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ADM, Wilmar forge alliance on fertilizer, freight business

London, February 22, 2012, 728 am EST/1228 GMT

US agribusiness group Archer Daniels Midland Co said Wednesday it and Singapore's Wilmar International have forged a strategic partnership in global fertilizer and ocean freight businesses, and tropical oils refining in Europe.

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News Features

Iranian Oil Sanctions: Noose tightens around Iran as buyers seek alternative oil

February 22, 2012

International sanctions aimed at slashing Iran's main economic lifeline, its oil revenues, could have an impact on the country's export volumes well beyond the 500,000 b/d of crude that a European Union ban will displace from July.

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Podcasts

What are the likely key drivers for Asian styrene monomer in 2012?
February 9, 2012 - Discussing what could be the key drivers for SM in the Asian petrochemical markets for 2012.

European naphtha marks unusually strong entry into 2012
February 3, 2012 - Discussing the European naphtha market, focusing on its rising strength on supply shortages going into 2012.

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Blogs

The Barrel: Cutting costs at DOE, and getting some people annoyed in the process

For people who cover the US federal government and its sprawling bureaucracy for a living, the roll-out of the president's annual budget request can be a bit like Christmas and a bit like an Easter-egg hunt.

The Barrel: Saudi Arabia's petrochemical paradox

For anyone observing from the outside, Saudi Arabia's petrochemical manufacturers would seem little more than a vast, cash generating machine.

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Top 250 Energy Company Rankings analysis: 'Big Oil' dominates, but Asia steals the show

November 2, 2011 (12:46 mins)

Platts editors take an in-depth look at Platts Top 250 rankings for 2011, including the continuing rise of both Asian and Eastern European energy companies.

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Industry Solution Papers Library

Special Report: Lighter feeds in US steam crackers brings new attitude toward on-purpose butadiene, propylene prospects

How inexpensive NGLs are pushing heaving naphtha feedstocks to the side and some in the markets are touting these developments as a renaissance for the US petrochemical industry (published September 2011).

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