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Petroleum-based

Specialty chemicals

+5

🏭 The chicken or the egg

Jul 29, 2022

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9 min read

🏭 The chicken or the egg

Origin's carbon-negative carbon black and Dow's gas sweeting plans

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Petroleum-based

+5

🏭 Dow's big recycling day

Jul 25, 2022

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9 min read

🏭 Dow's big recycling day

Dow Chemical's three recycling agreements and Baystar's brand new ethane cracker

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Aromatics

+6

🏭 The pineapple protector

Jul 22, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 The pineapple protector

BASF's UV stabilizer, it's unique application, and building a PET plant

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+6

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

Jul 15, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

UV-C disinfection, Solvay's light stabilizer, Clariant's catalyst, and a biodegradable polymer

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+3

🏭 Special chip gases

Jul 6, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Special chip gases

More PDH in China and US-based semiconductor gases

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Batteries

+3

🏭 American LiOH

Jul 1, 2022

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9 min read

🏭 American LiOH

Indorama's one-step MTBE and Albemarle and lithium hydroxide in the US

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Petroleum-based

+2

🏭 Less gas more liquid

Jun 24, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Less gas more liquid

Gas-to-liquids in Uzbekistan and maleic anhydride in Malaysia

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Petroleum-based

+3

🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

Jun 17, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

Freeport LNG's fire and Dow and Shell's electric steam cracker

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty polymers

+2

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Jun 6, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Evonik's lipid expansion and DuPont's bio-based diol divestment

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Aromatics

+5

🏭 Making plastic clear

May 23, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Making plastic clear

Miliken's polypropylene clarifier and Sumitomo exits the dye business

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+4

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

May 18, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

Solvay's fermentation-based vanillin and Total's drone project

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Sustainable aviation fuel

+3

🏭 New look today

Apr 27, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 New look today

World Energy's $2B SAF plant and helium from natural gas

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
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