TEHRAN Dec 01 (NIPNA)--Iranian petrochemical corporations fully supply the domestic demand for petrochemicals and are ready to reach out for foreign markets, said a senior petrochemical official.

TEHRAN Dec 01 (NIPNA)--The Persian Gulf Holding is prepared to enter into international petrochemical markets, said the company's chief.

HOUSTON (ICIS)--ExxonMobil’s third-quarter chemical segment earnings rose 17% year over year to $1.2bn, primarily because of higher margins, the US-based energy and petrochemicals major said on Friday.

Volatile crude oil pricing makes planning difficult. Meanwhile new coal-to-olefins plants are being run almost at a loss for exports amid poor levels of demand growth