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China coal to benzene threatens

With naphtha prices so high, heavy aromatics and pygas feedstock for producing benzene are not only expensive but are also in tight supply due to operating rate cutbacks. Longer term also, as we've already discussed here, there are major doubts over...

Published 20 Jan 2008 13:47 by Asian Chemical Connections

Filed under: China, technology, aromatics, Projects, Oil & Gas, Markets, Naphtha & other feedstocks
Barauni beckons

State-owned IOC and Gail appear to have been drawn into yet another futile petrochemical project by politicians. This time it is in Barauni, Bihar. IOC operates a 6m tonnes/year refinery at Barauni but this is unlikely to yield sufficient feedstock for...

Published 25 Jan 2008 12:23 by India Chemicals Blog

Filed under: Companies, Refining, Petrochemicals, GAIL, Government Policy, IOC, refinery, Bihar, Barauni
UK Parliamentary podcast on biofuels

The British Parliament has discovered pod casting and has decided to make biofuels the subject of its first trial podcast . Cheers Isabel Read More...

Published 29 Jan 2008 16:00 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Podcast, UK, biofuels, Parliament
Will Dow ever crack India?

The two big gaps in the US major's Asian presence (and gaping gaps they indeed are) are cracker complexes in India and China. China could be fixed through the alliance with PIC - meaning, Dow has leverage to get a license to build a naphtha cracker...

Published 9 Jan 2008 13:56 by Asian Chemical Connections

Filed under: China, Environment, technology, India, Olefins, Naphtha & other feedstocks
How dependent is Chinese growth on the US?

According to this article from The Economist , total China exports account for less than 10% of China's GDP when "value add" is stripped out - much less than the headline 40% figure for 2007, which includes imported and domestic inputs....

Published 9 Jan 2008 1:24 by Asian Chemical Connections

Filed under: Economics, China, Business, Singapore, US recession, export dependency, China economy
UN FAO has more doubts about biofuels

Over on Greenbang , there's an interesting comment on the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's latest thoughts on biofuels and the spike they are causing in agricultural commodity prices. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIipI7rsh-IaoutsJKgAmzG5Mh0gD8UBKQ6O1...

Published 25 Jan 2008 10:39 by The Big Biofuels Blog

Filed under: Agriculture, price, Corn, human, FAO, rights, UN

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