ethanol
Nov 5th, 2010
US Ethanol Production Reaches Record High
Information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) indicates that US ethanol production rose in August to an all-time high. August 2010 ethanol production averaged more than 869,000 barrels a day (bpd), up from 857,000 bpd in July.
Ethanol demand, as calculated by the RFA, also reached an all-time high as well at 911,000 bpd in August,...
Jun 16th, 2010
The Poetry of Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The world’s largest producer of corn-based ethanol will see a reduction in carbon emissions by 111% over petrol when it opens its first planned commercial cellulosic ethanol plant.
This means Poet’s cellulosic ethanol actually has negative emissions; it will offset more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces.
The analysis, compiled by Air Improvement Resource highlights a number...
May 14th, 2010
DGS to Replace SAoy and Rape in Europe
Traditional protein sources for animal feed such as soybean and rapeseed in the future will more and more be replaced by wheat and maize dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).
This is the opinion of Jan Verhoeven, commercial manager at Duynie, market leader in moist animal feeds in the Netherlands. DDGS are by-products of the production...
Feb 18th, 2010
Methanol: 2010 World Market Outlook and Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – Within Chemicals & Petrochemicals Reports Package 2010, a newly updated market report “Methanol: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of Methanol market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country and world markets. It is broken into...
Feb 16th, 2010
Ethyl Acetate (ETAC): 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – Global Ethyl Acetate (ETAC) demand is expected to grow at 3-4%/year due to the demand for surface coatings, moreover, ETAC is to replace the restricted solvents.
Global demand for industrial coatings is estimated to grow at around 3% a year from 2010 to 2015 with China, Japan, and South Korea leading the way....
Feb 5th, 2010
Ethanol 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast Been Recently Released by MarketPublishers.com
LONDON – Within Chemicals & Petrochemicals Reports Package 2010, a newly updated market report “Ethanol: 2010 World Market Outlook And Forecast” has been recently issued by Market Publishers, Ltd. The report features important aspects of ethanol market, provides its full and thorough analysis, focusing on the regional, country and world markets. It is broken...
Feb 4th, 2010
Ethanol Europe Hungary for Dunaföldvár plant
The construction of three new plants could soon be underway in Hungary. With a draft government decree issued last month making one of the refineries a ‘priority project’, the process of obtaining the necessary documentation will be decreased.
The new plants are to be built in the Hungarian towns of Dunaföldvár, Kaba and Dunaalmas. Already a...
Dec 28th, 2009
Sudan ships first ethanol exports to EU
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has begun exporting its first 5 million litres of ethanol to the European Union, at an initial price of around 450 euros a cubic metre, officials from the Kenana Sugar company said on Monday.
Kenana, Sudan’s largest sugar company, this year inaugurated the ethanol plant which aims to produce 65 million litres...
Dec 21st, 2009
Ghana to Produce Ethanol for Export
Large tracts of land in the northern part of Ghana will be used to cultivate sugarcane for the production of ethanol for export to Sweden, the GNA has reported the Vice President as saying. The Vice President, John Mahama according to the report was addressing a SADA Parliamentary Caucus Conference on the development programme for...
Jul 14th, 2009
Sipchem and Hanwha Chemical Sign Joint Venture Agreement for Polymers Projects
Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Hanwha Chemical Corporation of South Korea announced that they have signed a Joint Venture Agreement today to establish a new petrochemical company in Al-Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia that will be owned 75% by Sipchem and 25% by Hanwha Chemical. The new polymers venture comprises of a 200,000 metric...
Jul 7th, 2009
BASF, Sinopec Get Govt Nod for Expansion
The Chinese central government has approved the Joint Feasibility Study Report submitted by BASF and SINOPEC for the expansion of their joint venture, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), in Nanjing, China, as of July 1, 2009.
BASF and Sinopec will jointly invest approximately $1.4 billion in state-of-the-art technologies to produce downstream specialty chemicals for the Chinese market,...
Jun 15th, 2009
Huntsman and Laffans Join Forces for Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing in India
Huntsman Corporation (USA) and Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd. (India) have signed a Letter of Intent to finalize a collaboration agreement to share know-how, expertise and resources for specialty chemicals. The parties intend to leverage each other’s capabilities and resources for surfactants and amines manufacturing in India. Laffans’ responsibilities would include manufacturing and raw material sourcing, while...
May 29th, 2009
Overcapacity Looms Large in Some of China’s Petrochemical Sub-Sectors
China’s petrochemical industry faces an overcapacity problem in some sub-sectors, according to statistics from China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association (CPCIA ).
The operating rates of equipment in the ethylene, sodium carbonate, caustic soda, carbide, polyvinyl chloride, methanol and phosphate and refining sectors all ran below capacity in April.
Feng Shiliang, vice secretary of CPCIA, suggested that...
May 26th, 2009
New Coke-oven Gas to Methanol Production Line Runs in Shanxi
China’s first set of devices that can produce 300,000 tons of methanol with coke-oven gas annually just completed construction and started operation on May 25, 2009 in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, the largest coke production base in China.
Tianji Coal Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd., formerly known as Shanxi Chemical Fertilizer Plant, and Shanxi Lu’an Environmental...
May 18th, 2009
China May be Preparing for Methanol Dumping Investigations
China could be preparing for — or be already investigating - alleged dumping of methanol by producers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, market sources said Thursday on the sidelines of the 2009 Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference in Seoul, South Korea.
But, no official announcement or notification has been seen so far.
However, a major methanol...
May 13th, 2009
Mitsui Chemicals and Idemitsu Kosan Mull Integration of Chiba Operations
Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals Inc and third-largest refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co are considering integration of oil refining and ethanol production at Chiba. The two majors plan to partner by setting up a limited liability partnership towards the joint management of Idemitsu refinery and ethanol plants of both companies in Chiba. The joint output of their ethanol...
Apr 24th, 2009
China Petrochemical Sector Sends Clear Signals of Warming Up in Q1
China’s petrochemical sector has shown marked signs of warming up in the first quarter, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The combined crude oil, natural gas and product oil output of the coun try’s four major oil producers went up 10.6 percent, 5.5 percent and 1 3.7 percent...
Apr 17th, 2009
Solvay Indupa to Produce Green PVC from end of 2010
Solvay Indupa plans to start producing 100,000 tpa of “green” polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from the end of 2010 in Santo André, São Paulo state. The company, a Brazilian subsidiary of Belgium-based chemical group Solvay, is currently constructing a sugarcane ethanol-based 60000 tpa ethylene plant, which will be used as feedstock in the PVC production chain....
Apr 7th, 2009
The Linde Group and Sinopec Subsidiary Conclude Long-term Agreement on Industrial Gases Supply in Chongqing, China
The technology group The Linde Group has secured a contract with Sinopec Sichuan Vinylon Works (SVW) to jointly build gas plants and produce industrial gases for the long-term supply to SVW’s chemical complex. This collaboration will result in an initial investment of approximately EUR 50 million.
This partnership will establish a 50:50 joint venture between Linde...
Mar 20th, 2009
Japan MMA Producers’ Feb Methanol Requirements Fall 50% on Year
Demand for methanol feedstock from Japanese methyl methacrylate producers fell at least 50% in February compared with the same period last year, as sales have been hit by weaker demand for MMA products from automobile manufacturers, figures released by the Japan Petrochemical Industry Associated showed Thursday.
Japan’s MMA output tumbled 59% in February 2009 compared...