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Petrochemicals

A Schulman to buy Ferro specialty plastics assets

The specialty plastics assets included in the pending transaction achieved sales of $154 million in 2013, with approximately two-thirds of these revenues generated in the US.

US chemical council unveils annual environmental, safety award winners

"These four companies epitomize the chemical industry's commitment to a safer, more sustainable future," said ACC president Cal Dooley. "Each company has demonstrated exemplary achievements in environmental performance, worker safety and the health and well-being of the communities in which they operate."

Brenntag acquires Philchem to bolster US chemical supply chain solutions

Philchem is specialized in managing individual supply and demand imbalances in selected product groups utilizing long term relationships with key suppliers and an excellent logistics expertise.

Linde, Siluria partner on ethylene technologies

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

Linde will license an optimized and integrated package to petrochemical producers for revamps or expansions at existing ethylene plants and for new world-scale plants.

Univar, Juffali form Saudi chemicals distribution JV

The joint venture between Univar and E.A. Juffali helps both companies grow their global presence, giving Univar critical access to markets across the Middle East to better serve their customers.

Improve performance of exchangers in quench-water services

Wieland-Werke AG: Lang, T.  |  El-Hajal, J.
Technip: Provost, J.

Dual-enhanced (DE) tubes are widely used in shell-and-tube heat exchangers (HEXs) in a range of industries. They have become a standard in multiple clean services for the hydrocarbon processing indust..

A chemist’s perspective on organic fouling in ethylene operations

Nalco Champion: Hancock, J. M.
SABIC Technology & Innovation: Van Zijl, A. W.  |  Robson, I.  |  Vachon, J.  |  Hashmi, A.

Since organic fouling cannot be completely eliminated, ethylene producers must use operational, chemical and mechanical methods to minimize heat transfer losses and equipment downtime.

HP Petrochemicals: Future vehicle design will need collaboration among HPI and auto manufacturers

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

The US automotive market is under stress to meet new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) targets of 50 mpg for 2025 model vehicles. The tighter fuel specifications will bring together automobile man..

HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: US methanol—the resurgence of an industry

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The latest resurgence of the US petrochemical industry is reflected in the planned construction of new ethylene and methanol (MeOH) capacities throughout the country.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Chemical companies honored with energy efficiency awardsThe American Chemistry Council (ACC) honored 16 of its member companies for implementing energy-efficiency improvements in 2013. The ACC present..