Petrochemicals

Albemarle and ICL have announced a long term supply agreement for sustainable polymeric flame retardants.

Emerson has partnered up with the energy industry to take back hundreds of billions in ‘dead money’ and get the most from capital investments.

Fluor has reported its fourth quarter and full year 2015 results.

The API has released its monthly statistical report, detailing the rise in demand for petroleum.

Fluor has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction management contract for BASF’ chemicals project.

hte, the high throughput experimentation company, has announced that it will provide Saudi Aramco with the latest generation of laboratory equipment for highly efficient research & development in 2016.

Albemarle Corporation reported 4Q15 earnings of USUS$174.3 million, or USUS$1.55 per diluted share.

The US Department of Energy has released a request for information on critical materials, including fuel cell platinum group metal catalysts.

While recent international discussion between OPEC and non-OPEC countries have improved oil prices, Iran has objected claiming an output freeze would be ‘illogical’.

The retail price of diesel fuel has fallen below US$2.00/gal. for the first time since 2005.

Jim Dumesic at UW-Madison, has scaled up the production of his biomass process for large scale application into biorefineries.

BP has released its 2016 World Energy Outlook, where it forecasts petroleum demand and supply, energy demand growth in China and US shale oil production.

MarketsandMarkets have released a new report projecting the alpha olefin market to be worth US$19.85 billion by the year 2020.

StocExpo Shanghai 2016 will be the world’s largest dedicated event for the Chinese storage terminal industry.

Qatar Petroleum has awarded the JV of Consolidated Contractors and Teyseer Contracting an EPIC contract to supply the Hamad International Airport with jet fuel beyond 2030.