(plasticsinfomart) -- In partnership with Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem, Tetra Pak's "green" polyethylene caps for liquid cartons are made from sugarcane derivatives.
Two popular milk brands are currently using Tetra Brik Aseptic packages using the "green" PE StreamCap 1000, increasing the company's environmental performance of its products.
The company is launching "green" alternatives for three additional caps: the DreamCap 26, the LightCap 30, and the Helicap 27. The "green" caps will be distinguished from the original caps by a leaf logo, embossed on the cap.
(hydrocarbonprocessing) -- Phillips 66 will focus on growing its chemical and midstream segments at the expense of its fuel production business because of the weak outlook for fuel demand, the company's incoming CEO said. The comapny will split 50% of its capital expenditure budget evenly on the two segments.
Phillips 66 will focus on growing its chemical and midstream segments at the expense of its fuel production business because of the weak outlook for fuel demand, the company's incoming CEO said Monday.
Phillips 66, the refining arm of oil major ConocoPhillips that will become a stand-alone company after April 30, will shift its long-term capital spending to its Chevron Phillips Chemical production and DCP Midstream segments.
Chevron Phillips is a 50-50 joint venture with Chevron. DCP is a partnership with ConocoPhillips and Spectra Energy.
Phillips 66 will roughly double its 2012 capital expenditure budget for its chemical business to USD500 million, while its spending on its refining business will grow from just under USD1 billion, Greg Garland, a ConocoPhillips executive vice president who will head Phillips 66, said.
The rest are slated to come on stream in the next two years. Kunlun also said it has 23 compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations and 109 LNG stations under construction. Kunlun posted a net profit of HKD5.61 billion for last year, up 33.7% from a restated 2010 profit.
Oil and gas production accounted for 43% of before-tax profit of HKD10.4 billion, against 41.6% from pipeline transmission, 12.8% from city gas sales, and 2.5% from LNG terminal processing.