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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Chemical industry conversations</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/363.aspx</link><description>Have your say about what's happening in the chemical industry. </description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Re: How sustainable is the aromatics chain in the face of high oil costs?</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1296.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:56:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1296</guid><dc:creator>Dandini</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1296.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1296</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;What does the future hold for aromatics? More plant closures downstream of styrene, and maybe some older styrene units in Europe will close in the next couple of years. They certainly should, but everyone has been saying that for years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>How sustainable is the aromatics chain in the face of high oil costs?</title><link>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1242.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:31:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e774857-1e25-4730-bdb9-310c4492ad3b:1242</guid><dc:creator>Carothers</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/thread/1242.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.icis.com/icisconnect/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=363&amp;PostID=1242</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;font size="2"&gt;Crude oil isn’t letting up and there are fears as to the sustainability of the aromatics value chain, especially in an environment of weak end-product demand. &lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;
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