LYONDELLBASELL Bhavesh “Bob” Patel appointed new group CEO	19.12.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Ethylene capacity expansion in Texas brought on stream	15.12.2014
SOLVAY CPChem's “Ryton” PPS business acquired for USD 220m / Deal includes Belgian production plant / Part of focus on more specialised solutions	05.09.2014
SHALE GAS India's Reliance and China's CNOOC announce plans for gas imports from the US / Feedstock to be used for domestic crackers	22.08.2014
POLYMA KUNSTSTOFF Distributing CPChem's “Valtra” GPPS in select European countries	21.08.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Introducing two new “Ryton” PPS compounds for food contact applications	19.08.2014
PPS MARKET Trading in shares of world market leader Lumena suspended / Status of plant expansion in China's Sichuan province unclear / Toray begins construction on South Korea facility	11.07.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL Alpha olefins expansion gets go-ahead / Part of major investment plan for Texas sites	04.07.2014
DOW Construction on mega Texas cracker to start this month / Commissioning in 2017 / Plans for downstream facilities specified	27.06.2014
SHALE GAS CHINA US-Chinese partnerships explore opportunities for unconventional gas in the People's Republic / Restructuring of energy mix / Chinese firms also participating in US fracking projects	25.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Work on US Gulf Coast crackers and PE plants gears up / ChevronPhillips and ExxonMobil lead the way / Some 30% of expanded US commodity plastics output to be exported by 2020	23.06.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Texas-based 1-hexene plant starts up / Claimed to be world's largest facility / Key feedstock for LLDPE stretch film	17.06.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Groundbreaking ceremonies held for 1.5m t/y Cedar Bayou ethane cracker / Ethylene largely for domestic consumption / Two 500,000 t/y PE plants part of USGC project	07.04.2014
SHALE GAS Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in	28.03.2014
REPSOL First licence for differentiated process technology from Chevron Phillips Chemical / Goal of optimising PE product portfolio	28.03.2014
SHALE GAS Legal dispute between Argentina and Spain's Repsol over YPF expropriation comes to a close / USD 5 bn agreement / Argentine shale gas now up for grabs	28.02.2014
PETROCHEMICAL CONVERSION COMPANY Saudi PA joint venture begins trial operations in Al Jubail	19.02.2014
AMERICAS STYRENICS Expansion of Mississippi port activities near New Orleans / Greater opportunity for styrene monomer exports	15.01.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL Expanding alpha olefins capacity in Texas / New capacity expected onstream in Q2 2015 / Study completed	18.11.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Sale of Chinese PS affiliate to Grand Astor now complete	11.11.2013
GS CALTEX Technology contract for Korea PX project awarded to CB&I / Start-up expected in 2016	21.10.2013
SHALE GAS Argentina: Next steps in exploration / Agreements reached between YPF and US companies given green light	24.09.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL Tenth cracker furnace planned for Texas facility / Additional 90,000 t/y ethylene available in 2014 / US Gulf Coast petrochemicals project on track	12.06.2013
EVENTS 1-day Chinaplas B2B conference well received / Focus on OEMs and sustainable packaging in China / View to challenges the global plastics industry must address / 200 participants attend kick-off Guangzhou	29.05.2013
SHALE GAS North American firms end Polish shale gas activity / Reserves smaller than thought	16.05.2013

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