Petrochemicals – News and Features

Algae can produce about 5,000 gallons (120 barrels) per acre per year, says Mayfield. It has multiple growing seasons and grows much faster than corn.

Company's novel catalyst is key to using natural gas to replace petroleum as a source of gasoline and other transportation fuels.

Eastman Chemical Company uses Thermo Scientific SampleManager LIMS to streamline business processes and deliver enhanced automation benefits.

Greyhound Chromatography and Allied chemicals announce their appointment as an authorized distributor for Sigma Aldrich.

Plant biochemist Joseph Chappell recently received a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to engineer plants to produce unique oils suitable for manufacturing combustible fuels and other petrochemical-like materials including nylon, paints and plastics

William G. Moon co-founded Plus Development and played a pivotal role in the invention of the "Hardcard," the very first plug-in hard drive card.

Four projects that will develop and commercialize innovative processes to generate high value chemicals to share £1.5 million of support funding.

These acquisitions will enhance the Company’s focus on knowledge management in laboratory settings by expanding its informatics and software offerings.

New patents deals with the manufacture of an additive for Emulsion Fuel, as well as an additive for batteries.

A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers begins today in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.