Petrochemicals Are Empowering Paralympic Athletes
Athletes gathering for the winter Paralympics in South Korea this month are remarkable examples of how people overcome challenges – and new technologies are increasingly helping these impressive athletes push their limits by doing more, going faster or going farther.
Gets It There Fresh and Keeps It All Clean: Ethylene
What helps prevent contamination as food is transported from farms to stores to our dinner tables?
AFPM Members Are Making Health and Safety More Accessible
Every day, AFPM members make products that improve our lives and contribute to human progress — including fuels like gasoline, diesel and jet fuel that facilitate access to vital health services, and petrochemicals used as building blocks to create healthcare equipment, devices and technologies.
Butylenes: Getting You from A to B — and Beyond
As research continues to yield breakthroughs in modern transportation, the evidence clearly shows that petrochemicals are integral to the future of travel.
Stain Proof, Sweat Proof and Bullet Proof —Xylene Makes Us All Superheroes
In the days before stain-resistant carpets and upholstery, keeping muddy dogs and kids’ shoes off the furniture and out of the living room was a full-time job.
Taking Off for Family Time? Jet Fuel Makes it Happen
On any given day, more than 80,000 U.S. flights carry passengers to and from vacations, business trips, and visits to friends and family.
Gasoline Fuels Ambition—and First Jobs
Last spring,11-year-old Q’yaron Gadsonrode his bicycle up to a neighbor mowing his lawn to ask if he could assume the job that summer to gain work experience.