Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'PET'
PX Goes Green
By Malini Hariharan Work on commercialising a green route to paraxylene (PX) purified terphthalic acid (PTA) and other aromatics is speeding up. US companies are at the forefront of recent developments. Virent is looking to produce a sugar-based aromatics stream...
The slow trek downstream
By Malini Hariharan Nearly two years after SABIC and ExxonMobil signed an agreement for a multi-billion dollar 50:50 joint-venture elastomers complex iin Saudi Arabia, the two majors have yet to take a final decision on the project. At last year's GPCA...
Petchem markets on a bull run
By Malini Hariharan The Chinese are back from their holidays and they are buying. This coupled with supply constraints and firm crude prices is fuelling a surge in petrochemical prices. Paraxylene (PX) prices hit a 2-year high this week on...
Moving down the value chain
By Malini Hariharan More details have emerged on Petro Rabigh's second phase which conforms to Saudi Arabia's product diversification strategy. The Kingdom is steadily expanding its presence in the aromatics chain and Petro Rabigh's plans include 800,000-850,000 tonnes/year of paraxylene...
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