If you want to know about olefin price, you can refer to this site: http://www.lookchem.com/news/price/2010-6-22/394.html.
Propylene (CAS.NO.115-07-1)(refined level) : 40.12 – 40.38 cents (usd)/pound
Ethylene (CAS.NO.74-85-1) : 31.255 – 31.495 cents (usd)/pound

I’m interested in the glycerol to olefin project which supports the green technology efforts. However, China in the other hand, perhaps because they have substantial coal reserves have long planned to commission their Coal-to-Olefin (CTO) project. This is confirmed from the news which I just read from Steelguru.com, below:
It is reported that three Chinese factories [...]

The 1st Annual World Congress of Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis-2010
(WCCAS-2010) will be held from May 19 to May 21, 2010 in Beijing, China,
with a theme of ‘Create Bioactive Molecules Green and Economically’. This
is a focused event on Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, it aims to stimulate
interactions among academia, industry and researchers in this field to
exchange up-to-the-minutes information and [...]

Hope this can inspire CREG whom is also under Energy Research Group (ERA)…
ERA would like to congratulates Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Group (REFRAC) head by Prof. Dr. Md Nor Musa for their success to get Symbiosis UTM-MTDC grant awarded by MTDC amounted RM 2.5 million.
REFRAC is going to commercialize their product called ATCS (Advanced Thermal [...]

currently, a joint-venture research study between CREG and Petronas Penapisan (Melaka) Sdn Bhd has been established as a PhD work of Mr.Fawzi M.Amin. The outlines of the research project summarized via an oral presentation presented by Mr.Fawzi while he did  approach Melaka site as follows:

As the reactant feed to be tested via the catalytic pilot [...]

CREG members: Dr. Tuan Amran, Mahadhir, Zaki and Huda traveled up to PJ last Wednesday to attend a 3 hour workshop on control instrument and software – Labview which was provided by National Instrument. The workshop was very good but as usual it cost money to buy this equipment. Maybe, for the time being, we [...]

A secret farewell party was organized and executed today for Linda, our CREG research officer who have served the research group for 2 and half years. The simple but meaningful ceremony was attended by all CREG members including lecturers, Ph.D students, Master students, and PSM students.
The ceremony which took place on a beautiful afternoon at [...]

Great news!
CREG is searching for new masters and/Ph.D student for the coming semester. We are searching candidates with excellent academic results, strong computer modeling knowledge and impressive dedication.
If you are the person, you will join a dynamic research group consisting of numerous undergraduate, masters and pH.D students. Please explore this website to learn all about [...]

Attention to all CREG members:
This week, we will have our 2nd “CREG seminar”
The CREG seminar ’s schedule as follows below:
Date      :   21 January 2010 (Thursday)
Time      :   9 – 11 am
Venue    :   BMF
On that day, we have two presenters and they will present their PhD research:-
Dr Norzita Ngadi
“Mechanisms of molecular brush inhibition of protein adsorption onto [...]

Here is the list of undergraduate students with CREG this semester. The students are supervised under Prof. Dr. Nor Aishah Saidina Amin. However, each and every student has their own co-supervisor to guide them with their research.
1) Izyan Zafirah bt. Abdul Rahman
Co-Supervisor: Javaid
Research title: Preparation of activated carbon from empty palm fruit bunch.
2) Noor Aina [...]