<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <rss version="2.0">   <channel>        <title>Platts News: Latest Petrochemicals Headlines from Platts.com</title>           		<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>		<description>Petrochemicals Headlines from Platts.com: Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.</description>		<language>en-US</language>		<copyright>Copyright &#169; 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.          http://www.mcgraw-hill.com</copyright>				<category>Latest Petrochemicals Headlines</category>		<image>			<url>http://www.platts.com/images/latest_petrochemicals_headlines_title.gif</url>			 <title>Latest Petrochemicals Headlines</title>			<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>		</image>		<managingEditor>webeditor@platts.com</managingEditor>		<webMaster>webeditor@platts.com</webMaster>		<pubDate> 29 Aug 2008 18:35:30 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Samsung Total's new propylene plant at 60% due to feed shortage]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Sydney (Platts) -- 29Aug2008 -- Samsung Total Petrochemicals is operating its new propylene plant at
Daesan, South Korea at a lower-than-expected rate of 60% and is therefore
unable to sell spot cargoes in the near-term, a source close...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8990651.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8990651.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Formosa Plastics monitoring TS Gustav, USGC operations normal]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- Formosa Plastics is in the process of tracking Tropical Storm Gustav
Thursday and has begun to initiate a hurricane preparedness plan, a
spokesperson told Platts Thursday. 

     &quot;It looks like it could...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6944378.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6944378.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US aromatics markets experience calm before storm]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- The US aromatics markets were eerily quiet early Thursday as attention
was focused on Tropical Storm Gustav.

     &quot;It's very weird indeed,&quot; an aromatics trader said of Thursday's quiet
market. &quot;Most sites...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6944376.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6944376.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[France's Arkema still awaiting news of hijacked EDC tanker]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- French vinyls producer Arkema had received no update Thursday on the fate
of Japanese petrochemical tanker Irene that was carrying a parcel of ethylene
dichloride from France to India when it was hijacked...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6943937.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6943937.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[India's Pasupati, Indian Acrylics shut AF plants on poor margins]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- India's Pasupati Acrylon and Indian Acrylics have shut their acrylic
fiber plants temporarily because of poor production margins, market sources
said Thursday. 

     According to local market sources,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8987482.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8987482.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Lower steam cracker runs fail to support NE Asian ethylene market]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Tokyo (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- Northeast Asia's ethylene market was unable to shake off bearish
sentiment Thursday, failing to find support from a series of steam cracker run
cuts and pressured by persisting weakness in derivatives...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9295422.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9295422.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Blast-hit Apache to restore gas supply to shut Burrup by mid-Dec]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- Australia's Apache Energy Ltd. expects to restore its natural gas
production at Varanus Island, off the state of Western Australia, to full
capacity by mid-December, following a pipeline explosion June...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9295336.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9295336.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Spot PVC activity stalls as buyers, sellers remain in stalemate]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 27Aug2008 -- Participants in the PVC export market remained locked in a stalemate over
pricing this week as export values continue to nosedive. Buyers continued to
bid lower for material than suppliers are willing...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6943730.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6943730.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Asian PP, PE prices fall $10-30/mt on little post-Olympic demand]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Tokyo (Platts) -- 27Aug2008 -- Asian polypropylene and polyethylene markets extended losses with prices
dropping $10-30/mt week on week Wednesday as there was no major post-Olympic
demand recovery, market sources said. 

     PP raffia/injection...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8984919.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8984919.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[S China local-grade LPG up 18% since Aug 15 on supply concerns]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 26Aug2008 -- Spot prices of domestically produced LPG in southern China's Guangdong
province have gone up 17-19% or Yuan 950-1,020/mt ($138.75-149.00/mt) since
August 15, on expectation of less LPG supply from domestic...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9289377.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9289377.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[China likely to meet future LPG demand via domestic production]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 26Aug2008 -- China is likely to become more self sufficient in meeting its growing LPG
demand as it increases domestic production, reducing its dependence on
imports, FACTS Global Energy said in an August 20 research...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9289174.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9289174.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US methanol participants mixed on September contract nominations]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Houston (Platts) -- 26Aug2008 -- Participants in the US methanol market were mixed on expectations for the
September contract nominations, expected to come out later this week. 

     Several sources anticipated Tuesday that September...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6942450.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/6942450.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[NWE ethanol prices surge on demand uptick, supply concerns]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 26Aug2008 -- A resurgence in demand plus tightening supply combined to push up the
price of ethanol in Northwest Europe significantly since the start of last
week, sources said.

     The price for T2 (duty paid) ethanol...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8980913.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/8980913.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[China's CNOOC Huizhou aromatics unit to remain shut indefinitely]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 26Aug2008 -- The China National Offshore Oil Corporation's aromatics unit at Huizhou
in the southern Guangdong province will remain shut indefinitely due to a lack
of pygas feedstock, a company source said Tuesday....]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9283319.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Petrochemicals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Petrochemicals/News/9283319.xml?src=Petrochemicalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	