Global oil prices will likely rise from current levels on a growing supply deficit in the second half of the year if OPEC and other key oil producers extend their output cut deal later this month, the International Energy Agency's chief oil analyst said in an interview Wednesday. SEE MORE Europe's carbon market faces a paradigm shift as utilities may be adjusting their hedging strategies, according to an analyst. SEE MORE Plastic, rubber, and many other useful materials are made of polymers — long chains arranged in a cross-linked network. At the molecular level, these polymer networks contain structural flaws that weaken them. Several years ago, MIT researchers were the first to measure certain types of these defects, called “loops,” which are caused when a chain in the polymer network binds to itself instead of another chain. SEE MORE Although commodity plastics have a large number of advantages, the most important is their versatility. The increasing need for high standard performance plastic across all modern applications is driving the growth of commodity plastic market, as per Market Research Future. SEE MORE APEC aims to continue to be a leading cooperative mechanism which grasps new trends and pioneers economic links amid regional and global uncertainties. SEE MORE