Articles covered in this issue:
Future Growth of Indian Chemical Industry mired due to dearth of building blocks
Manish Panchal, Karthikeyan K S and Sonal Sapale – Tata Strategic Management Group
The chemicals value chain is an intricately linked chain where downstream segments depend on key feed stocks such as naphtha, natural gas and petrochemical building blocks to grow. As we stand on the cusp of a disruptive development, there is an immediate need to access critical feed stocks and develop a roadmap to address pertinent challenges faced by the Indian Chemical Industry.
How Chemical Industry can benefit from the Cloud
Karan Kirpalani – Netmagic
This article explores how cloud computing can offer a range of benefits for today’s chemical industry. It also helps chemical sector analyze which applications, services and technologies should be considered for development and deployment “in the cloud” to meet the goals of their enterprise.
Trends and outlook for the Global olefins market
Saravanan Vaithi – Beroe Inc.
Highlighting the trend and outlook of global olefin supply and demand scenario, trade scenario, challenges ahead for olefin producers and the way ahead for downstream buyers
across the world this article focuses on the emerging trend in the key consumption centers of India.
Whither Oil and Gas?!
Chemical Industry Digest
Plummeting oil prices have sent shockwaves across global economies. The situation has been compounded by a slowing Chinese economy and looming global recession. On the flipside, this situation is working like a charm for Indian economy looking to achieve energy security and build world-class infrastructure. This article takes a closer look at the Oil &Gas industry and how it impacts India.
Indian engineering and procurement scenario –Challenges and expectations
Suhas Upadhye – Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd
The article discusses about the dynamics of project execution in the Indian chemical industry, during the engineering and procurement stage of the project and provides a detailed analysis of the issues involved in executing a project, as well as the mutual expectations from various stake holders, which differ at each stage.
Fertilisers – Will the scenario change?
Chemical Industry Digest
Riddled with policy inaction and starved of investments, India’s fertilizer industry struggles to find its feet. Whether, recent government initiatives help in reviving the fortunes of the industry remains to be seen. This article dissects the issues dogging the industry and details the measures that are imperative to the industry’s survival.
