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Biobased products are defined as having been made from biological—meaning living—or renewable resources. They include corn, sugar cane, cellulosic, vegetable oils, and even the exoskeletons of insects or cell walls of fungi. All of these resources...
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Trade bodies, including the Petrochemical Alliance of Oklahoma, are celebrating the Supreme Court's June decision to scrap the decades-old Chevron...
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When plants producing feedstocks for intermediates and end products idle—or shut down completely—during economic downturns, the impacts are not...
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A decade ago, a unique concept car built using eco-friendly polyols by a 185-year-old US-based company left some sector participants scratching their...
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This article was updated on September 11, 2024. See the updated section below The US hurricane season brings heightened levels of uncertainty to...
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Oleochemical is a term derived from the Latin oleum, meaning olive oil. But, like much inherited Latin, it is a misleading collective noun for the...
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In today’s money, the first comprehensive world market paraxylene survey ever published would set a buyer back US$33,000. In fact, it was the...
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The famous line about “Plastics” from the 1967 film The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, continues to enjoy iconic status...
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Thousands of years ago—it is thought—Neanderthals used birch bark tree tar (Betula) for primitive dentistry applications. Last year, it was...
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The last time our team convened with chemicals industry experts and market participants at the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference was 2019. This...
