http://www.yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Intermediates News en bharati@yarnsandfibers.com YarnsandFibers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:57:13 -0700 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:57:13 -0700 http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17091 Paraxylene Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700 India's privately-owned oil and petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries has been operating its 1.7 million mt/year paraxylene plant at Jamnagar at 85-90% capacity since early last month on weak produ... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17085 Paraxylene Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Reports that a new contract number for November paraxylene had been fixed at Eur600/mt ($757.1/mt), Eur60/mt lower than an earlier reported settlement spread a wave of confusion across the European po... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17065 Paraxylene Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Nippon Oil Corp and Idemitsu Kosan Co, two of Japan's biggest oil refiners, said on Thursday they are considering extending crude refining curbs into the next year, as the financial crisis has weakene... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17069 Benzene Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Petron Corp., the Philippines' biggest oil refiner, said on Friday it will shut down its refinery for maintenance in December, a month earlier than scheduled. The shutdown, which will las... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17098 Ethylene Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Flint Hills Resources has idled its Port Arthur base chemicals plant because of decreased demand amid the worldwide economic slowdown, a spokeswoman said. "There is no anticipated restart d... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17096 Ethylene Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700 The commercial operations at the 850,000 mtpa OL2K (Olefins II Kuwait Program) Ethylene Unit (EU2) have been set underway, EQUATE Petrochemical Company declared. The new unit is owned by The Kuwait Ol... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17084 Ethylene Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:06:00 -0700 Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) EQUATE Petrochemical Company announced Monday the launch of commercial operations at the Olefins II Kuwait Program (OL2K) Ethylene Unit (EU2), which was achieved on November... http://www.yarnsandfibers.com/news/index_fullstory.php3?id=17037 Naphtha Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:06:00 -0700 A compressor fault discovered earlier this week had caused a shutdown of one of SABIC's naphtha crackers at Geleen, Netherlands. The company had to flare as a result of the incident. Th...