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Naphtha
A generic term applied to a petroleum fraction with an approximate boiling range between 122 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit. (source: EPA) Background from Wikipedia Naphtha (not to be confused with Naphthalene) is a group of various volatile flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtures used primarily as feedstocks in refineries for the reforming process and in the petrochemical industry for the production of olefins in steam crackers. It is also used in solvent applications in the chemical industry. Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha bid prices for the 1st half of December were assessed on Friday last week at the USD 778.50/mt CFR Far East levels while the ask Formosa resumes buying in spot market after three months - 22 Oct 2007 plastemart.com,Formosa's return is marked with the purchase of 75000 tons of naphtha for H2-December, sourced from an undisclosed seller at a discount of around US$5 a ton ABS quotes steady in Europe - 22 Oct 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),A polymerupdate source in Europe when contacted said, “ strength in global crude values, firm naphtha rates, record high ACN feedstock numbers, Ethylene output to be cut by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical - 22 Oct 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),...year by Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical, China’s largest ethylene manufacturer as the company had shut its naphtha cracker for a month of maintenance. Dow Announces Price Increase in Europe / IMEA for Polyols - 22 Oct 2007 Chemie.de (press release),..."This increase is required as a result of the continued rise in feedstock costs, including naphtha and brent crude approaching record highs. Connacher Oil and Gas Limited announces first sale of bitumen from ... - 22 Oct 2007 Canada NewsWire (press release),It is also anticipated that the company will haul dilbit to its Montana Refining Company Inc.'s (MRCI) refinery in Great Falls, Montana and backhaul naphtha Naphtha spot buying resumed by Formosa - Oct 19, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),...a polymerupdate team member reported that Formosa Petrochemical Corp has resumed its purchases of naphtha with the buying of 75000 tonnes for delivery India to keep Nov naphtha exports over 900kt - Oct 15, 2007 Reuters India,By Jiwon Chung and Nidhi Verma SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian refiners will maintain naphtha exports of at least 900000 tonnes in November, Naphtha demand to fall as firms switch to gas - Oct 11, 2007 Bangkok Post,Demand for naphtha is likely to fall as more petrochemical firms want to switch from the costly feedstock to cheaper gas, according to PTT Plc. ''Naphtha is Naphtha prices in Asia slip on Thursday morning - Oct 17, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha prices rallied on Wednesday, ending the day sharply higher as compared to its previous closing levels. For the 1st half of December India - IOC`s naphtha cracker and polymer complex - Oct 17, 2007 YarnsandFibers (subscription),Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is setting up a naphtha cracker and polymer complex at Panipat in Haryana with an investment of Rs14,439 crore. 57000 tons of naphtha cargo offered by Bharat Petroleum for ... - Oct 17, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),While in conversation with a domestic industry source this afternoon, a polymerupdate team member was told that 57000 metric tonnes of naphtha cargo has Reliance Industries Ltd offers 80000 tonne naphtha cargo - Oct 9, 2007 Economic Times,SINGAPORE: Reliance Industries Ltd has offered an 80000-tonne naphtha cargo for Nov. 7-9 loading by spot tender, trading sources said on Wednesday. Essar offers 35000-tonne naphtha cargo - Oct 9, 2007 Economic Times,SINGAPORE: Essar Oil Ltd has offered a 35000-tonne naphtha cargo to be loaded around Oct 25 via spot tender, traders said on Wednesday. Naphtha exports from India for November to be pegged above 900000 tons - Oct 15, 2007 plastemart.com,Naphtha markets in Asia will continue to be under pressure and prices will see a southward movement as heavy volumes of naphtha exports from Indian refiners MRPL offers first naphtha cargo for November - Oct 7, 2007 Economic Times,SINGAPORE: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) offered a 30000-tonne naphtha cargo for November 9-11 loading, a tender document showed on Sinopec Maoming's naphtha cracker shut -source - Oct 7, 2007 Reuters UK,BEIJING, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Sinopec Maoming's 380000 tonne-per-year (tpy) naphtha cracker was shut on Monday due to technical problems at a downstream unit, Japan's Idemitsu Kosan cuts profit forecast on rising naphtha cost - Oct 15, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),Naphtha is used in making various petrochemical products. Idemitsu said it now expects to post consolidated operating profit of 78 billion yen for the full Naphtha prices gallop higher, chasing strength in global crude - Oct 15, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha prices on Monday raced higher. Bid prices for the 2nd half of November were assessed up at the USD 733.50/mt CFR Far East mark while Asia Naphtha-Prices hit 4-mth high, crack steady - Sep 27, 2007 Reuters UK,But the ICE Brent/naphtha crack for the first-half of November remained steady at $130.00 a tonne from Thursday. The contango between the first halves of Japan Aug petchem naphtha imports up 7 pct m/m - Sep 30, 2007 Reuters UK,TOKYO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector rose 7 percent in August from July, government figures showed on Monday. MRPL sells 30000 tonne naphtha cargo at discount - Sep 30, 2007 Economic Times,SINGAPORE: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has sold a 30000-tonne naphtha cargo for second-half October loading at a discount versus a Open Spec Naphtha prices in Asia quote firm - Oct 14, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha prices were assessed up on Friday last week. Bids for the 2nd half of November edged up a tad to end at the USD 731.50/mt CFR Far Aramco to shut plant for repairs - Oct 17, 2007 Gulf Daily News,Aramco produces all oil products, except gasoline, from the topping refinery, which has a yield of 38.1 per cent of fuel oil, 19.4pc of naphtha and 9.3pc of BPCL to have extra naphtha cargo for export - Oct 12, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),This will immediately free up an extra cargo of naphtha for export. The reformer processes heavy naphtha to make petrol, benzene and toluene and has a daily BP and Mitsui win KPC naphtha tender - Oct 12, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Trading sources on Friday informed the polymerupdate team that Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) had sold via tender two full range naphtha cargoes for loading Demand for naphtha to drop as Thai PTT changes over from costly ... - Oct 11, 2007 plastemart.com,Demand for naphtha is estimated to dip in Thailand as more petrochemical firms plan to switch from the costly feedstock naphtha to cheaper gas. LG chemcial buys 2nd half of November naphtha parcel - Oct 11, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),A polymerupdate source in South Korea informed the team that LG Chemical had purchased an open spec naphtha cargo for a second half of November delivery to Naphtha prices in Asia race higher in tandem with stronger crude ... - Oct 11, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha prices on Thursday ended the day firm. Bids for the 2nd half of November were assessed up at the USD 731/mt CFR Far East levels BP wins a tender for 7 open spec naphtha cargoes - Oct 11, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Trading sources this afternoon informed the polymerupdate team that BP had won a tender for seven cargoes of open spec naphtha from Moroccan Refiner Société Petrochemical firms in Thailand prefer ethane feedstock over naphtha - Oct 10, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),A polymerupdate source in Thailand this morning informed the team that local demand for naphtha was expected to decline going forward, owing to preferences KPC offers 50000 mt of naphtha - Oct 10, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),A polymerupdate source in the Middle East last evening informed the team that Kuwait Petroleum Corp., (KPC), offered to sell a 50000 mt sized naphtha parcel Forward naphtha market prices in Asia register sharp gains - Oct 10, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Asian open spec naphtha bid prices for the 2nd half of November were assessed at the USD 725.50/mt CFR Far East levels on Thursday while the ask rate was at ONGC offers to sell 70000 tonnes of naptha - Oct 18, 2007 Economic Times,SEOUL: Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has offered to sell a total of 70000 tonnes of naphtha for second-half November and first-half December loading, Essar Oil offers October loading naphtha cargo via tender - Oct 9, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),India’s Essar Oil Ltd according to a local trader has offered a naphtha cargo via tender for an October loading. The trader briefly said, “ the parcel size Japan's naphtha imports for Aug decline - Oct 9, 2007 plastemart.com,Japan's naphtha cracking capacity has shown a decline as compared to last years values, mainly on account of a rise in regular maintenance shutdowns at Reliance offers 75 kt of naphtha for November lifting - Oct 9, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Local trading sources a short while ago informed the polymerupdate team that Reliance had offered through a sell tender, a paraffinic naphtha parcel for a Japan Aug Naphtha Imports For Ethylene Feedstock Down 7.5% - Oct 8, 2007 plastemart.com,TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's naphtha imports as feedstock for ethylene production fell by 7.5% on year to 1.23 million metric tons in August, BPCL sells naphtha parcel to European trader - Oct 8, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Local trading sources on Monday informed the polymerupdate team that India’s Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) had sold a light aromatics naphtha parcel to a ONGC sells November naptha at premium - Oct 14, 2007 Economic Times,SINGAPORE: Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has sold an early-November loading naphtha cargo from Mumbai at a premium, versus a discount in its previous sale Taiwan~s CPC plans to shutdown it~s No 3 naphtha cracker - Oct 9, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),According to a polymerupdate source in Taiwan, state owned CPC plans to shutdown it’s No 3 naphtha cracker for a planned turnaround later this week. MRPL offers 30000-ton naphtha cargo - Oct 8, 2007 Myiris.com,Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) has offered a 30000-ton naphtha cargo for November 9-11 loading, according to a tender document, UPDATE 1-Taiwan's Formosa plans 2008 turnaround for cracker - Oct 15, 2007 Reuters UK,Chemical demand is growing swiftly in Asia, helped by strong economic growth, while naphtha supplies have been tight, driving the naphtha premium over Brent Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd to shut 60000 bpd CDU in Nov - Oct 15, 2007 Reuters India,The outage may force the state-run refiner, which operates a 190000 bpd refinery at Manali in Chennai, to export one less cargo less of fuel oil and naphtha Surplus naphtha supply in Asia to exert price pressures - Oct 5, 2007 plastemart.com,Surplus naphtha supplies in Asia will exert downward pressure on prices. Producers are feeling the heat as they offer material for the month, MRPL tenders to sell Naphtha export cargo on FOB basis ex-New ... - Oct 5, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),The source said, “ on, 5th October MRPL issued a tender to sell 30000 MT of Naphtha for loading on November 9-11, 2007 from New Mangalore (West Coast) India BPCL offers late October naphtha cargo - Oct 5, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Bids are to be submitted on October 10th and will remain valid for the day. For the month of October, this would be BPCL’s third naphtha cargo sale.� IOC sells Naphtha parcel to European trader - Oct 4, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Local trading sources today informed the polymerupdate team that Indian Oil Corp (IOC) sold an October naphtha parcel to a European trader. SAMREF awards naphtha tender for end October lifting - Oct 4, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),...known yet although market talk hints at the buyer being a European trader. Of the 380000 barrels of naphtha, 230000 barrels are steam cracker feed while Butadiene prices race higher in Asia - Oct 19, 2007 Polymerupdate.com (subscription),Butadiene prices rallied this week in Asia riding higher on the back of strength in upstream crude coupled with gains in naphtha. News index | RSS | News Feed Advertisements: Organic Apparel from Patagonia | Insect-repelling clothing |
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