Sample Market News

• 27 Aug 15, 12:53 pm    Aromatic unit restarted by Qingdao Lindong
• 27 Aug 15, 12:52 pm    ACN production line resumed by Shanghai Secco
• 24 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Crude values lowered to its five year’s bottom low (24.08.2015)
• 24 Aug 15, 12:47 pm    KNPC shut Al-Shuaiba Oil refinery on 17th August
• 24 Aug 15, 12:47 pm    No.4 Cracker to be shut by China Petrochemical Corporation(24.08.2015)
• 24 Aug 15, 12:46 pm    Mangalore refinery and Petrochemical Ltd plans to shut crude unit
• 24 Aug 15, 12:46 pm    New PDH unit restarted by Yantai Wanhua
• 21 Aug 15, 12:23 pm    Methanol manufacturing plant to be built in St. James Parish
• 21 Aug 15, 12:22 pm    Crude values remained mixed on Thursday(21.08.2015)
• 21 Aug 15, 12:20 pm    At inferior capacity Mistui Chem plans to run naphtha Cracker
• 20 Aug 15, 12:40 pm    Melamine plant restarted by Nissan Chemical
• 20 Aug 15, 12:39 pm    SABIC is likely to shut down its MEG plant
• 20 Aug 15, 12:39 pm    No.3 and No.4 ACN lines restarted by Jilin Petrochemical
• 20 Aug 15, 12:38 pm    Crude values lowered heavily on Wednesday(20.08.2015)
• 19 Aug 15, 12:31 pm    Toluene values declined on Tuesday(19.08.2015)
• 19 Aug 15, 12:30 pm    Crude values increased marginally on Tuesday(19.08.2015)
• 19 Aug 15, 12:30 pm    Iran plans to augment its petrochemical export till 2016
• 19 Aug 15, 12:29 pm    At full capacity Cracker operated by JG Summit Petrochemical
• 18 Aug 15, 12:47 pm    JX Nippon running its Steam Cracker at full rate
• 18 Aug 15, 12:46 pm    New PDH unit commenced by Hyosung Corp
• 18 Aug 15, 12:46 pm    No.1 SM unit to be shut by Taiwan Styrene Monomer Corp
• 18 Aug 15, 12:44 pm    Mitsui Phenol planning to shut its Phenol-Acetone plant for maintenance
• 18 Aug 15, 12:44 pm    Crude values lowered on Monday(18.08.2015)
• 17 Aug 15, 12:25 pm    SP Chemicals plans to shut its SM Facility for maintenance
• 17 Aug 15, 12:24 pm    Methanol unit shut by Xinjiang Bazhou Dongchen Group
• 17 Aug 15, 12:24 pm    Crude values remained mixed on Friday (17.08.2015)
• 14 Aug 15, 12:41 pm    Huge explosion at Tianjin port due to huge blasts
• 14 Aug 15, 12:40 pm    Crude values lowered significantly on Thursday (14.08.2015)
• 14 Aug 15, 12:40 pm    Lotte Chem to shut its cracker for maintenance
• 13 Aug 15, 12:40 pm    No.2 Aromatic complex shut by PTTGC for maintenance
• 13 Aug 15, 12:39 pm    Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical Corp (FPC) running all crackers at 100% capacity
• 13 Aug 15, 12:39 pm    CSPCL planning to take its cracker off-stream for 50 days starting October 2015
• 13 Aug 15, 12:17 pm    Cracker operated by FPC at full capacity
• 13 Aug 15, 12:16 pm    MEG prices nominated by MEGlobal for the month of September
• 13 Aug 15, 12:16 pm    Crude values increased slightly on Wednesday (13.08.2015)
• 12 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Chinese firm YCI to get natural gas its methane-to-methanol plant in Louisiana
• 12 Aug 15, 12:42 pm    Shell signs agreement to sell its 75% stake in Tongyi Lubricants to Huo’s Group and PE firm Carlyle Group
• 12 Aug 15, 12:41 pm    HPCL-GAIL’s refinery in Andhra Pradesh fails to find foreign funding, drops plan
• 12 Aug 15, 12:41 pm    MTO plant shut by Yangmei Hengtong
• 12 Aug 15, 12:40 pm    Crude values declined on Tuesday (12.08.2015)
• 11 Aug 15, 12:20 pm    GTI operations on standstill on back of strike
• 11 Aug 15, 12:20 pm    Crude values improved on Monday (11.08.2015)
• 11 Aug 15, 12:19 pm    FPCC shut its RFCC No. 1 due to technical issues
• 11 Aug 15, 12:18 pm    IRPC planning to take off-stream PP lines for shut down maintenance
• 10 Aug 15, 12:38 pm    Melamine price escalate on the back of improve demand
• 10 Aug 15, 12:38 pm    Benzene price stab in Asian market
• 10 Aug 15, 12:37 pm    Crude values lowered on Friday (10.08.2015)
• 08 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Hyundai keen to participate in Iran petrochemicals
• 08 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    SM plant to be shut by Denka Petrochemical
• 07 Aug 15, 02:18 pm    No.4 Cracker to be shut by China Petrochemical Corporation
• 07 Aug 15, 02:18 pm    Cosmo Oil to shut its aromatic plant (07.08.2015)
• 07 Aug 15, 02:17 pm    Heavy congestion at JNPT port
• 07 Aug 15, 02:17 pm    BPCL to increase its refinery capacity
• 07 Aug 15, 02:16 pm    Crude Values lowered on Thursday (07.08.2015)
• 06 Aug 15, 12:53 pm    GPPC to shut SM plant for maintenance
• 06 Aug 15, 12:52 pm    Styrene unit shut by Netherland’s Trinseo
• 06 Aug 15, 12:51 pm    SM Plant shut by SMI for maintenance
• 06 Aug 15, 12:51 pm    Reliance keen to invest 5 billion dollar in Petrochemical and refining industry
• 05 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Lotte Chemical to expand its naphtha centre in Malaysia
• 05 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Crude values increased slightly on Tuesday (05.08.2015)
• 05 Aug 15, 12:48 pm    No.22 Ethylene unit to be restarted by Chevron Philips
• 04 Aug 15, 12:17 pm    ACN plant to be shut by Fushun Petrochemical
• 04 Aug 15, 12:17 pm    Sasol plans to resume its operations at its Olefins plant
• 04 Aug 15, 12:16 pm    Toluene plunges heavily on Monday (04.08.2015)
• 04 Aug 15, 12:16 pm    Crude values lowered heavily on Monday (04.08.2015)
• 03 Aug 15, 12:32 pm    SCG-DOW to shut its SM plant for maintenance
• 03 Aug 15, 12:31 pm    Crude values lowered on Friday (03.08.2015)
• 03 Aug 15, 12:30 pm    NNPC restarted its three Refinery at full capacity
• 03 Aug 15, 12:30 pm    N-Butanol plant shut by Luxi Chemical
• 01 Aug 15, 12:49 pm    Aromatic unit no 2 to remain shut for 45 days by PTTGC
• 01 Aug 15, 12:20 pm    Hu-Chems to Invest $1 Billion on Chemical Plant
• 01 Aug 15, 12:19 pm    SCG-Dow plan to shut its SM plant in Q1, 2016
• 31 Jul 15, 12:33 pm    Aromatic no 2 shut by PPTGC group of Thailand
• 31 Jul 15, 12:32 pm    METHANEX nominates Methanol Asian Contract Price for the month of August
• 31 Jul 15, 12:32 pm    Crude values lowered marginally on Thursday (31.07.2015)
• 31 Jul 15, 12:31 pm    Heavy rain affected on shipping movement at Mundra port
• 31 Jul 15, 12:30 pm    Lotte Chemical to enlarge its Naphtha Cracker capacity
• 30 Jul 15, 12:17 pm    Iran looks for 85 billion dollar investment in petrochemical sector
• 30 Jul 15, 12:17 pm    Another fire at petrochemical plant in China
• 30 Jul 15, 12:16 pm    Crude values witnessed an upward trend on Wednesday (30.07.2015)
• 30 Jul 15, 12:16 pm    BPCL purchase first delivery of Russian Far East Crude Grade
• 30 Jul 15, 12:15 pm    Harcourt Refinery restarted after maintenance
• 29 Jul 15, 01:18 pm    Toluene values lowered significantly in last two days
• 29 Jul 15, 01:18 pm    Celanese and Mitsui joint venture Methanol project to start commercial production in October
• 29 Jul 15, 01:16 pm    Crude values remained mixed on Tuesday(29.07.2015)
• 27 Jul 15, 12:36 pm    Cracker restarted by FPCC after maintenance turnaround
• 27 Jul 15, 12:35 pm    Hanwha Chemical combine with Hanwa next and Hanwha Compound
• 27 Jul 15, 12:34 pm    Jiaxing Petrochemical selected INVISTA's P8 technology for petrochemical complex
• 27 Jul 15, 12:33 pm    Crude values lowered again on Friday (27.07.2015)
• 25 Jul 15, 12:20 pm    Formaldehyde price shoot up in domestic market
• 25 Jul 15, 12:20 pm    Benzene unit operated by Japan’s Taiyo Oil Chemical at inferior rate
• 25 Jul 15, 12:05 pm    Taiyo Petrochemical to shut its SM plant
• 24 Jul 15, 12:02 pm    Crude values lowered significantly on Thursday (24.07.2015)
• 24 Jul 15, 12:01 pm    Acetic Acid plant operated at reduced rates by Fanavaran Chemical
• 23 Jul 15, 12:29 pm    Aromatic plant operated by Qingdao Lidong Chemical
• 23 Jul 15, 12:29 pm    GPPC to be shuts its SM plant
• 23 Jul 15, 12:23 pm    Cracker unit restarted by FCFC
• 23 Jul 15, 12:22 pm    Crude values lowered significantly on Wednesday (23.07.2015)
• 22 Jul 15, 12:46 pm    Phenol prices surged in the domestic market (22.07.2015)
• 22 Jul 15, 12:46 pm    New Butadiene plant set up by German’s Evonik