Kuwait earmarks $44bn to 'upgrade oil industry'

Published: Saturday, 10 December, 2005, 09:25 AM Doha Time KUWAIT CITY: The Gulf state of Kuwait has earmarked more than $44bn over the next 15 years to upgrade its oil industry and boost output to 4mn bpd. "Total estimated inves...

China pledges to minimize pollution damage to Russia

www.chinaview.cn 2005-12-08 23:27:47 BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- While China is racing against time to handle the Songhua River pollution, the top leaders have pledged that the government will spare no efforts to shield Russia from...

China Initiates Environmental Evaluation On Songhua River

China has initiated its environmental evaluation on the Songhua River toxic spill, as the amount of contaminants has appeared to decrease in the river located in Northeast China. Experts from the Chinese Research Academy Of Environme...

Unrest chokes off rubber output

By Meggan Richard and Anuchit Nguyen Bloomberg News MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2005 HAT YAI, Thailand Rubber prices may rise to the highest in 21 years as violence in Thailand prevents the world's biggest supplier from meeting Chinese ...

Fair boosts China's chemical industry

(15-11-2005) HCM CITY — Some 200 organisations and enterprises from China have taken part in the second Chinese Chemical Industry Exhibition 2005, which opens today in the Military Zone 7's Sports Centre. The three-day fair includ...

A push for safer chemical sites - Congress to revisit plant safety - with backing from US security officials

From the December 13, 2005 edition By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor PHILADELPHIA – Congress is poised to try to pass a law regulating security in and around chemical and petrochemical plants, whic...

White biotech part of chemical industry's competitiveness and sustainability plans

11/29/2005 - Stakeholders of the Technology Platform on Sustainable Chemistry (SusChem) unveiled a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) and three visionary scenarios for innovation in chemistry including one using industrial biotechnology...

CNPC (Hong Kong) unit gets oil exploration rights in Peru

AFX News Limited 12.14.2005, 12:50 AM HONG KONG (AFX) - CNPC (Hong Kong) Ltd said its oil and gas exploration unit in Peru has been given the rights for exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas at two zones in Peru. ...

EU chemical industry: slowdown in 2005

12/09/2005 - According to its year end "Economic Outlook", Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects output in the chemical industry (excluding pharmaceuticals) to grow by only 1.6% in 2005, compared to 2.6% in 2004. The yea...

German Chemical Industry Output Probably Rose 6% in 2005

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's chemical production probably increased 6 percent this year, double an earlier estimate, as demand helped companies overcome a rise in raw material costs, said the industry's VCI trade group. Growth wil...