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In Spain it is relatively common to come across petrol stations surrounded by houses, particularly in urban areas. Researchers from the University of Murcia (UM) have studied the effects of contamination at petrol stations that is potentially harmful to health, which can be noted in buildings less than 100 metres from the service stations."Some airborne organic compounds "“ such as benzene, which increases the risk of cancer "“ have been recorded at petrol stations at levels above...
HOUSTON, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 22-24, 2011 Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) will host its 26th Annual World Petrochemical Conference and Workshops in Houston, Texas. This annual event boasts over 30 industry experts as speakers, consisting of respected industry leaders from companies all over the world complemented by CMAI product experts from its global offices. In addition, panel discussions will be held both days to create an environment for an open exchange of...
HOUSTON, Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2011 World Toluene & Mixed Xylenes Analysis, an annual global study that covers historical trends and future projections for supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global toluene, mixed xylenes, metaxylene and orthoxylene industries for the period of 2005 to 2015. Included with each analysis is 12 months access to CMAI's online capacity...
HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2011 World Benzene Analysis, an annual global study that covers historical trends and future projections for supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global benzene industries for the period 2005 to 2015. Included with each analysis is 12 months access to CMAI's online capacity and supply/demand databases with a mid-term supply/demand update,...
UMass Amherst chemical engineering breakthroughA team of University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineers report in today's issue of Science that they have developed a way to produce high-volume chemical feedstocks including benzene, toluene, xylenes and olefins from pyrolytic bio-oils, the cheapest liquid fuels available today derived from biomass. The new process could reduce or eliminate industry's reliance on fossil fuels to make industrial chemicals worth an estimated $400 billion...
LONDON, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts - The monthly average price of petrochemicals, as measured by the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a basket of seven widely-used petrochemicals expressed daily in dollars per metric ton ($/mt), was $1,159/mt in October or up 5.65% from September, according to Platts, a leading global energy and metals information provider. The October rise is attributed to late third-quarter currency fluctuations, increased synthetic fabric production,...
Agency Continues to Monitor Air Quality in Other PA Regions HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Environmental Protection today released a report on a five-week air quality study conducted near Marcellus Shale natural gas operations in southwestern Pennsylvania's Greene and Washington counties. "This short-term study only provides a snapshot of the air contaminants we found at surveyed sites, but the data shows no emission levels that would constitute a...
HOUSTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vujasinovic & Beckcom law firm has filed a lawsuit in Galveston, Texas federal court on behalf of 120 individuals who were exposed to benzene that was released from British Petroleum's Texas City refinery from April 6 through May 16, 2010. Attorneys Brian Beckcom, Vuk Vujasinovic and Kenneth Fenelon represent these individuals who work or live near the refinery in Texas City in their claims against BP Products North America, Inc. in CA...
BEIJING, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Himfr.com, one of China's leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, predicts China's pure benzene market trends. Pure benzene market trends are always fragile. A downstream and upstream increase in production or reduction can have an enormous effect on the pure benzene market. In 2010, fluctuations in pure benzene prices have the following reasons: First, with an increase in consumption of last...
LONDON, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Platts -- Prices in the $3 trillion global petrochemicals business firmed in the second half of July, causing the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI), a basket of petrochemicals prices expressed in dollars per metric ton ($/mt), to close the month slightly higher at $1,042/mt. Petrochemicals are used to make plastic, rubber, nylon, other consumer products and are utilized in manufacturing, construction, pharmaceuticals, aviation, electronics and nearly...
