ExxonMobil

Second wave of the shale revolution rolls in / Formosa and ExxonMobil plan mammoth investments

Distribution of DSM's resins portfolio in Nordic countries / Deal with K.D. Feddersen

Shanghai technology centre to be expanded / Facility will support customer collaboration and growth / Seven-layer cast film line to be added

Ignacio Marco appointed new CEO of PlasticsEurope Iberia

Appointments to Trump cabinet have ties to industry / ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson to be secretary of state / Fracking proponents at the helm / “Foxes guarding henhouses”

Global market to grow by 7% per year, led by Asia / Grand View Research report

Shale gas carousel turns faster / Giant field found in west Texas / President-elect Trump expected to promote fracking / Much of new plastics output earmarked for export

Beaumont PE capacity to be increased by 65% / Multi-billion dollar investment in Texas takes advantage of “vast” new shale gas supplies

Logistics contract with ExxonMobil for Houston PE hub / First entry into US market

World's largest PE producer returns to “K” / Introducing new “Exceed” LLDPE types

PIE speaks to Sabic CEO Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan and executive vice president Polymers Abdulrahman al-Fageeh ahead of "K 2016" / Company committed to "diversifying its feedstock sources" / Confident in European and American PC markets

North America September 2016: Upward momentum across many segments / Rising feedstocks push up polyolefins and PS / Engineering thermoplastics producers still under pressure

Shale gas arrives at Grangemouth after delay / “Hugely important day” for the UK / Fewer fracking applications this year

New technology separates aromatics from crude oil using reverse membrane osmosis / Significant energy savings / Further tests necessary

Lifting “Santoprene” output at Newport facility / Global TPV capacity to rise by 25%

Petrochemical giants examine the building of a joint complex in the US

China Engineering Thermoplastics May 2016: Feedstock costs slide despite maintenance cycle / Aside from PA, all polymers point down / Consumption levels considered average / Positive outlook for June

Police slowly clear union barricades blocking refineries / Public mood flags / Union threatens to extend strikes to rail and nuclear plants / More force majeure declarations

Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage

Metallocene PE resin introduced for production of improved shrink films

Global demand to expand by 4.5% per year to 2022 / Growth driven by rising industrial output in emerging markets / Grand View Research report

Distributing ExxonMobil's “Santoprene” TPVs in Brazil

China Engineering Thermoplastics January 2016: Butadiene and styrene rise while other feedstocks point down / Polymer prices firm / ABS and PC rise slightly / Consumption in line with expectations / Processors gearing down for Chinese New Year holidays

White oil: ExxonMobil declares force majeure in France / Availability of TPE tightening / So far little impact on PS and EPS

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were