Environmentally responsible products for the dental office.
product focus Environmentally Responsible Products for the Dental Office Compiled by Susan Elliott-Smith through professional insights from Fred Pockrass, DDS; Ina Pockrass; Ali Farahani, DDS and Shelby Kahl, RDH. Manufacturer/ Web address Product Name/Unique Features Tools and Equipment A-DEC Stainless Steel Aspirator Tips: stainless http://www.a-dec.com/ steel suction tips that...

Petron makes P6.4 billion in 2007.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The net income of Petron Corporation improved slightly to P6.4 billion last year, higher by 6.3 percent from P6.02 billion in 2006. But the company indicated that its operating income inched up to P9.91 billion last year, registering a 2.0 percent...

RP can develop her oleochem industry with proper incentives.
Byline: Melody M. Aguiba The government can develop a flourishing oleochemical industry through incentives and support like Malaysia's integrated infrastructure facility that made palm oil one of world's biggest traded vegetable oil. There are opportunities that the Philippines has not been taking advantage of amid...

Fast lessons in fuels; (Editor's note: A debate on biofuels is unnecessary if coffee shops open on time as noted by the author.).
Byline: Romeo V. Pefianco Chemistry, Geology, Biology and Math are science subjects that can make students run, stumble, stand again and fail or get grades between 73 and 75. Foreign aid This week at the coffee shop there was serious discussion of biofuel...

Petron plans new $ 1.5-B investment.
Byline: Myrna M. Velasco Amid the impending changeover of its 40 percent equity offered to be acquired by investment fund Ashmore Group, leading player Petron Corporation is lining up investment of $ 1.5 billion starting next year. Petron chairman Nicasio I. Alcantara said the investment...

Petron awards propylene supply contract to Japanese firm Mitsui.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO LIMAY, Bataan -- Petron Corporation's first customer, Japanese firm Mitsui Co. Ltd., already lifted 1,500 metric tons of propylene from its newly-inaugurated Petro Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (PetroFCC) unit and Propylene Recovery Unit (PRU), expansion components of its Bataan refinery. The company...

PNOC to insist on its Petron pre-emptive right.
After the conclusion of the $ 550-million deal for London-based investment fund Ashmore Group to buy the 40 percent equity of Saudi Aramco in Petron Corporation, the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) noted that it will insist its "right of first refusal" in the transaction. This means...

Lower petrochem tariffs expanded.
Byline: Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat The Cabinet-level Tariff and Related Matters (TRM) committee has approved the inclusion of new technologies and equipment in the production of petrochemical products aside from using naphtha cracking process in the granting of lower tariffs to pave the way for more investments in petrochemical...

Oil price run-up raises questions on supplies.
Byline: Peter Enav TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Perhaps the biggest reason that oil costs nearly US$ 100 a barrel can be found in places like China, where roads that were full of bicycles 15 years ago are now choking with cars and trucks. Or in India, where...

UAE: the success story surges onwards and upwards.
THE UAE, A confederation of seven autonomous emirates, remains one of the most prosperous economies in the emerging-market regions. Abu Dhabi, an oil powerhouse, and Dubai, the regional hub for trade, commerce and finance, form the backbone of the Emirates' success story. The UAE's rapid transformation from an undeveloped...