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Rates for the benchmark Persian Gulf-China route fell 15
Worldscale points since January 2 through to w48 on Thursday, according to SandP Global Platts assessments.
Carried out every six years, the turnaround involves the shutdown of SABIC's iconic Olefins Cracker, its
worldscale low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant and other operations at Wilton and North Tees.
OCI's 1.75 million MT Natgasoline plant in Beaumont is expected to be commissioned in 2017, and there are
worldscale capacity additions expected in Iran and China in the medium term.
That came as daily VLCC earnings from the Middle East on Thursday plunged to around $15,000 a day after Thai Oil chartered the 314,000 dwt VLCC Sea Leopard at a rate of 51 on the
Worldscale measure, the lowest since Sept.
Additionally, the firm overseeing Al-Zour's refinery will also manage a
worldscale petrochemicals facility that will utilise feed from the refinery, following a decision in Q116.
ISLAMABAD -- Byco Single Point Mooring (SPM), the first and the only SPM in Pakistan, has been included as a new port in the amendment circular issued globally by
Worldscale.
"In terms of on a
worldscale, I think Steff is right up there.
Elevance is the only specialty chemicals company that will have two
worldscale biorefineries in operation by 2016.
The world's benchmark VLCC export route from the Middle East Gulf (MEG) to Japan reached W33.70 in the
worldscale measure of freight rates, or $2,223 a day when translated into average earnings and were at their lowest since May 3.