http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Intermediates News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:33 -0600 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:33 -0600 http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19204 Ethylene Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 June US ethylene contracts were settled up by 3 cents/lb ($66/tonne, 47/tonne) at a net price of 33.5 cents/lb, a market participant said on Thursday. Other participants were not imme... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19184 Ethylene Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Dow Chemical plans to shut three ethylene-related plants in Louisiana in an effort to reduce its cost structures and focus more on specialty chemicals production, a market it dove into with its acquis... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19129 Ethylene Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600 PetroChina (Beijing / China; www.petrochina.com.cn/ptr) is in talks with Ineos (Lyndhurst / UK; www.ineos.com) about purchasing a stake in the UK groups refinery in Grangemouth, Scotland, according t... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19210 Naphtha Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 India's Haldia Petrochemicals had shut its 520,000 tonnes per year (tpy) naphtha cracker, following a small fire just after midnight, industry sources said on Friday. The company is stil... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19196 Naphtha Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Indian Oil Corp (IOC) sold up to 61,500 tonnes of naphtha for July lifting, bringing the country's total exports for next month to more than 620,000 tonnes, which traders said are inadequate to plug t... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19185 Naphtha Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Asian cracker operators plan to keep ethylene production at close to full rates for the third straight month in July, against earlier expectations, due to prevailing strong derivative polymer prices, ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19180 Crude Oil Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Kuwait's crude oil exports to Japan plummeted 25.9 percent in May from a year earlier to 7.71 million barrels, or 249,000 barrels per day (bpd), the lowest volume since June 2008, the government said ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19157 Crude Oil Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Omans crude exports have risen in the first four months of the year with the average price of Omani oil per barrel falling by 49.4 per cent to $44.95 from $ 88.11. China has been en... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=19156 Crude Oil Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0600 Oman's National Economy Ministry has announced that the Sultanate's crude exports for the first four months of 2009 rose by 10.8% to almost 80 million barrels, compared to the same period in 2008. ...