ICIS Blogs : gas

Students still love IT

India Chemicals Blog — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:08:01 GMT

Indian information technology (IT) companies may no longer be queuing up at campuses for fresh graduates but engineering students continue to rank this sector above all others, according to the latest Nielsen Campus Track T-Schools study . Chemicals,...(read more)

Ladies still run, despite Charlie's move to energy

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:30:32 GMT

Charlie Shaw, formerly of ICIS pricing, and now covering European gas and power markets for ICIS Heren, finds that his new vocation falls short in terms of turning him into a babe-magnet ... In my petrochemical reporting days, I would find myself trying...(read more)

Top Chemical Adverts No. 6 - BP at Heathrow

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:02:47 GMT

I've just seen these BP billboard ads all over London's Heathrow airport. Click here to view the campaign. It seems that the campaign has also won Greenpeace's Emerald Paintbrush Award , and that Greenpeace has created its own spoof advert...(read more)

ICIS Heren's Ed Cox quoted in Independent

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:09:08 GMT

Our own Ed Cox is quoted in today's Independent on gas prices in the UK, in an article titled " Britain feels the chill as wholesale gas prices soar ." Edward Cox, deputy editor of ICIS Heren's European Spot Gas Market, said British...(read more)

Gazprom's Russian charm offensive

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:22 GMT

Ed Cox enjoys some Russian hospitality at a Gazprom press conference ... Last week I was exposed to the mighty force of the Russian - or should I say Gazprom - marketing machine in my quest to keep on top of the latest episode in the dispute with Ukraine...(read more)

October green chems

Green Chemicals — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:32:51 GMT

I'm having a little difficulty finding newly launched green chemicals from last month. Could it be that some of the laboratories are taking a break? Or maybe companies are a little bit prudent these days in launching new products. We'll just wait...(read more)

Fischer-Tropsch online resource

The Big Biofuels Blog — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:18:29 GMT

I've just come across a resource on line for people who are interested in gas to liquids technology developed by Fischer and Tropsch . You might like it if you're into pyrolysis as a first step to produce gas from biomass. Read More......(read more)

A corny car

The Big Biofuels Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:55:50 GMT

Sue, my colleague, found this picture of a corn built car on the Gas 2.0 blog in a post about Dow Chemical and Ford Motor Co and the future of fuels and motoring. Read More......(read more)

Reliance pumps oil

India Chemicals Blog — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:57:55 GMT

It is finally here. After years of waiting and rumours of delays Reliance Industries has finally started pumping oil from its massive KG-D6 block of the Krishna Godavari basin. Initially about 5,000 bbls/day of crude is being pumped out although the plan...(read more)

Put your trust in foreign parts

ICIS Chemicals Confidential — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:29:32 GMT

Ed Cox thinks we need to change our attitudes towards the gas industry and even football ... Did you know that energy markets have a lot in common with football (he writes)? Yes, I believe that Premiership football in England shares more than a little...(read more)

Icy oil and gas coming soon

Green Chemicals — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:32:07 GMT

It seems that producible quantities of oil and gas can be found in the Dreki area of Iceland (in the Atlantic, northeast of Iceland on the Jan Mayen Ridge, between Iceland and Jan Mayen Island), and the Icelandic government is inviting experts and specialist...(read more)

Catalyst break through for biofuels

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:44:43 GMT

The Ames Laboratory (at the US Department of Energy) and Iowa State University recently published a press release claiming that it should be possible to produce ethanol from all types of carbon-based biomass. This is reported on Senter Novem . The key...(read more)

Holiday time for me

The Big Biofuels Blog — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:09:24 GMT

I'm off on annual leave on 1 August returning to the office on 18 August. I'll be travelling irritatingly slowly up the UK motorway system in an attempt not to have to refill the car any more than I can manage. At £1.18 litre ($8.93/us gal) even...(read more)

Ineos goes down the Fischer-Tropsch route to ethanol from municipal waste

The Big Biofuels Blog — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:26:46 GMT

Ineos goes down the Fischer-Tropsch route to ethanol from municipal waste, according to a press release from the company, reported on ICIS news and in newspapers like the Times today . I like this technology, as you'll know by now and I think that...(read more)

US offshore drilling un-banned

Green Chemicals — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:30:57 GMT

Just saw this news from ICIS that President Bush is lifting an executive ban on offshore drilling that has long stood since his dad was president. The presidential offshore development ban was put in place by the first President Bush in 1990 while Congress...(read more)