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Spring 2010
Each issue of Shell Chemicals Magazine offers an in-depth look at developments across the worldwide Shell Chemicals businesses.
To read more, select a link to a PDF version of any article from the list below.
Shell Chemicals Magazine: Featured articles
A safe pair of hands
Increased focus on infection control measures has boosted demand for high purity isopropyl alcohol for use in hand disinfectant formulations.
Step in the right direction
Shell has developed a scientifically robust methodology to calculate credible ‘well-to-gate’ carbon footprint data for its petrochemical portfolio.
Asian Hub
The completion of the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex (SEPC) project has created Shell’s largest, fully-integrated refinery and petrochemicals hub.
Sold out
How commercial teams developed the customer base for new world-scale MEG capacity in Singapore among Asia’s leading polyester players.
Keeping it tight
The supply chain for Shell’s new petrochemical assets in Singapore has been designed to capture the value of a fully-integrated site.
Changing channel
A new distribution model in Europe has helped to reduce complexity and streamline this important route to market for the Solvents business.
Clear advantage
New process technology could help to provide a more sustainable route to diphenyl carbonate - a key intermediate in the polycarbonate value chain.
Safety lifeline
A simple safety harness system, which provides fall protection to drivers during unloading operations involving toluene di-isocyanate, is being trialled in Italy.
Strengths in adversity
Two commercial managers offer a view of how their different but linked chemical businesses have withstood the effects of the global economic downturn.
Flexible feeds
The completion of a major engineering project has equipped the ethylene cracker complex in the Netherlands to process a wider range of advantaged feedstocks.
More distance less fuel
The annual Shell Eco-marathon challenges high school and college students from around the world to design and build vehicles that travel the furthest on the least amount of fuel.