Nitrogen & Methanol articles from January 1999

Nitrogen & Methanol archives from January 1999

Doomed to downturns?(nitrogen fertilizer and methanol prices)(Editorial)
January 1, 1999... Nitrogen fertilizer and methanol prices are now at their lowest point since the last downturn, at the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s. There are various reasons for this, from low oil prices and the Asian recession to the Russian crash,...

Prices still falling.(methanol)
January 1, 1999... December 1998 natural gas prices in the US Gulf increased by almost 3.3% over November. The average contract price for natural gas at the burner tip in Texas and Louisiana, as reported in Natural Gas Week, for December was $2.20/mmBtu. ...

Gas and nitrogen production in the Caribbean.
January 1, 1999... Nitrogen & Methanol takes a look at Venezuela and Trinidad, two very different gas-rich countries vying for dominance in the ammonia and urea export market from the Caribbean. Oil and natural gas deposits in the Caribbean are essentially...

Pequiven - an important player in the Latin American nitrogenous fertilizer market.(Petroquimica de Venezuela S.A.)(Company Profile)
January 1, 1999... Roberto Mantellini Quintero, business manager for the Fertilizer Business Division of Petroquimica de Venezuela, SA discusses the company's current situation and future plans. Venezuela has been a leader in the growth of the petrochemical...

Ammonium nitrate producers' study group meeting - a report.
January 1, 1999... The ANPSG (Ammonium Nitrate Producers' Study Group) is an annual forum for the ammonium nitrate industry to meet and discuss common problems. The meeting was held at the Snow King resort, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, from October 5th to 8th 1998. ...

Is low-priced methanol here to stay?
January 1, 1999... The world methanol industry gathered in Frankfurt last December at a time when methanol prices were at lows not seen for a decade, and with little prospect of any upturn in sight. Needless to say the talk was all about when prices would rise...

Sulphurless promoted catalyst for HTS conversion.(high-temperature shift)
January 1, 1999... In 1993 Chimco first commercially introduced its new sulphurless catalyst for high-temperature shift conversion under the trade mark CK-03. The new catalyst has several advantages to the standard types of catalyst, which are promoted with...

Fluid drum granulation of potassium nitrate.
January 1, 1999... Potassium nitrate fertilizer is presently mostly produced via prilling of the finished melt. Almost unknown 20 years ago, potassium nitrate is now used in more and more applications in over 60 countries. A binary high grade fertilizer...

Revamp technology from Urea Casale.
January 1, 1999... Urea Casale has been active in the urea field since 1985, as Ammonia Casale at first and, from 1991, as an independent company. From the beginning, the company's activities have been concentrated on revamps of existing urea plants. In the...