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  • The big challenges

    As delegates gather for this year's European Petrochemical Association meeting in the unreal world of Monaco (unrealf or 99.9 per cent recurring of us), I thought it was worth summarising some of the issues discussed on this blog over the last few months. We've dealt with: *Oil-price volatility...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-27-2008

  • The search for more basic petrochemicals

    Very interesting speech from Alan Kirkley, Vice President of Strategy and Portfolio for Shell Chemicals, which first of all goes over the predictable ground of where we are in the cycle and the threat from the Middle East. However, he then makes the valid point - which I made earlier this week - that...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-10-2008

  • History will surely repeat itself

    The mood at the recent NPRA International Petrochemical Conference in San Antonio, Texas, was mixed, despite all the economic gloom. Some producers said they were still making money - especially those selling into manufacturing sectors benefiting from a rise in exports due to the weak dollar. What's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-08-2008

  • If I had a dollar for every time.........

    .......I had heard a company saying it was moving up the value chain (or rather a Euro or a British pound these days), I wouldn't be writing this blog entry while smelling the wonderful aroma of pork sausages being cooked for my tea. Brown sauce and mash as well, of course. Can Dow Chemical make...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-19-2008
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