My Turn – Commentary on Global Petrochemical Industry Issues – Happy Holidays We want to thank all of our clients and wish them a happy holiday season and a prosperous New Year. Like most of our clients, we had more opportunities in China, Saudi Arabia, and ASEAN Countries than the traditional U.S based innovative firms. […]

My Turn – Commentary on global petrochemical industry issues – The future options for the U.S Gulf Coast – The panel discussion at FlexPO 2006 by Dr. Balaji B. Singh At our recent FlexPO2006 conference at Houston/Galveston, we invited several retired senior executives from the chemical industry including (1) Mr. Eugene Allspach – Ex CEO […]

My Turn – Commentary on Global Petrochemical Industry Issues – Saudi Arabia Downstream Developments – Dr. Balaji B. Singh The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the largest of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries has always been at the forefront of petrochemical developments in the Persian Gulf. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KAS) is interested in increasing […]

My Turn – Commentary on Global Petrochemical Industry Issues – Growth in the Indian Petrochemicals & Plastics A Reality Check- Dr. Balaji B. Singh India is the waking giant in the Global economy. The excitement in the air, increasing consumer confidence, and purchasing power are transforming India into an economic powerhouse. India is on the […]

My Turn – Commentary on Global Petrochemical Industry Issues – Dr. Balaji B. Singh ExxonMobil’s announcement of Qatar Petrochemicals sets the right direction for the future Global petrochemical industry – a movement towards feedstock-rich regions of the world. Despite these developments, the U.S. Gulf Coast will remain the world’s largest single site. If it is […]

My Turn – Commentary on Global Polyolefins and Elastomers – Dr. Balaji B. Singh The FlexPO conference, again was a bittersweet success. We worked all year to bring the best possible speakers, well thought program, most thought-provoking presentations. Everyone who comes to attend the conference is highly complimentary of the program and tells us it […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh We look forward to seeing you at this year’s FlexPO2006. We have selected the best topics/best speakers in an organized fashion – Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 – Just see the program. Reliance selects Unipol and Aker Kvaerner for the […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh The Globe is becoming one village – in the future, the Middle East, with its raw material cost advantages will become the basic producer of commodities, China will be the processor, and both China/India because of their phenomenal growth will become the new consumers – thus […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh We look forward to seeing you at this year’s FlexPO2006. We have selected the best topics/best speakers in an organized fashion – Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 – Just see the program. Polyolefin producers announce 2ndquarter earnings Dow Chemical Dow […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 – Just see the program. Basell to license Spherizone technology to Lotte Daesan for a new 250 KT per year PP plant in Korea Lotte Daesan Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has selected Basell’s Spherizone technology for […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 – Just see the program.  INEOS technologies to license Innovene S Process to China petrochemical international company INEOS Technologies announced that it has licensed its ‘Innovene S Process for the manufacture of HDPE and MDPE […]

My Turn – Commentary by Dr. Balaji B. Singh Some good reasons to attend Flexpo2006 in Houston, Sept 20-22, 2006 1. Overview of innovative developments in Olefin Block Copolymers from most major organizations including, Dow, ExxonMobil, Sumitomo, Mitsui, Universities, etc., Get a good start on this new growth area – what is it? When was […]