Ethylene

Washington, November 22 : In a new research, scientists have shown how a family of genes are responsible for production of ethylene gas, a discovery that could make plants disease resistant, able to survive and thrive in difficult terrain,...

In this article: 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Synthase and Washington

...scientists show how a family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes) are responsible for production of ethylene. This gas affects many aspects of plant development, and this information lays the foundation...

In this article: Hormone, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate Synthase, Genetics Society of America, University of California, Riverside, and U.S. Department of Agriculture

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Ethylene (C2H4), a light gas with a characteristic sweet smell belongs to the olefins family of petrochemicals or...

In this article: Polyvinyl chloride, Natural gas, Derivative, Polystyrene, Polyethylene, Polyethylene terephthalate, Hydrocarbon, and Ethane

...in the expanding Asian petrochemicals market. The Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex also includes a new 800,000 tonnes per annum ethylene cracker, a butadiene plant and modifications to Shell s Bukom refinery, which are planned to start...

In this article: Shell, Singapore, Subsidiary, Asia, Polyethylene terephthalate, and United States Securities and Exchange Commission

...project tripled the capacity of a refinery to 240,000 b/d and added a petrochemical complex, which encompasses an 800,000-tonne/year ethylene steam cracker, an 800,000-tpy polyethylene unit, a 400,000-tpy polypropylene unit, and a...

In this article: Sinopec, Owners, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Aramco, and ExxonMobil

...decorative, and be used to project weather info, spectator numbers, and race results. They'd be constructed from of a type of plastic called Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), the same stuff used to build the Beijing Aquatic Centre. The...

In this article: London, Tetrafluoroethylene, MIT, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and BBC

...study that covers past and future developments in supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global Ethylene and Propylene industry for the period 2004 to 2014. Included with each analysis is 12 months...

In this article: Olefins, FCC, Coal, Recession, Propylene, Europe, United States, and Online database

...designer who has previously shown off huge inflatable sculptures. It is envisaged that the spheres would be made of a plastic known as Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), the material used to build the Beijing Aquatic Centre. The...

In this article: London, Google, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Turner Prize, Tetrafluoroethylene, and Angel of the North

...Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co., a joint venture between the Japanese and Saudi firms, is capable of producing 1.3 million tons of ethylene per year. The plant came onstream in April. The joint project is expected to strengthen ties...

In this article: Sumitomo, Saudi Aramco, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, Joint venture, and Asia

...for propane. Ethylene producers operated at 72% of capacity in first-quarter 2009. Our analysis of ethylene production trends indicated ethylene producers continued to limit output in response to heavy liquidation of polyethylene...

In this article: Propane, Ethane, OPEC, Natural gas, US, Recession, Canada, and Mont Belvieu