http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Intermediates News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Sat, 17 May 2008 08:47:12 -0600 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:47:12 -0600 http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15320 Paraxylene Tue, 06 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Chinas oil titan China Petroleum Corporation (PetroChina Group) started building a 1-million-ton p-xylene (a kind of aromatic hydrocarbon) project in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang Autonomous Regio... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15313 Paraxylene Mon, 05 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 PetroChina has started building a 1-million-tonne-per-year paraxylene and aromatics complex that will produce the raw material for chemical fibres in the northwestern Xinjiang region, a company newspa... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15358 Ethylene Wed, 14 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Total have both confirmed their decision to invest in a 400,000 barrel per day world-class, full-conversion refinery in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15357 Ethylene Wed, 14 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Yeochun NCC Co., South Korea's largest ethylene producer, halted operations at its largest naphtha cracker, six days after it had restarted the No.1 unit following a power failure, a company official ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15354 Ethylene Wed, 14 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Japan's top petrochemical producer Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., plans to perform planned maintenance at two ethylene plants - the No.1 unit of its Kashima ethylene plant for 50 days and the Mizushima pl... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15352 Ethylene Tue, 13 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Japanese ethylene production fell 8.8 percent in April from the same month a year earlier due in part to maintenance-related plant shutdowns, government data showed on Tuesday. Ethylene ou... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15333 Ethylene Wed, 07 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Sinopec Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Company, one of the biggest refineries in Asia, decides to expand its annual refining capacity to 23 million tons by September 2009 from current 20 million tons. ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15280 Ethylene Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 If the Chinese government gives the green light, Shanghai Petrochemical will expand its ethylene capacity by 450,000 metric tons to a total capacity of 600,000 metric tons. Also China's... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15271 Ethylene Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 North Asian petrochemical producers, suffering from record-high regional naphtha prices, are turning to alternative sources to feed their crackers in a bid to capture a recovery in the ethylene market... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15269 Ethylene Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Tosoh Corp., a Japanese ethylene producer, plans to restart its naphtha-processing plant in central Japan on April 18 after a month-long maintenance, a company official said. The 500,000 metric-to... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15342 Naphtha Fri, 09 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) has acquired Larsen and Toubro (L and T) 51% stake in HPL Cogeneration (HPLCL) at a consideration of Rs 180 crore. A 51:49 joint venture between LandT and ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15292 Naphtha Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has offered 15,000-16,000 tonnes of naphtha for mid-May loading from Haldia, a cargo which may have been excess supply for one of the petrochemical producers in the northeast Ind... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15275 Naphtha Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has offered to sell via tender 30,000 tonnes of naphtha for May 3-5 loading from Kandla, a trading source said on Thursday. The tender will close on April 21 and remain valid ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15345 Crude Oil Mon, 12 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 China imported 14.24 million tons of crude oil in April, down from 14.82 million a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said. Crude oil imports in the four months to April totaled 59.77... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15325 Crude Oil Tue, 06 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the nations largest oil producer, said it has started a 680 million yuan crude oil storage project in Jinzhou, Liaoning province. The projec... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15324 Crude Oil Tue, 06 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 PetroChina, the countrys top oil and gas producer, has set a target of 160 mln tons of annual crude processing capacity by 2010, up from the current 140 mln tons, a senior company official said. ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15310 Crude Oil Mon, 05 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 China Petroleum Chemical Corp (Sinopec), Asia's top refiner, has set a target of 19.5 mln tons of crude oil to be processed by its Zhenhai refinery this year, Sinopec Group said. Sinope... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15307 Crude Oil Mon, 05 May 2008 00:06:00 -0600 China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), Asia`s top refiner, has set a target of 19.5 mln tons of crude oil to be processed by its Zhenhai refinery this year, Sinopec Group said. Sin... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=15270 Crude Oil Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:06:00 -0600 India's crude oil import bill has jumped by over 38 per cent to 61.16 billion dollars in the first 11 months of 2007-08 fiscal on back of surge in global oil prices. India imported 111.089 million...