Introduction The project provides Dow Chemical with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the leading petrochemical company in Argentina as well as in Latin America. In addition‚ the petrochemical sector in Argentina is also an oligopoly‚ posing a low business risk for this project. 1.1 Key advantages of the Bahia Blanca petrochemical pole • The PBB cracker is gas-based making it less costly to operate as compared to a naphtha-based cracker; • There is an excess demand for Polyethylene
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Special Report Methyl ethyl ketone – A techno-commercial profile M ethyl ethyl ketone (MEK or 2-butanone) is an organic compound with the formula CH3C(O)CH2CH3. Its CAS number is 78-93-3. The colorless liquid ketone has a sharp‚ sweet odour of butterscotch and acetone. It is produced industrially on a large scale‚ and also occurs in trace amounts in nature. It is soluble in water and is commonly used as an industrial solvent. With natural and synthetic resins‚ MEK produces solutions with low viscosity
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revenues of $16.7 billion‚ cash profit of $2.8 billion‚ net profit of $1.7 billion‚ net worth of $9.2 billion and total assets of $18.4 billion. It covers the entire energy value chain‚ starting with oil and gas and continuing on through refining‚ petrochemicals‚ chemical intermediates and textiles. Reliance is the first and only private sector company from India to feature in the 2005 Fortune Global 500 list of the ’World’s largest Corporations’ for the second consecutive year. It ranks amongst the
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better and improve the Saudi Arabia’s natural hydrocarbon resources. Currently‚ SABIC is leading petrochemical company in terms of product diversity and sales. The company is headquartered in Riyadh‚ and it is the largest non-oil corporation in Middle East‚ in terms of market capitalization‚ SABIC has more than $100 billion and it records total assets of $ 33 billion. SABIC is the seventh largest petrochemicals manufacturer company in the globally‚ sixth in polypropylene production‚ third in polyethylene
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Gwadar Port Master Plan - Implications for Energy Sector Development 25-26 April 2006 Arthur D. Little (M) Sdn Bhd Office Suite‚ 19-13-2 Level 13‚ UOA Centre 19 Jalan Pinang 50450 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Outline Gwadar port master plan Gwadar port current situation Port development potential Industrial development potential Traffic forecasts Port zoning plan Development program 2006-2021 Investment opportunities 1 The Gwadar case – Master plan project In collaboration with our
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Inc. Midland Energy Resources‚ Inc. is a global energy company that operates in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P)‚ refining and marketing (R&M)‚ and petrochemicals. Midland’s most profitable segment is its E&P division which produces 67% of the company’s net income (Exhibit 3). Its largest division is R&M with the Petrochemical division being the smallest. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial overseas growth‚ invest in value-creating projects‚ achieve
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MaterialScience LLC‚ Chi Mei Corp.‚ LG Chem Ltd. and SABIC Innovative Plastics BV Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Alpek‚ Asahi Kasei‚ Ashland‚ CCP Composites Korea‚ Daqing Petrochemical‚ ENI‚ INEOS‚ Integrated Refinery and Petrochemical‚ Jilin Petrochemicals‚ JSR‚ Koninklijke DSM‚ Korea Kumho Petrochemical‚ Liaoning Huajin Tongda Chemical‚ Ningbo LG Yongxing Chemical‚ Nippon A&L and Nizhnekamskneftekhim‚ Nova Chemicals‚ Sinopec‚ Reichhold‚ Repsol‚ SIBUR International‚ Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao
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often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural.[1] A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural.[1] Biodegradable
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Resources is a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production(E&P) providing a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide including refining and marketing (R&M)‚ natural gas‚ and petrochemicals. Janet Mortensen‚ the senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources must determine the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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