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BOREALIS
Profits hit by Borouge turnaround / Soft market conditions add to pressure on earnings / Final work on third stage at Ruwais JV is underway (17.05.2013)

CORRECTION - BASF / TORAY / GENOMATICA
German group purchases technology licence for renewable BDO / Japanese prepare for scale-up (15.05.2013)

OMV
Austrian giant invests EUR 230m in butadiene production / Targets Burghausen refinery / Upgrades Schwechat plant (13.05.2013)

INEOS
PVC joint venture with Solvay / Combined projected sales of EUR 4.3 bn / Potential to be in the global top three (08.05.2013)

PETROCHINA
No start date set for Sichuan cracker following quake / USD 6 bn facility commissioning delayed again (08.05.2013)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Sale of US polyester resins businesses to Stepan / Columbus site to be expanded (03.05.2013)

VERSALIS
Ambitious recovery plan for Italian producer / Set to reduce commodity dependency (02.05.2013)

INEOS
Q1 profits fall by 11% following Lavera cracker outage / North America business benefits from low-cost feedstocks (30.04.2013)

JIANGSU SAILBOAT PETROCHEMICAL
Chinese olefins, polyolefins units licence Honeywell and LyondellBasell processes (30.04.2013)

DOW
EBITDA up 30% at USD 2.22 bn in Q1 2013 / Performance plastics segment leads the way in operating profit increase (29.04.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cracker shut down at Petro Rabigh for maintenance / Gradual start up planned 3 May (25.04.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
DSM's caprolactam production in Geleen down (25.04.2013)

HUNTSMAN
Force majeure for MDI from Rozenburg (24.04.2013)

NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Russia's first ABS line successfully started up (24.04.2013)

RICOAL
Coal chemical company plans new polyolefin production in Rostov-on-Don / Start-up set for 2016 (17.04.2013)

ARKEMA
25% stake in Indian castor oil supplier acquired / Access to bio-polyamide feedstock (16.04.2013)

SINOPEC
Weak demand and lower petrochemical prices result in 2012 loss / Resins and plastics prices fall 10% (16.04.2013)

VERSALIS
JV for renewable butadiene is finalised (15.04.2013)

NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Plastics help lift 2012 sales by 3.5% / PE and PS output increase but PP output declines (12.04.2013)

ANELLOTECH
“Green” aromatics as drop-in feedstocks / Single-step catalysis process patented (10.04.2013)

SABIC
Saudi giant eyes further development in Asia / Potential for shale gas in the region / Possible plans for new cracker in the US (10.04.2013)

BRUNEI
Hengyi Industries' petrochemicals complex starts to take shape / UOP technologies specified for aromatics production (08.04.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical glitch takes out Versalis' ethylene cracker in Priolo (05.04.2013)

YPF
Argentinian oil and gas giant signs MoU for shale gas joint venture with Dow Chemical / Focus on ethylene production / Repsol suspicious about latest developments (04.04.2013)

HONEYWELL
UOP licenses C3 Oleflex process to China's Fuijan Meide / New 660,000 t/y plant (27.03.2013)

HUNTSMAN
USD 135m investment in MDI production in the US and The Netherlands (26.03.2013)

LYONDELLBASELL
US crackers to be converted to shale gas feedstock / Equivalent of a large cracker added / Expansion of ethylene capacity by 20% (25.03.2013)

HANWHA CHEMICAL
South Korean chemical producer reportedly looking into building an ethylene plant in the US / Jumping the shale gas bandwagon (22.03.2013)

DOW
New specialty plastics plants to be built on US Gulf Coast / Cheap shale gas-derived feedstock (21.03.2013)

DOW
Licensing, plastics additives up for sale / Divestments worth USD 1.5 bn planned (19.03.2013)

PERTAMINA
Partnering with Thailand's PTT for proposed Indonesian petrochemical hub / Joint venture to be established before end of 2013 (18.03.2013)

INEOS
Joint venture with Sinopec YPC to build China's largest phenol facility / At least 400,000 t/y capacity to come on stream in 2015 (14.03.2013)

BASF
Takeover of Ciech's TDI business complete (13.03.2013)

INEOS
Downturn in European olefins and polyolefins business hits 2012 operating profit / Cheaper feedstocks benefit US (12.03.2013)

BASF
Two joint ventures with Markor for butanediol and PolyTHF in China / Support for local customers (11.03.2013)

SHELL
Fluor wins engineering and design contract for Qatar cracker and MEG project (08.03.2013)

EVONIK
Marl CDT plant back in full production following 2012 explosion and fire / Force majeure ceased (01.03.2013)

DSM
Caprolactam woes eat into plastics results in 2012 / No improvement seen for polymer intermediates this year (28.02.2013)

ERCROS
Chlorine electrolysis at Spanish Flix site to close / Job cuts in chlorine chain / Acquisition of EDC for PVC production (28.02.2013)

BOREALIS
2012 net profits pulled down by poor polyolefins demand / European operations to be optimised further / Austrian PP catalyst plant onstream / Borouge 3 expansion on track (27.02.2013)

SIBUR
Uniform system of PP grading codes to be introduced by joint venture with Moscow Oil Refinery / Trading subsidiaries established in Turkey and Ukraine (26.02.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience declares FM for TDI from Baytown (25.02.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for C3 from Münchsmünster cracker in Germany (25.02.2013)

SALTIC
Preparing for new chlorine electrolysis and EDC construction starts in Oman / Plans to launch PVC production at a later date (20.02.2013)

INVISTA
New nylon salt plant opens in Rozenburg / Plans to raise PA 6.6 output (18.02.2013)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Fire takes out BPA line in Mailiao / Operations temporarily suspended / Latest in a string of blazes (15.02.2013)

SUMITOMO
Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift (13.02.2013)

UBE
Caprolactam production to cease in Sakai / Plant will focus on specialty products instead (13.02.2013)

SHENHUA
Authorities order Chinese MTO producer to cease operations in Baotou amid failure to comply with environmental code / EUR 12,000 fine imposed / Landmark case for China's MTP sector (11.02.2013)

INVISTA
Collaborating on bio-derived processes with US biotechnology group Arzeda / Initial focus on butadiene (11.02.2013)

WILLIAMS
Contract for Canada propylene plant awarded to Fluor (08.02.2013)

SABIC
Strike in Geleen comes to an end / Production returns to normal (06.02.2013)

MITSUI
Plans to quit KEC ethylene joint venture / First steps toward consolidation of Japanese production (06.02.2013)

DOW
EBITDA sinks 11% in 2012 on global slowdown / Feedstock strength to boost performance plastics (04.02.2013)

BOREALIS
Plans to invest EUR 46m to upgrade European sites / C4 project in Stenungsund to improve n-butene supplies / Heater replacement at Porvoo phenol complex (04.02.2013)

SABIC
Union launches strikes in Geleen / Cracker to continue operating / Additional effects remain unclear (01.02.2013)

SK INNOVATION
Plans for new propane dehydrogenation unit in South Korea (01.02.2013)

GRUPA AZOTY
European Commission gives green light for merger of Polish chemical groups in Tarnow and Pulawy (31.01.2013)

WESTLAKE
Technip receives engineering contract to switch Calvert City cracker to light feed (31.01.2013)

SINOPEC
Synthetic resins output falls 2.3% in 2012 / Ethylene output down 4.5% (29.01.2013)

LANXESS
Dichlorobenzene capacity increased by 15% / Additional crystalliser installed at Leverkusen site / PPS demand to rise up to 8% annually (29.01.2013)

JBF PETROCHEMICALS
Technip wins engineering contract for India PTA project / Start-up scheduled for H1 2015 (29.01.2013)

EVONIK / PETRONAS
Letter of intent for three new feedstock plants within RAPID in Malaysia / German group steps into project (28.01.2013)

OLTCHIM
Romanian petrochemical group files for insolvency / Fresh start in the making? (28.01.2013)

HYUNDAI COSMO PETROCHEMICAL
PX capacity expansion commissioned ahead of schedule / Shipments to Asia commence (25.01.2013)

BASF / SINOPEC
New isononanol plant in China / German partner shifts plans for plasticiser feedstocks after quitting Petronas project (25.01.2013)

INEOS
Long-term shipping agreement with Evergas to transport US ethane to Norway (25.01.2013)

OLTCHIM
PCC minority shareholder increases stake by acquiring Carlson shares (25.01.2013)

PEMEX
Agreement to proceed with VCM project with Mexichem (24.01.2013)

BASF / PETRONAS
Agreement on new Malaysian joint venture is terminated / Existing partnership to be continued (23.01.2013)

OXEA
Raising TMP output in Texas / Optimised processes for polyester and polyurethane component (23.01.2013)

INEOS CHLORVINYLS
Follow-up: Clarifying intentions to shutter some European PVC output / Plans scheduled for completion in H1 2013 (22.01.2013)

INEOS CHLORVINYLS
Plans to cease all PVC and VCM production at Runcorn / Response to slump in European PVC business / UK production to be focused in Newton Aycliffe (21.01.2013)

GEORGIA GULF
Rebranding as Axiall Corporation following merger with PPG (18.01.2013)

MOSSI & GHISOLFI
USD 1 bn engineering and construction contract for Texas PET/PTA complex to Sinopec / 1m t/y of polymer (16.01.2013)

WESTLAKE
Work begins on Lake Charles ethylene expansion (14.01.2013)

INVISTA
Environmental permits received for China HMD project / Part of planned PA 6.6 complex (14.01.2013)

DOW
Middle East business unit now includes North Africa and Turkey / Markus Wildi to head new “MENAT” division (11.01.2013)

BASF
Follow-up: Adipic acid supply secured / PA production in Ludwigshafen not curtailed (10.01.2013)

UPDATE - ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS
Mulling new propane dehydrogenation unit / Output of facility scheduled to come on stream in 2015 already sold out (10.01.2013)

BASF
Adipic acid output interrupted after minor explosion / Feedstock for PA 6.6 temporarily restricted (09.01.2013)

STYROLUTION
Styrenics supplier announces changes to its organisational structure / Appointment of three new members to management board (09.01.2013)

BASF
Raising global HDO output to meet rising demand (07.01.2013)

SINOPEC
Wuhan cracker commissioned / Catalytic cracking unit starts up in Guangdong (07.01.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavera is down / Reports of forces majeures for downstream products / So far FM only confirmed for C4 chain (04.01.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Petro Rabigh launches 20-day maintenance following power outage (04.01.2013)

DOW
“Olefins 2” plant in Louisiana brought back on stream / Capturing cheap shale gas feedstock (04.01.2013)

EXXONMOBIL
Mega polyolefin complex in Singapore is commissioned / Naphtha cracker in start-up phase / US group now world's largest polyolefin producer (04.01.2013)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire leads PPG Industries to declare force majeure for VCM from Louisiana (03.01.2013)

PERTAMINA
MoU with SK Global, PTT and Mitsubishi for petrochemical joint venture in Indonesia / Commissioning expected in 2017 (02.01.2013)

SASOL
No plans to quit Iranian petrochemical joint venture, news reports suggest / Activities could prompt international sanctions (21.12.2012)

INEOS ENTERPRISES
Acetic acid agreement with BP for VAM plant in Hull (20.12.2012)

OLTCHIM
Several plants resume operations / State sues former CEO Roibu / Gazprom delegation due for talks in Bucharest (18.12.2012)

BASF
Solid AH salt plant starts up in Ludwigshafen / Output earmarked for foreign markets, especially Asia (18.12.2012)

SASOL
South African group plans new mega-cracker in the US / Attracted to shale gas light feed (07.12.2012)

INEOS
Building new ethane tank in Norway / Storage option for North American shale gas (06.12.2012)

EVONIK
PA 12 feedstock plant in Marl resumes operations / Official investigation into cause of blast still ongoing (05.12.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol reportedly idles Portuguese cracker for “market reasons” (05.12.2012)

AZOTY TARNOW
Polish chemical group could be merged with ZAP in Azoty Holding / Eyeing new EUR 1.5 bn Baltic Sea petchems complex with Lotos (04.12.2012)

MEXICHEM
Concession for fluoride mine in Mexico / 4.5m t of secured supply / Fluoropolymer activities boosted (03.12.2012)

LONZA
Agreement to sell Performance Urethanes and Organics unit to Monument Chemical (03.12.2012)

IRPC
Propylene expansion about to go on stream / Additional capacity upgrade planned for 2015 / Future of caprolactam project with Ube uncertain (29.11.2012)

MEXICHEM
Mexican VCM joint venture with Pemex could be axed (28.11.2012)

BRASKEM IDESA
Construction of PE complex progressing on schedule / Start-up expected mid-2015 (26.11.2012)

DOW
Propylene glycol output raised at Stade plant (26.11.2012)

BOREALIS
Profits and sales increase in Q3 2012 / Higher prices boost polyolefins result / Borouge 3 expansion on track (21.11.2012)

PROVIRON
Phthalic anhydride producer to change catalyst technology / Belgian reactor off stream (19.11.2012)

EVONIK
Nine month profits fall on weak demand and fire at Marl site (19.11.2012)

SHELL
Production expansion at petrochemical complex in Singapore / Capacity of olefins and aromatics to rise by more than 20% (19.11.2012)

PETROBRAS
New PTA and PET complex in Brazil to start up end 2012 at the earliest (16.11.2012)

KASHIMA
Kashima Vinyl Chloride Monomer to become Shin-Etsu subsidiary from December / Mitsubishi Chemical minority owner / Three companies withdraw stakes (16.11.2012)

SAUDI POLYMERS
Al Jubail complex trips over technical issues / Outage expected to last for four weeks (14.11.2012)

DSM
Buyer sought for merchant caprolactam / Profit plunge for PA 6 feedstock in third quarter (12.11.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Phillips' New Jersey refinery out for several weeks in the wake of “Sandy” / PP output also affected (08.11.2012)

DIOKI
Croatian polymer manufacturer ceases ethylene and PE production / Talks with investors over PS facilities (06.11.2012)

EQUATE
Shuaiba MEG plant resumes operations (06.11.2012)

PETROCHINA
Mega-cracker in Fushun is commissioned / Downstream lines to follow (05.11.2012)

TOSOH
Raising VCM output in Nanyo / Expansion will help stabilise group's PVC production (05.11.2012)

CHINA
Protests in Ningbo elicit official pledge to halt petrochemical expansion / “Green” sentiment among the public rising / Is official acquiescence to demands linked to tendency towards petrochemical oversupply? (02.11.2012)

RAVAGO
Recycling partnership with solutions provider Avangard (02.11.2012)

PETROCHINA
Daqing Petrochemical subsidiary commissions massive ethylene line (31.10.2012)

INEOS
Group earnings improve year-on-year in Q3 / European olefins, polyolefins are weak spots (25.10.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for ethylene from Fife (19.10.2012)

BASF
Plans to acquire parts of Ciech TDI portfolio in Poland / Production facilities in Bydgoszcz to be shut? (16.10.2012)

ASAHI KASEI
Further expansion of ACN capacities planned / Focus on Middle East / Japanese company wants to become the world number one for ACN (15.10.2012)

ENGEN PETROLEUM
Polymer business extends product portfolio / High Market potential for PVC and PE in South Africa (12.10.2012)

HALDIA PETROCHEMICALS
India's third largest petrochemical producer in dire financial straits / “Extremely uncertain” future (11.10.2012)

OLTCHIM
Plants scheduled for commissioning in late October / New attempt at a sale to be launched in spring next year (09.10.2012)

WESTLAKE
Raising US ethylene and PVC output (09.10.2012)

BASF / PURAC
Plans for 50:50 succinic acid jv finalised / New company will start 10,000 t/y plant in 2013 (08.10.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Oman Oil to build new PET mega-complex in Sohar (05.10.2012)

BLUESTAR
Chinese group raises epoxy resin output in Nantong / Maleic anhydride line already on stream (04.10.2012)

SAUDI POLYMERS
Follow-up: Al Jubail hub starts commercial production (03.10.2012)

EVONIK
Raising 1-butene output in Marl / Capacity expansion due on stream in 2015 (02.10.2012)

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
BASF hexanediol line in Ludwigshafen at a standstill (02.10.2012)

BP
Malaysian PTA plant sold to Reliance / Focus on high growth markets like China (01.10.2012)

INEOS
Long-term agreement for US ethane supplies to feed European crackers / Feedstock primarily aimed at Rafnes and Grangemouth sites (28.09.2012)

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Poland's PKN starts horizontal shale gas drilling (28.09.2012)

JIUTAI
UOP methanol-to-olefins technology licensed for Mongolian plant / Exploiting China's coal resources (27.09.2012)

WESTLAKE
Lake Charles cracker expansion scheduled for Q1 2013 / Exploiting shale gas reserves (27.09.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Stavrolen cracker resumes operations / Downstream units also back on stream (27.09.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis' LDPE line in Stenungsund back on stream / FM on cracker products lifted (27.09.2012)

GAIL
Feedstock supply and support for Indian plastics park / Industry companies invited to set up shop (26.09.2012)

OLTCHIM
Media mogul Dan Diaconescu hands in highest bid / No agreement on final contract / Government denies any wrongdoing (26.09.2012)

INEOS / STYROLUTION
Ceasing all SM and PS production in Marl in October (25.09.2012)

OLTCHIM
Romanian prime minister Ponta slams all three potential investors / “Difficult situation” (24.09.2012)

HENGLI GROUP
Mega PTA line in Dalian goes on stream / Environmentally friendly operations (24.09.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Styrolution lifts force majeure for styrene in North America / Polystyrene still tight (20.09.2012)

OLTCHIM
CEO Roibu and entire management resigns / Workers launch hunger strike (17.09.2012)

BASF / TOTAL
Port Arthur joint venture streamlines assets and adopts new name / More than 900,000 t/y of ethylene output (13.09.2012)

SHELL
Foster Wheeler wins engineering contract for Qatar MEG project (11.09.2012)

POLYPLASTICS
Acquisition of LCP feedstock supplier Leuna Carboxylation / Is jv's majority owner Daicel attacking Ticona's supply chain? (07.09.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP declares force majeure for PX and PTA from Geel (07.09.2012)

MITSUI
Ethylene cutbacks and HDPE plant closure in Chiba / Responding to weak demand in Japan and competition from Middle East and China (06.09.2012)

TPC GROUP
Largest US butadiene producer sold to private investor (05.09.2012)

TVK
Q2 losses contained / Revenues sinking / Plans to launch butadiene line in Tiszaujvaros (04.09.2012)

OLTCHIM
Chlorine electrolysis down / 500 employees are sent home / Shares to be auctioned off in mid-September (31.08.2012)

EQUATE
Follow-up: Start-up of fire-damaged MEG line postponed (31.08.2012)

BASF
Raising global “PolyTHF” capacity / Demand for chemical intermediate strongest in Asia (28.08.2012)

HIP PETROHEMIJA
Green light for capacity expansion / All plants to be idled until year's end / Ministerial working group intervenes (27.08.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis declares FM for cracker products from Stenungsund / Reduced LDPE and HDPE output (24.08.2012)

SANORS
Russian petrochemical group plans new MMA plant in Samara / Mitsubishi contracted for license / Downstream PMMA facility to be built simultaneously (23.08.2012)

VERDEZYNE
US biotechnology group receives patent for non-petroleum based adipic acid / Cheaper and more environmentally friendly process for PA 6.6 production (23.08.2012)

MEXICHEM
Plans for shale gas cracker joint venture with Occidental / Backward integration (21.08.2012)

OMAN
Plans to build third petrochemical hub in Duqm / Creating an entirely new city from scratch (20.08.2012)

BOREALIS
Weak market hits second quarter 2012 profits in European polyolefins business / Borouge joint venture performs well (16.08.2012)

SILURIA TECHNOLOGIES
USD 30m obtained in latest financing round / Looking for partners in new methane to ethylene catalytic process (14.08.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire takes out Formosa's Mailiao styrene plant in Taiwan / August group earnings could suffer / Cracker maintenance (14.08.2012)

DSM
Operating profit falls by 14% in Q2 2012 as polymer intermediates division sees 68% reduction in earnings / Company-wide profit improvement programme launched (09.08.2012)

INEOS PARAFORM
New methylal plant commissioned in Germany (08.08.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
NPC: Deadly explosion rocks Iran's Bandar Imam Khomeini petrochemical complex (07.08.2012)

HONEYWELL
UOP licenses technology to Lukoil / New FCC complex at Nizhny Novgorod on stream in 2015 (06.08.2012)

OLTCHIM
New state loan? / Romanian petrochemical group under government administration (01.08.2012)

CORRECTION - ACRON GROUP
Russian conglomerate acquires minority share in Poland's Azoty Tarnow (01.08.2012)

HIP PETROHEMIJA
CEO quits petrochemical group / Cracker and polyolefin lines to resume operations in August (31.07.2012)

BRASKEM
Modernisation and expansion of US propylene splitter / Engineering contract awarded to Jacobs (27.07.2012)

WILLIAMS
Plans for new propylene plant in Canada / Dehydrogenation of propane yielded from oil extraction (27.07.2012)

SINOPEC
Petrochemicals production declines in H1 / Synthetic resins output 1.95% lower (26.07.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Asian ethylene spot markets firming / Japan's Keiyo Ethylene forced to idle cracker (25.07.2012)

GEORGIA GULF
Purchase of PPG's commodity chemicals business / Creation of North America's second largest VCM producer / Deal improves integration with low cost US gas (24.07.2012)

TEIJIN
Matsuyama PET feedstock line to be adjusted to external supply / Outlet for abundant DMT (19.07.2012)

LUMMUS TECHNOLOGY
Contract awarded by Petronas for world scale cracker project / License and engineering design of five petrochemical units in Malaysia (18.07.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure for Puertollano cracker in Spain (18.07.2012)

KUOKUANG PETROCHEMICAL
Follow-up: CPC affiliate reportedly signs deal for new petrochemical complex in Malaysia / Plans for Taiwan scrapped? (17.07.2012)

BPCL
Joint venture with LG Chem for Kochi fluid catalytic cracker (17.07.2012)

BRASKEM
Butadiene expansion in Triunfo commissioned ahead of schedule (11.07.2012)

BRASKEM
Takeover of propylene splitter at Philadelphia refinery / Backward integration of PP line (10.07.2012)

JBF PETROCHEMICALS
Technology licensing deal with BP for new PTA mega-plant in India (10.07.2012)

RELIANCE
Licensing contracts for Jamnagar ethylene cracker and PX line awarded / Mega-hub scheduled to go on stream in 2015 (09.07.2012)

BASF
Building new butadiene plant in Antwerp (05.07.2012)

SAUDI POLYMERS
Start up of ethylene complex in Al Jubail / Downstream units include PE, PP and PS (27.06.2012)

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Formosa's ethylene crackers in Taiwan out of action / Electricity outage takes out units ahead of scheduled maintenance turnaround (26.06.2012)

SIBUR
Linde to build new C2 cracker in Tobolsk / ZapSibNeftekhim subsidiary will turn out 2m t/y of polymer once completed (26.06.2012)

NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Contract with CB&I for front-end engineering for new ethylene plant in Tatarstan (22.06.2012)

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS
Plans to build new propane dehydrogenation unit on Texas Gulf Coast / Output to go towards meeting rising US demand for propylene (22.06.2012)

FORMOSA PETROCHEMICAL
Mailiao cracker no. 3 restarted in Taiwan / Output to be ramped up successively (20.06.2012)

YANTAI WANHUA
Ethylene delivery from TVK to BorsodChem / Profile of one of China's leading PU players (20.06.2012)

SADARA CHEMICAL
Engineering contract awarded for Saudi PE project / Start-up expected in 2015-2016 (15.06.2012)

ADVANCED
Agreement to source propylene from Aramco-Total joint venture in Al Jubail (13.06.2012)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Kashima No.1 cracker to cease operations by 2014 / Ongoing focus on higher added value products (12.06.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shale Gas: Poland prepared for extraction / PKN Orlen survey indicates support in development / International conference in Warsaw (05.06.2012)

EXXONMOBIL
New ethane cracker and PE plants at Baytown / Cheap US shale gas gives price advantage (05.06.2012)

SAUDI ARAMCO
Rabigh II petrochemicals expansion in Saudi Arabia approved / Investment cost estimated at USD 7 bn / Start-up expected in 2016 (04.06.2012)

MITSUI
EPDM joint venture with Sinopec in Shanghai / Commercial production to start in 2014 (01.06.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for butadiene from Moerdijk (01.06.2012)

HIP PETROHEMIJA
Frost-idled plants back to normal / Revamp should boost plant efficiency (31.05.2012)

GROUP DF
Millionaire Dimtry Firtash invests heavily in revitalisation of Ukraine's petrochemical sector (25.05.2012)

IRPC
Thai refiner to pay EUR 133m for 25% stake in UBE Chemicals / Portfolio upgrade (25.05.2012)

BPCL
Indian refinery operator looking for joint venture partner for propylene-based petrochemical complex in Kochi (22.05.2012)

TOSOH
No. 1 VCM line in Nanyo complex resumes operations following November blast (21.05.2012)

OLTCHIM
Finances turn deep red in 2012 / Profits halved / New management to take over in June (14.05.2012)

SIBUR
Launching PP imports to battle tightness in Russian market (14.05.2012)

PETROCHINA
Construction of mega-refinery joint venture project with Venezuela's PDVSA begins / Project includes two ethylene crackers (11.05.2012)

THAILAND
Map Ta Phut accidents prompt government to set up new industry control regime / Explosion at Bangkok Synthetics leaves 12 dead / Dozens hurt as chlorine escapes from Aditya Birla Chemicals' plant (09.05.2012)

CIECH
CEO Kunicki is replaced / Dow and Wanhua reportedly interested in Zachem's TDI subsidiary (08.05.2012)

CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Sweeny picked as location for two new polyethylene lines / Shaw Group will design Cedar Bayou cracker (07.05.2012)

SABIC
Upgrading Geleen's cracker No. 4 / EUR 135m investment (02.05.2012)

ALPEK
Mexican petrochemical giant seeks IPO (02.05.2012)

PROPYLENE
Accelerated Chinese demand spurs new investments / UOP technology selected for two more China propylene projects / Start-ups expected in 2014 (30.04.2012)

EGYPTIAN PETROCHEMICALS
Order for new cracker in Alexandria / Ameriya site expansion finally underway (26.04.2012)

DOW
US cracker project to be located at Freeport site in Texas / Start-up on schedule for 2017 (25.04.2012)

EASTMAN
2-EH capacity expansion in Longview is completed (25.04.2012)

KINGBOARD CHEMICAL
BPA project planned in China / Technology provided by Badger Licensing (24.04.2012)

INEOS
EBITDA down 19% in Q1 / “Healthy” phenol margins reflect tight supply / Debt refinancing (23.04.2012)

PETKIM
Exposure to feedstock price volatility leads to operating loss in Q4 2011 / Fitch downgrades petrochemical group's rating (19.04.2012)

SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU
PX project planned in South Korea / Agreement signed with GS Caltex and Taiyo Oil (17.04.2012)

HELM
German distributor quits all standard thermoplastics activities (16.04.2012)

POLIMERI EUROPA
Eni subsidiary changes name to Versalis / Part of strategic realignment (12.04.2012)

CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Plans to build world's largest 1-hexene plant in Texas (12.04.2012)

INDORAMA VENTURES
Follow-up: Takeover of Old World Industries' ethylene glycol and MEG business wrapped up / Virtually integrated into PTA in the US / IVL chairman says deal is a “game changer” (10.04.2012)

UPDATE - EVONIK
Follow-up: Specialty chemicals group “deeply regrets” loss of lives in chemical park fire / Expects “substantial constraints” in its ability to provide CDT-based products (05.04.2012)

DOW
Cost-reduction plan will see 900 jobs slashed worldwide / Plant closures in Europe and the Americas / Move expected to deliver USD 250m in annual savings (03.04.2012)

EVONIK
Second worker succumbs to injuries sustained by Marl explosion / Investigation expected to last several days / No new insights yet (03.04.2012)

ARTLANT
New state-of-the-art PTA plant on stream in Portugal/ Almost all output earmarked for export (03.04.2012)

BAALBAKI
Syrian PU producer expands polyol production / Headquarters to move to UAE / Expansion of Turkish system house (02.04.2012)

EVONIK
Explosion at PA 12 feedstock line in Marl leaves one dead / Consequences still unclear (01.04.2012)

LUKOIL
Follow-up: Ethylene production at Stavrolen subsidiary likely to be out until August / Awaiting equipment deliveries from abroad (30.03.2012)

WESTLAKE CHEMICAL
New office in Singapore / Platform for greater Asian strategy (30.03.2012)

LUCITE
Upgrade at MMA plant in Beaumount continues apace / Re-commissioning this year / MAA line starts production (28.03.2012)

SINOPEC
China's leading petrochemical player breaks all previous records in financial 2011 / State-owned group produced about 10m t of ethylene last year (28.03.2012)

CHEMTURA
Raising polyurethane pre-polymer output in Italy (26.03.2012)

INVISTA
New nylon salt production plant in Rozenburg (26.03.2012)

US SHALE GAS
Shell signs land option agreement to evaluate Pennsylvania site for possible ethane cracker / Aither Chemicals mulling complex in West Virginia (23.03.2012)

CORRECTION - OLTCHIM
Four investors ready to bid for ailing Romanian petrochemical group / PCC and Rompetrol shareholders among the interested parties / Offer deadline expires in mid-April (23.03.2012)

LUKOIL
Stavrolen subsidiary resumes PP production in Budyonnovsk / Ethylene repair works proceeding apace (22.03.2012)

INEOS
EPS plant in Marl to continue operations / Plans to consolidate capacities in the future? (21.03.2012)

STYROLUTION
Strategic realignment spells end to styrene and polystyrene production in Marl / Raising output in Ludwigshafen, Ulsan and Vadodara (20.03.2012)

CHINA PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT CORP
Plans to relocate ACN production to mainland China / Response to government resolution to encourage more environmentally friendly production (16.03.2012)

BASF
Raising cyclohexane oxidation output in Antwerp (15.03.2012)

BASF
USD 1 bn agreement with Petronas to expand activities in Malaysia / Raising capacity at existing BASF Petronas Chemicals jv / Plans to set up new joint venture in Johor (09.03.2012)

MITSUBISHI
Agreement with Genomatica on exclusive negotiation rights for planned Asian BDO joint venture (09.03.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Serbia's HIP Petrohemija lifts FM for Pancevo / Site currently in maintenance turnaround (07.03.2012)

OLTCHIM
Insufficient feedstocks and money / Technical unemployment extended (07.03.2012)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Cracker and LDPE project announced in Texas / Start-up scheduled for 2016 (02.03.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin slow to restart VCM/PVC production / FM at Arkema remains in place (01.03.2012)

SABIC
MDI and TDI manufacturing license from Mitsui Chemicals / Part of strategic plan to penetrate global PU business (01.03.2012)

SINOPEC
BDO and acetic acid project planned in China / Joint venture with BP and SK Global (28.02.2012)

BOREALIS
Volatile economic climate hits 2011 operating profit / Polyolefins margins eroded / Borouge 2 expansion achieves full performance levels (28.02.2012)

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Scottish environmental agency slaps ExxonMobile with record fine for failing to report climate pollution from Fife ethylene cracker / Dow Chemical penalised as well (22.02.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares FM for propylene from Cologne after cracker leak (22.02.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
New USD 5.5 bn complex in Qatar to start in 2018 / Asia, Africa and Latin America targeted (17.02.2012)

PERSTORP
Wider distribution pact with Nordmann, Rassmann for German-speaking Europe (16.02.2012)

HONAM PETROCHEMICAL
Plans for new petrochemical hub in Indonesia / Cracker and downstream units could start up in 2016 (14.02.2012)

SHOWA DENKO
Agreement for Myriant to deliver biosuccinic acid for PBS production (13.02.2012)

ARKEMA
Follow-up: VCM and PVC production in southern France at complete standstill (10.02.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cold temperatures lead Arkema to declare FM for VCM and PVC from southern France (10.02.2012)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cold spell forces Serbia's HIP to declare force majeure (10.02.2012)

LUKOIL
Follow-up: Investigation of Stavrolen cracker blaze wrapped up / Corrosion and wear blamed / Renewed start-up in April? (09.02.2012)

INDORAMA VENTURES
Acquisition of leading North American ethylene oxide and MEG producer Old World Industries / USD 795m deal / Fully integrated into MEG chain (09.02.2012)

DOW
US chemical giant reports net loss for Q4 2011 / Plastics capacity use down / Brighter outlook (07.02.2012)

OLTCHIM
Feedstocks and capital remain sparse / 840 employees have to stay home (06.02.2012)

SAMSUNG TOTAL
Follow-up: EVA unit included in Daesan petrochemicals project / Total investment estimated at USD 1.8 bn (31.01.2012)

CHINA
New EUR 9.6 bn refinery complex deal inked in Qatar / No start-up date / Around 1.2m t/y of ethylene (31.01.2012)

LYONDELLBASELL
Raising butadiene output in Wesseling (30.01.2012)

INDORAMA VENTURES
PTA and PET project planned in India / Investment cost estimated at USD 700m / Joint venture with Indo Rama Synthetics (India) (27.01.2012)

SUMITOMO
Withdrawal from SM joint venture with Denka / Slack demand, overcapacity hit Japanese players (27.01.2012)

TOTAL
Agreement to acquire ExxonMobil's stake in Fina Antwerp Olefins jv (24.01.2012)

SAMSUNG TOTAL
Aromatics complex on track to start up in 2014 / Output to include 1m t/y of PX / Technologies supplied by UOP (23.01.2012)

AITHER CHEMICALS
Collaboration on new USD 750m ethane cracker near Pittsburgh / “Clean” catalytic cracking technology (23.01.2012)

NOVAMONT
Acquisition of Bioitalia's amino acid plant / Facility to be converted into “Mater-Bi” production site (16.01.2012)

SAMSUNG TOTAL
Building new aromatics hub, EVA line in Daesan / Start-up in 2014 (13.01.2012)

KUMHO
Phenol facility planned in South Korea / Technologies supplied by UOP (13.01.2012)

BASF / SINOPEC
Second Nanjing expansion phase completed / USD 1.4 bn project / New acrylic acid plant (12.01.2012)

SYNTHOS DWORY
Cooperation with Romania's Energy Bio Chemicals to secure C4 supplies (11.01.2012)

OLTCHIM
Renewed production cuts / CEO Roibu continues to send employees home (10.01.2012)

UOP
Technology for Dow´s new propane-to-propylene line / Start-up in 2015 (09.01.2012)

BASF
Oleum/Sulphuric acid plant commissioned in Antwerp / Important caprolactam component (06.01.2012)

LUKOIL
Follow-up: Stavrolen cracker could be out until February / Investigation of blaze ongoing (02.01.2012)

PERSTORP
Isocyanate jv agreed with Thai PTT Global Chemical / Plans to invest in France and Asia (02.01.2012)

SIBUR
Mulling new petrochemical hub in western Siberia / Project still has to meet board approval (23.12.2011)

LUKOIL
Blaze takes out Stavrolen cracker in the Caucasus (21.12.2011)

ECOPETROL
Study to build cracker and polyolefins complex in Cartagena / Start-up expected in 2017 (20.12.2011)

CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Key points of North American ethane cracker feasibility study completed / Final decision for downstream PE units to come in early 2012 (19.12.2011)

QATAR
Follow-up: Shell and Qatar Petroleum ink deal on scope of proposed Ras Laffan petrochemical hub / Output to go towards growing Asian markets (16.12.2011)

SHELL
Plans for diphenyl carbonate demonstration unit in Singapore / Phosgene-free polycarbonate production (13.12.2011)

CHEVRON PHILIPS CHEMICAL
Saudi Polymers jv project to start up in Q1 2012 / Output includes PE, PP and PS (12.12.2011)

SASOL
Cracker complex planned at Lake Charles site in USA / Study to be completed in 2013 / Exit from Iran polymers jv proposed (12.12.2011)

SINOPEC
Discussions continue with SK Group on Wuhan ethylene project (09.12.2011)

HIP PETROHEMIJA
Breathing new life into polyolefin expansion plans / Debt restructured / NIS receives additional shares (08.12.2011)

SUMITOMO BAKELITE
Raising phenolic resin output in Belgium / Pilot plant for chemical recycling (08.12.2011)

PETKIM
Construction of USD 5.5 bn mega-refinery on track / Commissioning expected in 2015 / Start-up will significantly reduce Turkey's dependence on feedstock imports (07.12.2011)

ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals project planned in Russia's Primorsky region / Lummus to supply cracker technology / Downstream polymers production planned (06.12.2011)

ZHEJIANG SHAOXING SANJIN PETROCHEMICAL
Propylene plant planned in China / Technology provided by UOP (05.12.2011)

TOTAL
Strengthening its commitment to the styrene chain / Plans to expand chemical activities (02.12.2011)

ZAT
Polish chemical company plans to introduce caprolactam technology in Asia / Collaborating with Pulawy (30.11.2011)

OLTCHIM
Production cuts enter fifth consecutive month (29.11.2011)

SINOPEC
Work begins on China petrochemicals joint venture with KPC / Project includes units for PE, PP, EVA and EG (28.11.2011)

SIBUR
Polymer growth targets on track / Headed for the big leagues? / Most output still earmarked for domestic market / New projects proceeding apace (25.11.2011)

PERSTORP
Isocyanate jv planned with Thai PTT Global Chemical / PTT to invest EUR 115m for a 51% stake (24.11.2011)

OLTCHIM
Gazprom subsidiary interested in takeover / Production cuts continue in November (17.11.2011)

TOSOH
Japanese group shuts VCM units / Over a third of country's capacity affected / One worker killed (17.11.2011)

BRASKEM IDESA
Mexico PE complex more expensive than planned / Start up in 2015 / Ethane feedstock from Pemex (16.11.2011)

MITSUBISHI RAYON
Significant rise in the availability of biologically based MMA soon (15.11.2011)

MYRIANT
Biobased succinic acid distribution partnership with Sojitz in Asia / Biobased derivatives project planned (14.11.2011)

OLTCHIM
Main creditor banks propose debt swap / CFO Bucsa quits (14.11.2011)

DSM
Plastics activities still on course for growth / Caprolactam business makes record profit (08.11.2011)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Safety checks for petrochemical complex in Mailiao / Full operations scheduled to resume in August 2012 (07.11.2011)

CAPROLACTAM
China imposes anti-dumping duties on EU, US imports (04.11.2011)

LYONDELL BASELL
Sales increase by 29% in third quarter of 2010 / Operating profit reaches record high of USD 1.79 bn / Net debt cleared (03.11.2011)

DOW CHEMICAL
Record operating profit in Q3 2011 / Plastics business sees fall in earnings / Sales grow by 17% year-on-year (02.11.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
No PE force majeure at Polimeri Europa / Explosion takes out cracker and downstream units (01.11.2011)

CHINACOAL
Yulin olefins recovery unit to start up in 2013 / Technology supplied by Lummus (28.10.2011)

PETROBRAS
Brazilian petrochemical group looks into raising Innova's styrene production (24.10.2011)

YPFB
Bolivian oil group hopes to attract USD 10.7 bn by 2015 to develop country's petrochemical sector / Plans for new ethylene, PE plant? (21.10.2011)

POLIMERI EUROPA
Realignment towards higher-value products / Plans to invest EUR 1.6 bn up to 2016 / Huge reconstruction in Sicily (20.10.2011)

TOTAL
Downstream units reorganised / Unions fear that Carling site could face closure in the future (17.10.2011)

YANTAI WANHUA POLYURETHANES
Honeywell's UOP technology selected for new propylene and isobutane lines / PU specialist branches out (17.10.2011)

PTT CHEMICAL
Thai petrochemicals group invests USD 150m into US bioplastics producer NatureWorks / Plans to build world's second “Ingeo” facility in Thailand (13.10.2011)

BASF
Expanded Nanjing cracker on stream / JV with Sinopec mulls new projects worth EUR 1bn (12.10.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
Berre refinery to be restarted / No end yet to force majeure / Arkema's PVC production also affected (11.10.2011)

DSM / SINOPEC
Chinese caprolactam joint venture to double output (11.10.2011)

SHELL
Plans to idle aromatics facility in Wesseling withdrawn / All options being examined (10.10.2011)

OLTCHIM
Production cuts extended for the third month in a row (06.10.2011)

SHELL
Massive fire takes out large Singapore refinery / Plant could be idled for at least a month / Initial declarations of force majeure for distillate (04.10.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
Berre refinery to be closed / Olefins and polyolefins unaffected / Workers in two-day strike (29.09.2011)

OLTCHIM
Carlson shareholder mulling exit from Romanian group / Complaints that management restructuring is slowing privatisation efforts (27.09.2011)

WILLIAMS
Expansion of US cracker / Latest player to use shale gas as feedstock (26.09.2011)

SANMAR
Stage two of Egpytian PVC project gets underway / Ethylene capacity to feed 400,000 t/y PVC line (23.09.2011)

SIAM CEMENT
Thai group invests in Indonesia's petrochemical sector / Acquires shares in Chandra Asri (22.09.2011)

CARBON HOLDINGS
Cracker commissioned in Ain Sokhna (22.09.2011)

QUINN CHEMICALS
Start of Leuna MMA plant planned for 2014 / Group restructuring relieves debt burden (21.09.2011)

AFK SISTEMA
Probing the Russian petrochemical sector / Bashneft subsidiary establishes joint venture (21.09.2011)

FUJIAN MEIDE
Propylene project planned in China using UOP technology / World's largest propane dehydrogenation plant (13.09.2011)

DOW
Propylene glycol capacity increase at Stade plant / Raised output to go towards meeting global demand (12.09.2011)

SHANGHAI SECCO PETROCHEMICAL
Blaze rips through Shanghai petrochemical plant / Cracker and downstream units reportedly offstream (09.09.2011)

PERSTORP
Swedish group adds second caprolactone line to UK facility / Output to go towards meeting rising global demand / Plans for a Chinese facility? (08.09.2011)

SOLVAY
Follow-up: 94.25% of Rhodia shares acquired / Imminent squeeze-out? (06.09.2011)

PETROBRAS
Polyolefins capacities increased in Comperj project / PET plans removed / Revised project includes second refinery (05.09.2011)

OLTCHIM
Protestors pelt shareholder representatives with water and nuts ahead of extraordinary meeting / “King” Roibu is forced to share power / Romanian government okays another EUR 250m in loans (02.09.2011)

JG SUMMIT
Philippino plastics producer contemplates entering into C4 production (01.09.2011)

SINOPEC
New production record for ethylene and standard thermoplastics / Additional capacity expansion planned this year (31.08.2011)

JIANGSU HAILI
Propylene and phenol plants planned in China / Technologies provided by Honeywell subsudiary UOP (31.08.2011)

OLTCHIM
Still running at half throttle / CEO Roibu offers to resign / Shareholders PCC and Carlson plan to bid in case of privatisation / Need for profound restructuring (30.08.2011)

LG CHEM
Joint venture PE complex planned in Kazakhstan / Investment estimated at USD 4 bn / Expected onstream in 2016 (29.08.2011)

INDIAN OIL TECHNOLOGIES
Strengthening downstream units at Panipat petrochemical hub / Basell and Nova technologies (23.08.2011)

SUNOCO
Ohio-based phenol plant sold to Haverhill Chemicals / Move completes exit from the chemicals business (19.08.2011)

BASF
Acetylene plant in Ludwigshafen up and running again / Force majeure for BDO to remain in place until end-September (15.08.2011)

OLTCHIM
Money woes force Romanian PVC manufacturer to cut production by a third / More than 1,000 employees let go (11.08.2011)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Facilities idled after renewed fire / Unclear how long the outage will last / Rising concerns across Asia (11.08.2011)

SK GLOBAL
Joint venture with JX Nippon Oil for large-scale PX line in Ulsan (10.08.2011)

UHDE / BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Two-year trial run of new chlorine plant powered by innovative Uhde-BMS technology begins / Process could save energy and cut carbon dioxide levels (09.08.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
After strong H1, polyolefins group sees “positive” outlook for 2011 / Quarter to quarter improvement (05.08.2011)

BASF / TOTAL
Shell Chemical bows out of Sabina Petrochemicals joint venture / C4 complex now split 60:40 among German, French group (05.08.2011)

BASF / PURAC
Negotiations to establish bio-based succinic acid joint venture / World-scale plant to start up by 2013 in Spain (03.08.2011)

DOW CHEMICAL
Record first half operating profit in 2011 / Significant sales and profit growth in plastics and performance products segments (01.08.2011)

METABOLIX
Agreement with CJ CheilJedang to develop renewable C4 chemicals (01.08.2011)

ARTLANT PTA
La Seda subsidiary starts test runs at new Portuguese PTA plant / Full production expected to begin in Q4 2011 (29.07.2011)

BRASKEM
Plans to convert recycled plastic to naphtha / New plant to start up by end 2012 (26.07.2011)

PTT ASAHI CHEMICAL
Commercial production of acrylonitrile kicks off in Map Ta Phut (25.07.2011)

SINOPEC
Trial run of new 300,000 t/y vinyl acetate line successful (25.07.2011)

GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Cooperation with Synthos on biobased butadiene / French group secures the right for applications not based on natural rubber (22.07.2011)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Objections to German TDI plans / “No worst-case scenario" / Unit will be completely contained (20.07.2011)

SYNTHOS
Agreement to supply Slovnaft with C4 (13.07.2011)

BORSODCHEM
Follow-up: Trial operations begin at new TDI plant (13.07.2011)

DOMO CAPROLEUNA
Foundation stone laid for new PA 6 plant / Further capacity expansion (12.07.2011)

IPIC
European Commission approves Cepsa acquisition (12.07.2011)

DSM
Strategic partnership with Russia's KuibyshevAzot kicks off (07.07.2011)

ANWIL
Czech PVC subsidiary Spolana reportedly up for sale / Poland's ZAT interested in caprolactam (06.07.2011)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Plans for two new PE plants in Canada / Ethylene upgrade with oil and shale gas feedstock eyed (04.07.2011)

MEXICHEM
Partnering with state-owned Pemex on vinyl chloride joint venture (01.07.2011)

EVONIK
Chinese joint venture acquires license for HPPO plant in Jilin province / Technology co-developed with Uhde (29.06.2011)

PETROBRAS
Partners sought for PET and fibres complex / PET plant scheduled to start up this year (14.06.2011)

SHELL
Plans to build large-scale ethane cracker fed from Marcellus Shale Basin / Output could reach 1m t/y (09.06.2011)

PKN ORLEN
New PX and PTA complex start up / Claimed to be most efficient facility of its kind in Europe / Output to go towards meeting growing regional demand (09.06.2011)

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
BASF restarts Ludwigshafen cracker (07.06.2011)

S-OIL
Huge PX line commissioned in South Korea (07.06.2011)

BORSODCHEM
New TDI plant to start up in Hungary end-June / High raw material costs to limit output initially / Shutdown at MDI plant (06.06.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
Plans to sell Berre refinery in France announced / LDPE and PP production will be continued (03.06.2011)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Higher volumes and reduced fixed costs help improve operating profits across business / Agreements signed to assure feedstock supply for Alberta and Ontario plants (03.06.2011)

HUNTSMAN
Technology licensed for PO project in China / Worldscale plant to start up in 2013 (30.05.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema restarts Lavera VCM line / FM will be lifted next week (27.05.2011)

NIGERIA
Indorama joint venture to build USD 1.8 bn petrochemical complex in Port Harbour / New methanol and LDPE capacities / Saudi Arabia's Natpet planning even larger hub (26.05.2011)

INDORAMA
PTA expansion in Rotterdam / High PET capacity utilisation in Q1 / Significant rise in revenues (24.05.2011)

UBE
PA segment leads Japanese chemical group in fiscal 2011 / Operating income quadruples (19.05.2011)

SASOL-HUNTSMAN
FM on maleic anhydride said to be lifted (18.05.2011)

DSM / ROQUETTE
Commercial scale plant for bio-based succinic acid to start up next year / Europe's largest facility (10.05.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
Surge of 119% in Q1 EBITDA / Margins improve despite feedstock gains / US cracker expansion? (05.05.2011)

DOW
Good first quarter / Basic Plastics division is dissolved / PP and HDPE activities up for grabs (03.05.2011)

DSM
Price increases in plastics activities help drive Q1 growth / Full year results expected to exceed those of 2010 (02.05.2011)

SABIC
ACN joint venture agreed with Asahi Kasei and Mitsubishi / Construction of 200,000 t/y plant in Saudi Arabia (29.04.2011)

DOW
US chemical giant plans to source ethane from shale gas reserves / New feedstock avenues open the way to raising North American cracker capacities (28.04.2011)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Plans to raise capacity at Texas naphtha cracker / Expansions in PVC chain to follow suit (27.04.2011)

VINYLS ITALIA
No payments to date by Gita investment fund / Deadline extended to 27 April / No alternative in sight (27.04.2011)

SOJITZ
Japanese trade firm inks long-term butadiene supply contract with Brazil's Braskem (21.04.2011)

RELIANCE
Plans for large polyester complex in India revived (15.04.2011)

WESTLAKE
Plans to raise US ethylene capacity / Capturing North American shale gas reserves (11.04.2011)

SASOL-HUNTSMAN
Commissioning of maleic capacity expansion in Germany delayed by force majeure (08.04.2011)

LUCITE
Resuming MAA production in North America / Capacity due to come on stream in late 2012 (07.04.2011)

INNOVA
Petrobras acquires all shares in PS producer (06.04.2011)

CHEVRON PHILLIPS
New cracker and derivatives project planned in US / Study to be completed by year end (01.04.2011)

INEOS
Plans to expand annual ethylene oxide and derivatives capacity by 500,000 t / US Gulf region in view (30.03.2011)

BASF
Chinese authorities approve MDI project in Chongqing / New capacity to come on stream in 2014 (28.03.2011)

DOW
Two North American VCM lines to be idled (21.03.2011)

BP
Force majeure for PTA from Geel / Belgium lifted (15.03.2011)

RADICI
PA manufacturer acquires German staple fibre producer dorix / Expanding the textile floor covering business (07.03.2011)

CEPSA
Abu Dhabi's IPIC eyes complete takeover of Spanish petrochemical holding (02.03.2011)

BOREALIS
Operating profit rises to EUR 349m in 2010 / Borouge 2 start up adds to improved results (01.03.2011)

BRASKEM
Quattor acquisition approved by Brazilian authorities (01.03.2011)

DSM
Plastics activities drive revenues in 2010 (01.03.2011)

INDIANOIL
New Panipat complex attracts downstream industries (28.02.2011)

ASAHI / MITSUBISHI
Cracker consolidation in Mizushima to go ahead as planned (28.02.2011)

HUNTSMAN
US chemical group posts double-digit sales growth / Not yet back at pre-crisis level / Strong Q4 (25.02.2011)

BP
Major PTA capacity expansion planned in China / Additional output geared towards meeting rising regional demand (22.02.2011)

LYONDELLBASELL
Strong earnings rebound after Chapter 11 exit / Feedstocks impact European performance (22.02.2011)

INEOS
Strikes and severe weather affect EBITDA in Q4 / Strong growth in profits over full year (21.02.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Perstorp lifts force majeure for TDI from Le Pont de Claix (18.02.2011)

ZA PULAWY
Polish producer lands large caprolactam orders from Asia (18.02.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
La Seda PET subsidiary Artenius declares force majeure for all facilities / BP encounters technical problems in Geel (17.02.2011)

VINYLS ITALIA
Swiss fund to present final bid on 15 February / Plans to upgrade and expand PVC capacity (11.02.2011)

BORSODCHEM
Wanhua acquires all shares of Hungarian isocyanate manufacturer / Additional capacity expansions in store (02.02.2011)

PTT
Thai petrochemicals giant invests USD 60m in US bio-based chemicals producer / World's largest succinic acid plant to be built / Joint venture to be established to pioneer green technologies in Thailand and Asia (02.02.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
One of Sabic's Geleen crackers idled unexpectedly / Polymerisation apparently unaffected (28.01.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow idles one of its Terneuzen crackers for one week (28.01.2011)

DIOKI
Owner of Croatian polymer producer in custody / Bribery accusations (26.01.2011)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rhodia extends force majeure for adipic acid / Rhine tanker disaster blamed (24.01.2011)

BASF
Rhine barricades give rise to production outages / Transport takes to railways and streets (24.01.2011)

DSM
Strategic agreement with Russia's KuibyeshAzot / First western PA 6 supplier with own manufacturing presence in CIS (21.01.2011)

VINYLS ITALIA
Swiss-based fund signs MOU to take over former Ineos arm in Italy / PVC output to resume in Q1? (18.01.2011)

ASHLAND
Resins manufacturer reacquires maleic anhydride plant from Marathon / Backward integration (13.01.2011)

INEOS
PetroChina takes stake in Grangemouth and Lavera refineries / Plans for technology share (12.01.2011)

OPAL / GAIL
Marketing agreement for products from OPaL complex in India / Daelim wins PE contract (11.01.2011)

BASF
Acquisition of CRI/Criterion completed (07.01.2011)

EASTMAN
Longview cracker restarts operations (03.01.2011)

CHANG CHUN PLASTICS
New allyl alcohol, cumene and VAM plants in Singapore / Start-up in first quarter of 2013 (03.01.2011)

QATAR
Follow-up: Shell signs MoU with Qatar Petroleum to study project / Complex to include 1.5m t MEG plant (23.12.2010)

EVONIK
Laurolactam capacity at Marl successfully expanded (23.12.2010)

RHODIA
Repair work in Chalampé could last several weeks / Polyamide delivieries on allocation (20.12.2010)

DOW
More ethane as feedstock for US plastics production / Focus on cost advantages over traditional oil chain (08.12.2010)

VINYLS ITALIA
Eni and Syndial in talks with Swiss investment fund (08.12.2010)

SASOL
Alpha olefins plant planned in USA / World's first commercial ethylene tetramerisation unit (06.12.2010)

QATAR
Follow-up: Shell and Total Petrochemicals pursue Ras Laffan project (03.12.2010)

TOTAL
Is French oil giant about to replace ExxonMobil at mega project in Ras Laffan? (01.12.2010)

STYROLUTION
BASF and Ineos plan to operate new business as a 50:50 joint venture / New big styrene player is born (30.11.2010)

BASF
Styrene catalyst business of Shell subsidiary acquired / Deal to “open door to attractive growth opportunities” (30.11.2010)

PETRONAS
USD 4.1 bn IPO for new chemical arm / Petronas Chemicals Group one of Malaysia's 10 biggest stocks (29.11.2010)

BASF
Agreement on Ludwigshafen site foresees EUR 10 bn in investments by end-2015 (26.11.2010)

TIANJIN DAGU
New ABS line starts up in China (26.11.2010)

DOW
Plans for MTO plant in Yulin submitted to Chinese authorities / First phase of common project with Shenhua to cost USD 10 bn (19.11.2010)

SABIC
Technology agreement with Lummus for PX production (18.11.2010)

LUKOIL
Start-up of chlorine production / PVC line on stream in December / Ethylene and HDPE plants back in operation (17.11.2010)

SIBUR
Plants in Perm are now on stream (15.11.2010)

TOTAL
New EUR 2-3 bn coal-to-olefins project planned in China / Feasibility study / Start-up after 2015 (12.11.2010)

SOLVAY
Chlorine plants at Tavaux to be converted to the Membrane process / Completion by end of 2012 (10.11.2010)

Q-CHEM II
Inauguration of 350,000 t/y HDPE plant in Mesaieed (10.11.2010)

SIBUR
Expansion of polymer output continues / PP to be sold in Europe / Polyethylene upgrade not yet ripe (09.11.2010)

BOREALIS
Third quarter operating profit increases by 38% to EUR 80m / Sales increase and net debt falls by EUR 103m / Price stability aids polyolefins result (09.11.2010)

RADICI
Plans to expand production of compounds / Market for PA 6 and 6.6 expected to remain tight (08.11.2010)

INVISTA
BDO technology licensing agreement with China's Markor group (05.11.2010)

EVONIK
Further capacity increase for laurolactam (04.11.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Operating profits and sales increase in Q3 2010 / Auto industry recovery boosts PP compounding (02.11.2010)

RHODIA
Engineering Plastics division significantly expands polyamide production and compounding (01.11.2010)

VINYLS ITALIA
Industrie Generali and Swiss fund bid for parts of Vinyls Italia / Speculation on feedstock units (29.10.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for ethylene oxide from Lavera / C2 and C3 production not affected (20.10.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Restart of Formosa Plastics' cracker imminent (19.10.2010)

CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Plans for new C6 plant in Texas (15.10.2010)

RHODIA
Earnings growth of 40% predicted up to 2015 / Focus on innovation / Special chemicals manufacturer in China acquired (11.10.2010)

TRANS POLYMERS
Plans to build PE plant in Pakistan / Large-scale project to include cracker and PP line (11.10.2010)

VINYLS ITALIA
Dioki only interested in PVC lines not VCM or chlorine chains / Further round table discussions (08.10.2010)

SABIC
Long-term naphtha storage agreement with Oiltanking Stolthaven / State-of-the art storage facility with jetty in Antwerp (08.10.2010)

RELIANCE
Previously shelved plans for Jamnagar cracker revived / Indian group has great ambitions for polyolefins (30.09.2010)

LUKOIL
Refinery expansion in Nizhny Novgorod to be operational by year's end / Propylene earmarked for Saratovorgsintez (29.09.2010)

SOLVAY
Plans to reinvent itself / Structural changes in Polymer and Speciality Polymers divisions / 800 jobs cut (28.09.2010)

KRAHN CHEMIE
Agreement to distribute Toho Tenax carbon fibres in Europe (22.09.2010)

PCC
Acquisition of Polish PU systems house Prodex-System / Expansion in central and eastern Europe (17.09.2010)

THAILAND
Government gives green light to majority of petrochemical plants in Map ta Phut / Many more months before crackers will be at full capacity (16.09.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema declares force majeure for PVC from France (15.09.2010)

SHELL
Chinese joint venture completes maintenance and debottlenecking / Ethylene output now 950,000 t (10.09.2010)

VINYLS ITALIA
Ministry publishes new tender for takeover (09.09.2010)

SAUDI KAYAN
Al Jubail mega cracker starts up (06.09.2010)

PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Chalk championed as the perfect eco-balance for plastics / LCA underlines additive´s environmental credentials (06.09.2010)

SALAVATNEFTEORGSINTEZ
Cracker expansion in Bashkortostan completed (03.09.2010)

BP
Sale of Malaysian polyethylene and ethylene assets for USD 363m (03.09.2010)

SINOPEC
Ethylene production on the rise (26.08.2010)

HONAM
Takeover of polyolefin producer Titan Chemicals (25.08.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Sales and profits jump as giant exits bankruptcy protection / Strong US ethylene margins contribute to improved earnings / Gains in Europe and Asia (19.08.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
China: Huge MTO line in Mongolia now on stream / Additional mega olefin project planned in Henan Province (17.08.2010)

BOREALIS
Earnings rebound strongly in second quarter / Polyolefin margins improve on lower feedstock (16.08.2010)

ZAT
Caprolactam line almost back to full capacity (13.08.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ras Laffan ethylene cracker encounters start-up problems (10.08.2010)

BORSODCHEM
China's Wanhua plans complete takeover (09.08.2010)

VINYLS ITALIA
Croatia's Dioki interested in PVC, chlorine chain / New tender to be published at the end of August (06.08.2010)

PETRO RABIGH
PO supply agreement with SAIC and Tasnee / Polyols project planned (06.08.2010)

DOW
Terneuzen aromatics line down (04.08.2010)

ZAT
Limited caprolactam production in Tarnow (29.07.2010)

INEOS
Go-ahead for 1 m t/y deep sea ethylene terminal in Belgium / Direct connection to ARG pipeline (28.07.2010)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Ethane deliveries from US to feed Joffre ethylene complex (26.07.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lighting strike takes out Ineos Nova's PS and EPS lines in Wingles (19.07.2010)

BORSODCHEM
China's Wanhua acquires 38% stake in Hungarian isocyanate producer / Deal receives blessing of majority shareholders (02.07.2010)

UBE
PCD capacity in Castellón to double (30.06.2010)

ASAHI KASEI / MITSUBISHI
Japanese players to merge cracker operations at Mizushima / Impact of Middle East expansion (09.06.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for VAM at Hull (31.05.2010)

EVONIK
Expansion of laurolactam capacity at Marl (31.05.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Modest Q1 profit on demand rise / Improved margins / Final quarter under Chapter 11 (28.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow Terneuzen No. 2 cracker at full run again (27.05.2010)

YANCHANG PETROLEUM
New petrochemical complex at the border to Inner Mongolia / Methanol-based plant (25.05.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Post-Chapter 11 business centred on “operational excellence” / Head of Europe division Anton de Vries in exclusive interview with PIE / No additional PP plant closures planned / Feedstocks tight (20.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP declares force majeure for Propylene / Cracker outages at Rotterdam and Schwedt (18.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova expects to lift force majeure on PS next week / Lost production of “several thousand tonnes” (12.05.2010)

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
World's largest ethane cracker is inaugurated / Butene LLDPE resins now available in Europe (12.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow's number two cracker in Terneuzen is down (10.05.2010)

BOREALIS
Profit turnaround in Q1 / Margin improvement / CEO warns that upswing may not continue (10.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
C3 supply problems prompt Total to declare FM for PP (07.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell's FM for butadiene from Berre remains in place (07.05.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Nova announces force majeure for polystyrene / Barge strike paralyses Wingles plant (05.05.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Chapter 11 exited on 30 April as planned (04.05.2010)

DOW
Basic Plastics lead earnings turnaround / Sharp rise in volume sales / Saudi jv to be relocated? (30.04.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Exit from Chapter 11 definitively sealed / US stock listing to be sought from third quarter (27.04.2010)

SINOPEC
Production starts up at 1m t/y cracker complex with PE line in Zhenai / Chinese resins manufacturer (26.04.2010)

TOTAL
Unions call mini strike during Paris round table discussions / Four refineries affected (19.04.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares FM on butadiene from Berre (16.04.2010)

SHELL
Singapore-based naphtha cracker begins operations as planned (26.03.2010)

BOREALIS
Earnings down 85% in 2009 / Turnaround in H2 / CEO sees “outstanding achievement” in recession (19.03.2010)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Steady earnings improvement brings Q4 operating profit (19.03.2010)

INEOS
Sale of assets to Middle East buyer? / Preliminary talks on Grangemouth refinery confirmed (16.03.2010)

REPSOL
C2 production in Spanish Puertollano to cease for three months / Tarragona to take over partial supply of PE and PP / C3 and SM lines permanently closed (16.03.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Reorganisation plan approved / Chapter 11 exit is foreseen for 30 April / Apollo will have majority (12.03.2010)

BASF
Dismantling of maleic anhydride plant in Feluy begins (10.03.2010)

INEOS
PE swing facility in Grangemouth resumes operations / FM remains in place (09.03.2010)

BORSODCHEM
Permira to withdraw in two years / Wanhua obtains option to acquire controlling majority (09.03.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Latest Reliance offer rejected? / Polyolefins group sees sales crash, slight rise in operating profit in 2009 (04.03.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM (03.03.2010)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Gas-phase TDI plant at Dormagen slated to start up in 2014 / Approval by authorities pending (03.03.2010)

TOTAL
Follow up: Strikes called off for now / Propylene production could return to normal in several days (26.02.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk (26.02.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Strikes at Total refineries / FM evidently declared for C3 / Domo Caproleuna cuts PA supplies (25.02.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for C2/C3 from Moerdijk (25.02.2010)

ITALY
Last chance to save Italian vinyls production? / Eni and Qatar's Ramco sign preliminary deal (25.02.2010)

HUNTSMAN
Increased volumes contribute to Q4 2009 operating profit rise / Consistent margins maintained across business / Sales and earnings increase in PU division (25.02.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Reliance said to increase bid to USD 14.5 bn in cash and stock options / Analysts sceptical (23.02.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Payout increase in out-of-court settlement with unsecured creditors / Chapter 11 exit speeded? (17.02.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos lifts FM for C2 and C3 from Cologne (15.02.2010)

TOTAL
Dunkirk refinery to be closed / Effects on Polimeri downstream facilities unclear (08.02.2010)

BASF
Smaller steam cracker in Ludwigshafen resumes operations (02.02.2010)

LA SEDA
Loans guarantee PTA expansion in Sines / 700,000 t/y line to go on stream in mid-2011 (02.02.2010)

BRASKEM
Quattor acquisition completed / Largest commodity manufacturer in the Americas / In talks to acquire US operations (27.01.2010)

SABIC
Prices drive Q4 earnings upward / “Significant improvement” seen in engineering plastics (25.01.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Court grants three months to exclusively prepare reorganisation plan / Damper for Reliance bid? (25.01.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF polyamide FMs remain in place (22.01.2010)

BRAZIL
Merger of Braskem and Quattor seems imminent / Shareholder resistance fruitless (19.01.2010)

HUNTSMAN
New polyols joint venture in China (15.01.2010)

CARMEL
Acquisition by Oil Refineries / Move to optimise production process (14.01.2010)

TOTAL
Carling cracker to resume production in February (12.01.2010)

LYONDELLBASELL
Reliance said to sweeten its offer / Court hearing on reorganisation plan set for early February (12.01.2010)

TOSOH
VCM production to be expanded in southern China (12.01.2010)

LANZHOU PETROCHEMICAL
Serious fire after gas explosion at petrochemical plant / Several people estimated dead or injured (11.01.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares FM for LLDPE from Grangemouth / Technical issue forces plant off stream (08.01.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
World-scale ethylene and PE complex to be built at Ras Laffan / New cracker to start next month (08.01.2010)

INEOS
JV with Sinopec to build 400,000 t/y phenol plant in China / Facility will be largest in the country (07.01.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF restarts 1.08m t/y Antwerp cracker / Smaller German unit back up later this month / “No FM” (05.01.2010)

OLTCHIM
Agreement finally reached on Petrom's petrochemical activities / Minority shareholders sceptical (05.01.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF cracker at Antwerp offline after fire (21.12.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Reorganisation plan filed / Chapter 11 exit delayed for nine months / More time to reduce debt (21.12.2009)

W. R. GRACE
Production of PP catalysts expanded in Germany (15.12.2009)

EXXONMOBIL
Rotterdam aromatics expansion on stream (03.12.2009)

BASF
New plant for PA starting material Cdon starts at Ludwigshafen / Environmentally friendly process (02.12.2009)

BASF
Cracker I in Ludwigshafen back on stream (02.12.2009)

SHELL
World-scale MEG plant started up in Singapore / Asian complex on target for early 2010 completion (01.12.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Qatofin's LLDPE line in Mesaieed / Qatar officially comes on stream (30.11.2009)

EVONIK
Shanghai acrylics complex on stream / “Biggest Chinese supplier of methacrylate specialities” (30.11.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
“Preliminary, non-binding” takeover bid from Reliance / Exit from Chapter 11 to be delayed? (23.11.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL ARGES
More than half the workforce dismissed (18.11.2009)

OLTCHIM
Losses six times last year's level (16.11.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF lifts FM for maleic anhydride from Feluy (13.11.2009)

LUCITE
Official opening ceremony for new MMA facility in Singapore / World's first plant powered by Alpha technology (12.11.2009)

FUJIAN REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL
ExxonMobil joint venture in China starts up cracker and downstream facilities (04.11.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema to end FM for PVC this week (02.11.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF launches efforts to overcome PA 6 / PA 6.6 supply bottlenecks (29.10.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: FM for maleic anhydride from Feluy due to strike (26.10.2009)

BASF
Closure of maleic anhydride production at Feluy / Overcapacity and margin pressure cited (23.10.2009)

SABIC
Third quarter 2009 profits fall 50% year-on-year / Operating levels and sales of product maintained (22.10.2009)

SINOPEC
UOP “Parex” PX unit started up in Shanghai (14.10.2009)

EVONIK
Plasticiser alcohol plant started up in Germany / Plasticised PVC demand forecast to grow 3-4% anually (12.10.2009)

PETKIM
Expansion of cracker by 2012 (07.10.2009)

TOTAL
Carling cracker to restart following explosion (06.10.2009)

BIOPOLYMERS
BASF and CSM to commercialise bio-based succinic acid route / Japan, Thailand also active (05.10.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell lifts FMs for C2 and C3 from Moerdijk and Wesseling (02.10.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
HIP Petrohemija restarts production / Naphtha supplier NIS converts debts into shares (02.10.2009)

BASF
Groundbreaking for expansion of Nanjing jv with Sinopec / Speciality output for the Chinese market (02.10.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP RP forced to idle “olefin cracker 4” (30.09.2009)

MITSUBISHI RAYON
Lucite: Cessation of acrylonitrile production in Beaumont (25.09.2009)

PEOPLE
Dow sends Markus Wildi from Europe to Kuwait (24.09.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos' Lavera cracker resumes operation (23.09.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Reorganisation plan foresees continuation of all existing businesses / Flotation after Chapter 11 exit (16.09.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos cracker in Lavéra shut down after steam leak / Arkema announces force majeure for VCM and PVC / PP and PE also affected (09.09.2009)

COMMODITY MARKETS
Qatar: Ras Laffan megacracker about to come on stream / Qatofin's LLDPE plant in Mesaieed to start operating soon (09.09.2009)

BASF
Smaller Ludwigshafen cracker may restart / Bottlenecks for C4 / Hambrecht dampens hope of lasting upturn (04.09.2009)

HIP PETROHEMIJA
Production to restart in mid-September / Naphtha supply deal with Lukoil / Serbian state aid sought (18.08.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for propylene from Moerdijk / C3 supplies tightening further (17.08.2009)

SINOPEC
Environmental concerns force move of petchems JV (14.08.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
FM for PVC remains as Ineos tries again to restart Rafnes VCM / Shortfall could last into September (12.08.2009)

BOREALIS
Profits improve in second quarter 2009 / Margins remain pressured / Focus on cost competitiveness (11.08.2009)

BORSODCHEM
State aid for chemicals group (03.08.2009)

SABIC
Price declines lead to 94% fall in first half 2009 net income / Profit turnaround in second quarter (29.07.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Creditors sue owner, execs and lenders / Charges of fraud in 2007 merger / Potter named new CFO (28.07.2009)

ITALY
Eni backs down from plans to idle Sardinian cracker / Trade unions are satisfied with results of latest talks (27.07.2009)

TOTAL
Region in shock after cracker explosion / September is the earliest re-start date (24.07.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos ChlorVinyls declares FM for 1.3m t/y of European S-PVC and over 500,000 t/y of VCM (21.07.2009)

QAPCO
Tekfen wins USD 165m LDPE plant contract (21.07.2009)

INEOS
Agreement reached on EUR 7.5m debt financing / Terms agreed by 230 strong banking consortium (20.07.2009)

TOTAL
At least two killed in Carling cracker explosion / Petchems group says cracker down, but site is open (17.07.2009)

TECHNIP
French contractor tapped for two Saudi projects (17.07.2009)

ITALY
Eni to again idle cracker at Porto Torres / Trade unions seek talks with Berlusconi (15.07.2009)

DOW
UK ethylene oxide and glycol plant to close / No other workable option (15.07.2009)

CELANESE
Pardies VAM plant to close in December / All 350 jobs to go (14.07.2009)

FUJIA DAHUA PETROCHEMICAL
Aromatics complex in Dalian goes on stream (13.07.2009)

NOVA CHEMICALS
IPIC completes its USD 2.3 bn acquisition (09.07.2009)

DOW
Three plants to close in Louisiana with loss of 2,500 jobs / Savings over USD 100m annually / USD 1.3 bn Rohm & Haas synergies on track (07.07.2009)

HUNTSMAN
Agreed USD 1.73 bn settlement with Hexion lenders (26.06.2009)

NIZHNEKAMSKNEFTEKHIM
Full year profit of EUR 170m reported / Fall in Q4 selling prices (25.06.2009)

INEOS
Talks with PetroChina about future of Grangemouth refinery (24.06.2009)

REPSOL
SM/PO line to be idled for three months (22.06.2009)

INEOS
Future for Grangemouth G4 plant uncertain (17.06.2009)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Exit from caprolactam and styrene production / Consolidation of ethylene activities in Mizushima (12.06.2009)

INEOS
Creditors likely to extend covenant waiver / Two-thirds must approve debt restructuring / CFO hints at sell-offs (26.05.2009)

ITALY
Vinyls Italia may seek “extraordinary administration” / Minister meets with ENI in yet another crisis session (26.05.2009)

BRASKEM
Caprolactam production suspended in Brazil (20.05.2009)

BOREALIS
CEO Garrett favours quarterly olefins contracts / Better fit with long-term customer relationships (18.05.2009)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Company to exit PX and PTA production in Japan / Negotiations on withdrawing from PS / Chlorine facilities including PVC to be liquidated (18.05.2009)

PEOPLE
LyondellBasell: James L. Callogly to be new CEO / Volker Trautz retiring (15.05.2009)

VINYLS ITALIA
Sartor declares company insolvent / Entrepreneur says he was duped / Workers on strike (07.05.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
“We will emerge from Chapter 11 a stronger company” / International president de Vries in exclusive interview (29.04.2009)

SABIC
First net loss for five years reported for Q1 2009 / Operating levels maintained / Demand fall hits SIP (27.04.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Holding company added to Chapter 11 filing / Protection of European assets from US claims (24.04.2009)

ITALIAN PETROCHEMICALS
Latest twist in the Vinyls Italia saga: Sartor threatens to declare the company insolvent / Seven-point plan to salvage Italy's chemical industry (24.04.2009)

PETKIM
JV with NPC to build PE and methanol plant (24.04.2009)

PETRO RABIGH
Cracker start-up as complex nears completion / MOU is signed for Rabigh II feasibility study (23.04.2009)

OLTCHIM
Finance ministry willing to part with Petrom shares in return for Arpechim / New petrochemicals group could be created / Investment of EUR 500m required up to 2012 (22.04.2009)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Shareholders approve acquisition by IPIC (21.04.2009)

BASF
Short-time working likely for up to 3,000 employees at Ludwigshafen / Low capacity use (16.04.2009)

BORSODCHEM
Sale of PVC division now definite / CEO Büchele wants to concentrate on isocyanates (14.04.2009)

ITALY
Definitive agreement on future of vinyls industry / Sartor and Ineos finally sign on the dotted line (03.04.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Turnaround specialist named to supervisory board (02.04.2009)

OMV
Stake in Mol sold to Russian oil company / Hostile takeover plan blocked by European Commission (02.04.2009)

RADICI
Sales down 12% in 2008 (30.03.2009)

BASF
Smaller Ludwigshafen cracker idled / Continued weak demand / Short-time working in the offing? (26.03.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Chocolate Bayou olefins complex to close permanently / Reduced demand and high costs cited (26.03.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Commitment to KPI complex confirmed (17.03.2009)

QAPCO
Sumitomo Asia to buy ethylene from Qatar (13.03.2009)

BASF / DOW
New HPPO plant at Antwerp completes start-up phase (11.03.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
US court grants injunction against claims by US creditors against European arm / 60-day reprieve (02.03.2009)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Abu Dhabi state investment firm IPIC in USD 2.3 bn friendly takeover bid / Deal includes credit backstop (25.02.2009)

OLTCHIM
Chemicals group doubled its losses in 2008 / Debt exceeds EUR 400m (24.02.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
US court to decide on European creditor protection this week / CFO says bond interest payment unsure (24.02.2009)

SASOL-HUNTSMAN
Financing for maleic anhydride expansion secured (20.02.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Insolvency clock is ticking in Europe, too / “Selective” default on interest for two bonds (19.02.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
European assets may be threatened by US insolvency / Temporary injunction / Emergence from Chapter 11 this year? (18.02.2009)

INEOS VINYLS ITALIA
Minister saves PVC deal between Ineos and Safi / Last-minute reprieve for Italian petchems sector (17.02.2009)

PETROBRAS
Rio de Janeiro petrochemicals project progressed (16.02.2009)

ITALY
Collapse of PVC sector imminent? / Chain reaction threatens chemicals sector after deal between Ineos and Sartor falters (11.02.2009)

BOREALIS
Sale of Italian melamine plant (11.02.2009)

NOVA CHEMICALS
Fourth-quarter loss pulls spoils 2008 results, but strong demand seen in December / Ineos Nova jv in the red (10.02.2009)

MARUBENI
USD 35m deal to buy Qapco's surplus ethylene (05.02.2009)

EQUIPOLYMERS
Italian PTA/PET plants for sale / “Disappointing results” (04.02.2009)

INVISTA TEXTILES
UK nylon plant to close with loss of 300 jobs (03.02.2009)

CELANESE
French and Mexican VAM plant closures assessed (30.01.2009)

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Styrene expansion at Gonfreville started up (23.01.2009)

SABIC
Net profit plummets in Q4 2008 / Abrupt downturn in demand hits Saudi petchems giant / Markets shocked (22.01.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Equistar La Porte cracker set to restart this month (20.01.2009)

TEXAS PETROCHEMICALS
Plants idled as C4 and butadiene demand falls (19.01.2009)

INDIA
Linde consortium wins EUR 1.03 bn contract to build a turnkey ethylene plant (16.01.2009)

MITSUI CHEMICALS
MMA and PU subsidiaries to be absorbed (13.01.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
US bankruptcy court grants emergency financing / European converters are concerned about bonuses (12.01.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Chapter 11 filing in New York / Finance holding Basell Germany involved, other non-US business unaffected (07.01.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Markets waiting for news of debt renegotiation / Highly leveraged company says bankruptcy an option (06.01.2009)

WESTLAKE CHEMICAL
Ethylene plant idled due to falling demand (05.01.2009)

EQUISTAR
Second Texas olefins unit temporarily idled (23.12.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Qapco and Honam project delayed (19.12.2008)

SHELL
Cracker at Moerdijk is up and running again (18.12.2008)

HUNTSMAN
Hexion merger plans “buried” for USD 1 bn in compensation / Out-of-court settlement / Billion-dollar litigation with banks still in play (16.12.2008)

DOW
Three plants at Terneuzen to close in restructuring plan (16.12.2008)

INEOS
Lenders approve request for debt covenant waiver (12.12.2008)

OLTCHIM
Privatisation on ice for now / Bailout package to be presented to EU / Acquisition of Arpechim moving ahead (09.12.2008)

DOW
Joint venture with Kuwait is finalised / K-Dow to start up in January / PET and EG business included (04.12.2008)

ARKEMA
Restructuring of vinyls chain continuing / Two French sites targeted / Nearly 170 jobs on the line (03.12.2008)

POLIMERI EUROPA
Entire petrochemicals complex in Sardinia to go offline for two months / Cracker, HDPE, chlorine chain and aromatics affected / Phenol chain down for all of 2009 (01.12.2008)

SABIC
Cracker in Geleen stays offline (27.11.2008)

LYONDELLBASELL
Demand crisis forces wide-sweeping cost control measures / Plant closures and job cuts / Liquidity tight through Q1 2009 (24.11.2008)

BASF
“Massive decline in demand” prompts capacity cuts, plant shutdowns / Some 180 units affected / Preparing for “tough times” (20.11.2008)

INEOS
Waiver of debt covenants sought as demand crashes / Debts four times EBITA / Crotty “battening down the hatches” (20.11.2008)

INTERQUISA
Shutdown of 630,000 t/y PTA plant in San Roque / Rising Asian imports hit profitability (14.11.2008)

ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok (12.11.2008)

INDIA PETROCHEMICALS
GAIL / IOCL collaborate on new cracker complex (11.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICALS
Financial crisis: merger of Hexion and Huntsman still touch and go / Ineos and LyondellBasell under pressure? / Companies deny media reports (10.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol: Force majeure for styrene and PO from Tarragona (10.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell shutters Moerdijk cracker, citing technical problems (10.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Equistar idles Texas olefins unit as market declines (06.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell cuts cracker operating rates (31.10.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares FM for C2, C3 and butadiene from Portugal (28.10.2008)

RADICI
Production cuts for PA 6.6 and adipic acid (23.10.2008)

SIBUR
Technip awarded contract for ethylene expansion (22.10.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF cuts caprolactam output to about 65% (21.10.2008)

HUNTSMAN
Apollo and Hexion struggle to raise funds / Dire penalties if merger terms unmet / Spolchemie waiting to take epoxy business (13.10.2008)

EVONIK
Cost-saving MMA process is developed (08.10.2008)

SOLVAY
Membrane technology reduces electricity use (07.10.2008)

GAIL
Cracker expansion in northern India / Downstream plants for PE and PP (03.10.2008)

REPSOL
Expansion of petrochemicals complex in Portugal / Investment of EUR 1 bn (02.10.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Marubeni initially to take all C3 from Vietnam's first refinery (25.09.2008)

LANXESS
Antwerp caprolactam capacity to increase (18.09.2008)

BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line (16.09.2008)

OLTCHIM
Buyer for Arpechim-Petrochemicals? / Losses in 2007 / Slight improvement in first half of 2008 / Privatisation now planned for October (01.09.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LLDPE line in Qatar ready in December / Mega-cracker in Ras Laffan on stream next year / LDPE expansion by 2011 (25.08.2008)

ARKEMA
Hydrogen peroxide capacity at Leuna to double by 2010 (19.08.2008)

PKN ORLEN
Work commences on EUR 1.16 bn PTA facility (08.08.2008)

SABIC EUROPE
Restructuring at Teesside in UK / Two “unviable” aromatics units to shut / Exit from polyester chain (31.07.2008)

PETKIM
New owners to double capacity in five years (28.07.2008)

SABIC
First half 2008 sales increase by 54% (25.07.2008)

EQUATE
New ethylene glycol plant handed over in Kuwait (15.07.2008)

SHELL
Flexible polyols expansion comes onstream (09.07.2008)

HUNTSMAN / HEXION
EU approves merger with “strings” / Hexion must sell some epoxy resins businesses / Lenders reject funding request (04.07.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for C2 and butadiene from Cologne (03.07.2008)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Phenol and acetone supply agreement with Ertisa / Feedstock for bisphenol A and PC (27.06.2008)

HUNTSMAN / APOLLO
Huntsman files counter lawsuit / Investor in the line of fire / “Fraud and tortuous interference” (26.06.2008)

HEXION / HUNTSMAN
Suit spells end for proposed merger / Combined company would be insolvent, Hexion claims (19.06.2008)

TOMSKNEFTEKHIM
Further investment announced / 65% rise in polymer production by 2011 (17.06.2008)

SINOPEC
SK Energy jv to build petrochemicals complex in China / Total capacity to exceed 1.8m t/y (17.06.2008)

BRASKEM
Petroquisa petrochemical interests integrated (11.06.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow declares FM on ethylene from Terneuzen (06.06.2008)

EVONIK
Laurolactam capacity expanded in Marl (29.05.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Carmel cracker unit shut following smoke emission (26.05.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP declares force majeure for PTA from Geel (20.05.2008)

LYONDELLBASELL
A giant gains stature / World's largest producer of polyolefins is focusing on backward integration / Pro forma figures for 2007 (19.05.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Construction begins on large-scale aromatics plant in western China (15.05.2008)

SIBUR
Petrochemical group expands polyolefin activities / Russia lifts PE export duty (15.05.2008)

KAZANORGSINTEZ
PC unit to be built to meet Russian automotive demand / BPA unit starts up in Tatarstan (14.05.2008)

SIBUR
Managers seek to acquire petrochemicals producer from Gazprom (08.05.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Strike threatens Ineos site at Grangemouth / Dispute over new pension plan (22.04.2008)

SASOL-HUNTSMAN
Maleic anhydride capacity to increase by 75% (10.04.2008)

PETKIM
Turkish court rejects union's bid to halt sale / Buying consortium has 45 days to conclude deal (01.04.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire-damaged Ineos pipeline at Cologne still down / No force majeure / Alternative supply plan for Marl (27.03.2008)

BOREALIS
Multi-billion dollar olefins and aromatics complex in Abu Dhabi / Partnership with IPIC / Start-up in 2013 (26.03.2008)

HANWHA CHEMICAL
New PVC site in China / Start-up in 2010 / Third-largest LDPE producer in Asia (25.03.2008)

ERCROS
Spanish PVC producer in the red despite higher sales / Downtrend stems from efficiency improvement drive (20.03.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE and ABS output normal at Ineos sites in Germany following Monday's blast / Force majeure? (18.03.2008)

BASF
Seal Sands site to be sold to Ineos Nitriles / Focus shifts to core assets in PA value chain (17.03.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polimeri Europa: PE production back to normal following cracker restart (11.03.2008)

TOTAL
Full year chemical profits decline on weak Q4 margins / Gonfreville styrene plant to start up end 2008 (20.02.2008)

LYONDELLBASELL
EU approval for Berre refinery acquisition (08.02.2008)

INEOS
Follow-up: Takeover of Kerling completed following EU approval (07.02.2008)

LA SEDA
Interquisa acquisition postponed indefinitely / Stock market problems / Current focus on integration (24.01.2008)

DOW
Oil sands feedstock agreement / Aux Sable to supply Fort Saskatchewan, Canada plant (24.01.2008)

INEOS
Acquisition of BP's VAM and ethylene actetate production (17.01.2008)

LA SEDA
Interquisa acquisition completed / Cepsa takes over 12% share of PET producer (04.01.2008)

PETKIM
New owners to invest USD 10 bn / All capacities set to double by 2015 (14.12.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Koch expands naphtha capacity in Rotterdam (11.12.2007)

INDORAMA
Acquisition of Eastman's last European PET plants / Thai group unexpectedly beats La Seda (10.12.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Dow and Gazprom ink LOI on Russian gas processing / Link to petchems plants in Germany (30.11.2007)

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES
New name announced for merged company (08.11.2007)

RADICI
Expansion with adipic acid and HMDA / Entry into PA 6.10 and 6.12 production (02.11.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total Petrochemicals cracker restarted at Carling (31.10.2007)

BASELL
EC approves Lyondell Chemical acquisition (29.10.2007)

PETKIM
Feeling of mistrust towards Armenian investors / Losing Turkish consortium likely to do the deal (26.10.2007)

INEOS
BP plans for Saudi Arabian cracker are buried (09.10.2007)

EXXONMOBIL
Investment in Rotterdam aromatics unit (04.10.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP declares force majeure for ethylene from Gelsenkirchen (01.10.2007)

OMV
Takeover of Hungarian oil company MOL targeted / Offer of EUR 14 bn / Board resists the move (01.10.2007)

FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Escalating costs bring end to Ineos ethane cracker project / Plans to build PVC facility and ethylene pipeline to Marl also scrapped (20.09.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos lifts FM on Grangemouth ethylene (11.09.2007)

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Cracker expansion completed at Qapco in Qatar (11.09.2007)

INEOS
Acquisition of Borealis Norway has gone ahead (06.09.2007)

TOTAL
Maintenance work at the cracker in Carling has begun (06.09.2007)

INEOS
EU approves deal with Borealis in Norway (30.08.2007)

LA SEDA
New PTA plant to go on stream in 2010 in Portugal / European Commission to share in the costs (27.08.2007)

SINOPEC
Plans for refinery and cracker jv with Dow, Shell and Kuwait Petroleum (24.08.2007)

PKN ORLEN
Mitsubishi awarded PTA plant contract (24.08.2007)

SHAW GROUP
New crackers and downstream projects in China / PetroChina and Tianjin Dagu are customers (23.08.2007)

BASF
USD 170m in damages from Lyondell for excessive propylene oxide charge / US court decision (22.08.2007)

OMAN
Sohar petrochemical complex on ice indefinitely / Delay could ease an expected ethylene glut (21.08.2007)

LOTTE DAESAN
Expansion of ethylene production in South Korea (15.08.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos: Grangemouth G4 cracker back in operation / Force majeure initially lifted for butadiene (07.08.2007)

BASELL
Acquisition of refinery from Shell in Berre / Backward integration for the European polyolefins business (06.08.2007)

DOW
Agreements with BASF and Solvay to build world-scale HP and PO plants in Thailand (01.08.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Caprolactam facility in Antwerp running at reduced output / No force majeure at present (30.07.2007)

BASF
Follow-up: Partial restart of benzene plant after blaze (27.07.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technip: Contract for PX complex in Poland (27.07.2007)

TOTAL
Large petrochemical complex in Algeria in partnership with Sonatrach (26.07.2007)

POLYONE
Withdrawal from VCM and standard PVC / Sale of interest in Oxy Vinyls (20.07.2007)

BASELL
Lyondell acquired for USD 19 bn / Purchase creates polypropylene and polyethylene leader (19.07.2007)

ARKEMA
Office move complete as optimisation continues (12.07.2007)

BASF
Fire shuts benzene plant / Restart date unclear (11.07.2007)

BASF
Minority ownership in Geismar cracker sold (28.06.2007)

TVK
Continued improvement in utilisation and operating results / Polymer logistics unit spun off (21.06.2007)

BASF
Planned new Chinese MDI plant may be built at Chongqing / Change of partners looks likely (15.06.2007)

BASF
Cooperation with Invista in PA 6.6 feedstock / Seal Sands ADN plant to close (14.06.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
DSM declares force majeure for caprolactam (11.06.2007)

LA SEDA
Talks about acquiring Eastman's last European plants / No Interquisa deal in the works (08.06.2007)

INEOS
Acquisition of Norwegian activities from Borealis / Cracker and downstream polyolefin plants in Bamble to be taken over in full (07.06.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure on feedstock supplies from Grangemouth (31.05.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares force majeure on propylene from Lavera (31.05.2007)

SINOPEC
UOP "Parex" technology for 600,000 t/y PX unit (30.05.2007)

CHINA
ExxonMobil and Aramco join Quanzhou project / Massive petrochemicals complex (24.05.2007)

CANGZHOU DAHUA
Expansion of TDI capacity / Third largest producer of the isocyanate in China (23.05.2007)

AROMATICS OMAN
World's largest paraxylene plant to begin production in 2009 / 814,000 t/y capacity (18.05.2007)

LA SEDA
Intention to buy Interquisa / Cepsa may acquire 15% stake / Discussions underway (11.05.2007)

DOW
Joint venture with Libya´s National Oil / Ras Lanuf complex to be refurbished and expanded (02.05.2007)

MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL
Expansion in polycarbonate in Asia / JV in China / Total investment of USD 400m (13.04.2007)

NOVA / INEOS
Styrenics joint venture expanded to North America / Number two player in resins / Capacity cutbacks (27.03.2007)

SABIC
Planned petchems plant may be shifted from China / Delays by Beijing authorities blamed (09.03.2007)

KUMHO MITSUI
MDI capacity to double to 130,000 t/y (09.03.2007)

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
EUR 2.28 bn investment in 2m t/y integrated cracker and petrochemicals complex in India (08.03.2007)

HYDRO POLYMERS
Earnings recover in 2006 / Production rises (28.02.2007)

SIBUR
Polypropylene plant planned in Tobolsk (01.02.2007)

POLIMERI EUROPE
Cracker at Gela likely to close / 120 jobs at stake / LDPE unit would be supplied from Priolo (26.01.2007)

BASF
HMD unit in UK shut after leak / Workers injured (08.01.2007)

LA SEDA
PTA and PET license to Russia (08.01.2007)

BASELL
Acquisition of Münchsmünster cracker finalised (04.01.2007)

LA SEDA
Plans for a new PTA facility in Portugal (11.12.2006)

BASELL
EU reviews takeover plans for Ruhr Oel cracker at Münchsmünster / Backward integration (05.12.2006)

PETROCHINA
More ethylene from Lanzhou (01.12.2006)

SABIC
Mammoth cracker project in China approaching / Joint venture partners sought (14.11.2006)

ANWIL
Purchase of PVC manufacturer Spolana for EUR 46m concluded / Capital expenditures planned (14.11.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Italian oil group hails renaissance of petrochemicals / Eni to invest EUR 600m in Porto Marghera (09.11.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
OMV to expand Burghausen cracker / EUR 640m investment / New PP unit for Borealis (08.11.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Technical problems shut Unipetrol crackers (12.10.2006)

BASF / DOW
Cornerstone laid for Antwerp HPPO plant (06.10.2006)

AKER KVAERNER
Contract for world-class PTA facility in China (04.10.2006)

RHODIA POLYAMIDE
New Chinese facility for PA feedstock (02.10.2006)

HUNTSMAN / SABIC
Saudis buy UK-based chemical and polymer units for USD 700m / PE plant to be completed (29.09.2006)

TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
Restructuring of French styrene production / Some 300 jobs set to be cut over five years (25.09.2006)

DEGUSSA
DMT business being sold to Arques (22.09.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Repsol and BASF still suffering from Tarragona flood damage / Leaks contaminate agricultural land (21.09.2006)

DOW
Force majeure for ethylene and propylene in Tarragona (20.09.2006)

SPOLANA
Unipetrol 82% stake may be sold to Poland´s Anwil / Deal worth more than EUR 35m? (18.09.2006)

ERCROS
Spanish PVC manufacturer seeks to quash merger rumours / No link-up with La Seda (31.08.2006)

SHELL
Go-ahead for world-scale cracker in Singapore (07.08.2006)

REPSOL
Significant capacity expansion in Portugal / PP and linear PE to be added to portfolio (02.08.2006)

DOW
Licence for Union Carbide MEG process to Sinopec / Energy saving for China (01.08.2006)

DOW
Heat wave forces Terneuzen cracker offline (25.07.2006)

ETHYLENE MARKET
BP RP: Force majeure for ethylene at Gelsenkirchen (18.07.2006)

DSM
Expansion for acrylonitrile planned (05.07.2006)

EUROPEAN ETHYLENE MARKET
Sabic puts Geleen cracker plans on ice / High investment costs and financial risks / Too many projects strain resources (12.06.2006)

FORMOSA PLASTICS
Expansion plans in Taiwan? (24.05.2006)

BASF
Ludwigshafen styrene plant in maintenance (23.05.2006)

BP
Major expansion of PTA capacity at Geel (26.04.2006)

BASF
Antwerp cracker back up / Force majeure retained (25.04.2006)

BASF
New plant for PA 12 feedstock (13.04.2006)

BORSODCHEM
Sales and earnings at record level / Expansion in central and eastern Europe continues (22.03.2006)

HYDRO POLYMERS
Operating result slips significantly / High feedstock prices pressure PVC manufacturers (06.03.2006)

BASF
Turnaround planned for steam cracker (01.03.2006)

BASELL
Pernis LIPP plant to close next year / European strategy review / Wesseling cracker back up (16.02.2006)

TECHNIP
Contract to build ethane cracker for Kuwait jv / Project to increase ethylene derivatives output (02.02.2006)

BASELL
Total takeover of Aubette cracker (30.01.2006)

BASF
Expansion of Antwerp cracker in 2007 (20.10.2005)

MIDDLE EAST MARKETS
New crackers and PE plants for Saudi Arabia and Iran / Linde technology being used (25.08.2005)

LANXESS
Sales of EUR 5 bn in first three quarters / 60% of businesses in profit / ABS is “problem area” (09.12.2004)

INEOS
Expansion in PVC / Ethylene pipeline to be extended from Ruhr to North Sea coast? (11.11.2004)

SABIC EUROPETROCHEMICALS
Integration into Saudi parent group makes progress / “Stamylan” brand names replaced (10.06.2004)

UNIPETROL
Poland´s PKN Orlen buys Czech state stake (27.05.2004)

BP
Plans to exit polyolefins / IPO in second half of 2005 / Leading positions in PE and PP (13.05.2004)

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