Americas
Bahamas oil terminals restart after Hurricane Irene
Buckeye Partners initiated start up procedures on Friday at BORCO, its marine terminal in the Bahamas, following the passage of Hurricane Irene. Buckeye had suspended operations at the terminal on Wednesday night as part of its preparations to secure the facility for Irene.
A Schulman to close US engineered plastics plant
Citing an uncertain economy, A Schulman plans to close its engineered plastics plant in Nashville, Tennessee, and consolidate manufacturing to its remaining North American manufacturing sites, the US-based compounder said on Thursday.
Cabot divests supermetals business for $400mn
US-based specialty chemicals and performance materials firm Cabot has agreed to sell its Supermetals business to Global Advanced Metals (GAM) for a minimum of $400 million in total cash consideration, company officials announced on Thursday.
OGT plans October seminar for gas treating issues
Optimized Gas Treating (OGT), developer of the gas-treating process-simulation model ProTreat, will host a workshop-seminar examining complex issues in gas treating. The seminar will be held on Oct. 17-19 in Houston.
Petrochemical demand on decline amid soft global economy - report
Prices for petrochemicals, used as the raw materials for many intermediates, derivatives and downstream chemicals, declined in July, representing the first decrease in 10 months, according to a report issued Wednesday by Fitch Ratings.
Air Products starts electronic materials R&D plan with China university
Air Products initiated a joint research and development (R&D) project with the sustainable energy laboratory of the China University of Geosciences Wuhan to accelerate the development of materials for the microelectronics industry.
Albemarle to produce renewable base oils for Amyris, Cosan JV
US specialty chemicals producer Albemarle has agreed to supply base oils to Novvi, a joint venture between Amyris and Cosan focused on the development, production, marketing and distribution of renewable base oils from Biofene, Amyris' renewable farnesene.
US DOE pushes for widespread electric vehicle use
The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched two online tools designed to help communities better prepare for widespread adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs). The DOE said it developed a template to help local governments design permits for residential EV charger installations and accelerate the approval process.
US raises outlook for Marcellus Shale gas recovery
The Marcellus Shale contains about 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.4 billion bbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids according to a new assessment by the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Zeon Chemicals picks KBR for construction of nitrile rubber expansion in Texas
KBR was awarded a contract by Zeon Chemicals to provide construction management and construction services for its nitrile rubber plant expansion project in Pasadena, Texas.
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