8Synthomer plc, the global differentiated speciality chemical company and a leading supplier of sustainable polymer solutions, today announces two senior leadership appointments for its newly formed Adhesive Technologies Division

8International policy discussions on plastic pollution are entering a new phase, with more than 100 governments calling for the launch of negotiations for a new global plastics agreement in 2022
8Here are a few suggestions to identify effective international policy levers to address plastic pollution

8In order to remain competitive, refiners are increasingly expanding their product range by forward integrating their output to include petrochemicals while petrochemical companies are also backward integrating their offerings
8With so many factors to consider, there is an increasing need to have a detailed understanding of integrated refinery-petrochemical sites to form a complete-view of the industry for benchmarking as well as to inform diversification strategies and identify investment opportunities

8A majority of the speciality companies are likely to post robust sequential sales growth except UPL, PI, Tatva Chintan, and Fine organics while Galaxy Surfactants’ sequential sales growth is likely to be muted

8Here is a scathing review of Endocrine-disrupting plastic additive BPA
8Governments have been trying to limit its use but without much success so far

8A worker failed to shut off a valve Thursday and up to 2,000 gallons of phenol spilled, with some possibly entering the sewer system

8Egypt's TCI Sanmar Chemicals charts $400 million investment plan

8Travancore Cochin Chemicals, a State public sector chemicals company, has inducted a technology to recover heat from its hydrochloric acid synthesis unit to produce high pressure steam and deploy it to fire the company’s heating requirements

8The General Tyre and Rubber Company based out of Pakistan
8And it seems to be doing well

8The website carries here a weekly outlook on trichloromethane prices
8Find out what our analysts are saying about how prices will behave till next week

8The website carries here our weekly outlook for caprolactam
8Find out how prices are going to behave ahead

8Find out our weekly analysis, price charts and projections on TDI price movements for the coming week

8We are carrying here a weekly dichloromethane market report
8Find out what kind of prices are projected going ahead

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8GAIL has distanced itself from its marketing director ES Ranganathan
8Also, find out what is fishy about this case
8Know more on what lies ahead for Ranganathan

The arrest of director marketing ES Ranganathan on charges of bribery has sent shockwaves down the corridors GAIL's head office in Bhikaji Cama Place.
8As of today, he will be suspended from GAIL
8Is there more to it than meets the eye?

Megha is clearly a big players now, having bagged 15 GAs in the latest round, over and above 7 already own in the earlier round.
8So, what is its Megha's gameplan with CGD?

8The PNGRB has started looking for possible capacity booking contracts for new pipelines

A lot of the petroleum consumption data points show an improvement over November
8But not really a dramatic one
8January figures will draw a less brighter picture on account of lockdowns

This is one offshore vessel supply company that seems to be doing well despite the undulations in the market
 8ONGC is their main client
 8The company has acquiring ships and that is a good sign into today's volatile times

One of the world's largest tanker companies is making a transition to becoming a services company through a set of drastic steps
8Pruning manpower seems to be the sad way it has done the job

8Some changes have been made in ONGC IM manual that may be of interest to vendors

8Clean hydrogen will not generate returns comparable to those of oil and gas today
 Find out why that is so

8This private CGD company is offering CNG to attract new customers

8Get a balanced and an objective view on why oil prices can push $100 this year