedented cost increases associated with energy, raw material, pac...


ONGC Videsh Limited wins two exploration blocks in Brazil

Nov 30, 2007

ONGC~s wholly-owned subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) has bagged two blocks in Brazil, viz. deepwater Block 470 in the highly p...


LME Plastics Prices - 29th November, 2007

Nov 30, 2007

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Sisi-Nubi Gas Fields Come on Stream in Indonesia

Nov 30, 2007

Total announced that phase 1 of the Sisi-Nubi gas fields offshore East Kalimantan in Indonesia has come on stream. Lying roughl...


Asian open spec naphtha prices drift lower

Nov 30, 2007

Tracking the weakness in global crude rates recorded a day earlier, Asian open spec naphtha prices ended the day on Thursday do...


Bearish sentiments grip China~s SM markets

Nov 30, 2007

Affected by a series of unfavorable factors including subdued demand from downstream users in the north of China, softer prices...


DOP transactions limited in China~s Guangdong province

Nov 30, 2007

The offers given by DOP plants in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong province in southern China were pegged high above RMB 1480...


MMA markets in China mostly subdued

Nov 30, 2007

The majority of traders based in the MMA market of Shanghai and Jiangsu province in eastern China kept their offers at the leve...


A brief update on the methanol markets across China

Nov 30, 2007

The methanol market of northern China’s Hebei province has witnessed a steady trend through this week. Methanol producers in Sh...


Zhanjiang Xinzhongmei restarts its PS line

Nov 30, 2007

Zhanjiang Xinzhongmei Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. is running two of its GPPS production lines smoothly after startup of the N...


PE prices scale higher in China on the back of tight avails and good demand

Nov 30, 2007

A polymerupdate source in China this morning reported that domestic traders continued to raise their offer prices due to the la...


Local trader comments on open market prices of PP, PE and PVC in Mumbai

Nov 30, 2007

While speaking with a polymerupdate team member last evening, a local trader provided insights on the current ruling prices in ...


VGO unit planned to be shut by Reliance in December

Nov 30, 2007

A domestic industry source informed a polymerupdate team member last evening that Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is in plans...


Basell~s Metocene PP brings high shelf appeal to “Hollywood Sphere” brand chewing gum packaging

Nov 30, 2007

A Basell Metocene, polypropylene resin manufactured with metallocene catalysts has been selected by the European confectionary ...


Open markets of Delhi record price rise

Nov 30, 2007

While conversing with a polymerupdate team member last evening, a local trader provided a brief on the current offer prices in ...


Dow Epoxy Completes Systems Acquisitions

Nov 30, 2007

Dow Epoxy, a global business unit of The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates, announced yesterday that it has completed the...


NOVA Chemicals describes impact of INEOS NOVA announcements

Nov 30, 2007

NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced on Thursday, further progress by the INEOS NOVA styrenics joint venture toward the target ...


INEOS NOVA announces plans to shut down Belpre polystyrene facility

Nov 30, 2007

INEOS NOVA announced yesterday that it plans to permanently shut down its Belpre, Ohio, polystyrene facility by January 31, 200...


Basell to acquire Solvay Engineered Polymers, Inc.

Nov 30, 2007

Basell, the global leader in advanced polyolefins, announced yesterday that it has signed a definitive agreement with Solvay by...