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Lubricants Market to See Nearly 2 Percent Growth Through 2020, Study Finds

February 19, 2015

The global lubricants market is estimated to reach a demand totaling 44,165 kilo tons by 2020, up from 39,140 kilo tons in 2013, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. The increase is based on growth rates of 1.72 percent between 2014 and 2020.

Limited Number of Supertankers Affects Oil Sales to Asia

February 2, 2015

Maritime Executive

The window to sell Western fuel oil to Asia is starting to close as demand for a limited fleet of supertankers to store cheap crude pushes freight rates to multi-month highs, shipping and trade sources said.

Recycling Efforts Fail to Keep Up with Growing Worldwide Demand for Plastics, Report Finds

February 2, 2015

Worldwatch Institute

For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise. Some 299 million tons of plastics were produced in 2013, representing a 4 percent increase over 2012. Recovery and recycling, however, remain insufficient, and millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and oceans each year, according to Gaelle Gourmelon, communications and marketing manager at the Worldwatch Institute.

Chemical Industry Advised to Make Big Changes, Harness Digital Technologies

January 30, 2015

Strategy&

Chemicals companies can no longer afford to be passive about restructuring their business models or technological transformations.

Too Much Information? Not a Problem for Dow AgroSciences

January 19, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Fundamental shifts in supply-chain management have significantly altered the planning paradigm. JP Swanson, global supply chain analyst with Dow AgroSciences, talks about how his company has adapted to the change, and improved planning across multiple levels of its supply network.

Achieving Excellence in Energy and Utilities Management

January 15, 2015

Katherine Hird, Product Marketer, AspenTech

Companies face constant pressures to make effective capital planning decisions. Complex businesses like running a refinery, chemical plant or power station are no different. Therefore, being able to see the bigger economic picture is vital in effectively managing operational maintenance, regulatory requirements, energy efficiency and sustainability goals.

Energy Matters Likely to Command Much of Administration's Attention in 2015

January 8, 2015

Politico

President Barack Obama's administration will spend 2015 taking on energy controversies from fracking to smog, from interstate air pollution to coal-burning power plants - and in December, his negotiators will head to Paris to try to reach a global agreement on climate change. In between all that, he just might make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Europe's Chemical Industry May Find Growth Difficult to Come By in 2015

January 6, 2015

ICIS

Europe's chemical producers will have to fight hard for growth in 2015 in an uncertain global economic environment.

Lower Oil Prices Power Growth in U.S. Chemical Industry

December 23, 2014

American Chemistry Council

Despite facing global headwinds, American chemistry expanded at a healthy 2.0 percent growth rate in 2014, and is expected to reach a 3.7 percent gain in output in 2015, before hitting 3.9 percent in 2016, according to the Year End 2014 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook, published by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The report's consensus is that U.S. chemical output will continue to expand well into the second half of the decade, exceeding that of the overall U.S. economy.

Cheap Oil, Oversupply of Liquefied Natural Gas Causes LNG Prices to Plummet

December 22, 2014

Maritime Executive

Asian liquefied natural gas prices are expected to fall by up to 30 percent in 2015, according to a survey of analysts and consultants, as the market enters a period of oversupply and the impact of lower oil prices kicks in.