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LOTTE / BP
USD 175m expansion at Ulsan up to 2020 / VAM capacity to double
18.01.2019
INEOS
New cracker and PDH facilities confirmed at port of Antwerp / Jim Ratcliffe says decline of petrochemicals in Europe to be reversed
17.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Fire at Karpatneftekhim's site in Ukraine
16.01.2019
KURARAY
JV with PTT and Sumitomo proceeds with butadiene derivatives plant in Thailand / Adjacent Kuraray MPD project also confirmed
16.01.2019
SHALE GAS
Glitch-plagued Mariner East 2 pipeline now up and running / Third US shale transport route planned / Economic impact study fuels LNG fervour
15.01.2019
BASF
Framework agreement for Guangdong signed / Sustainability embedded in site concept / Wholly-owned cracker will produce 1m t/y of ethylene
14.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylene: Fire in Priolo puts Versalis cracker at standstill
11.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
"Rapid" refinery and integrated petrochemical complex starts up in Malaysia / Major project by Petronas and Saudi Aramco
11.01.2019
SHELL
Another alpha olefins plant starts production in Louisiana / LLDPE comonomers
10.01.2019
EVERGAS
Danish group to step back from ethylene shipping / Ineos' partner to focus on ethane and LNG
10.01.2019
INEOS
European ethylene and propylene production expansion reportedly to be carried out in Antwerp
09.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: BASF lifts force majeure on plasticisers / Gradual restart of TDI production in Ludwigshafen
09.01.2019
SOCAR
Agreement with BP to explore petrochemicals JV in Turkey / Giant refinery inaugurated in Aliaga
09.01.2019
INDORAMA
Thai group asserts itself in US – takeover of M&G's Texas PET plant approved / Commercial start of PIA production in Alabama / Entry into PET recycling
09.01.2019
AVANTIUM
BASF withdraws from PEF JV Synvina / FDCA feedstock plant in Antwerp cancelled
08.01.2019
SHALE GAS
National Trust withdraws from legal battle against Ineos over seismic surveys / Charity says it will continue to oppose fracking / Landowners concerned
21.12.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6: BASF lifts forces majeures in production / TDI facility to remain switched off
20.12.2018
BASF
Managing board tasks to be reallocated January 2019
17.12.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PE: Sabic lifts force majeure on supply from Gelsenkirchen
14.12.2018
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
PX line at Mississippi plant to be shut down at the end of 2018 / Reduction of 10% of North American capacity
13.12.2018
BASF
Earnings outlook for 2018 cut / Shipping, automotive and isocyanates pressure
12.12.2018
HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL
Plans to expand PP and ethylene capacity in South Korea by end-2020 / USD 500m project complements ongoing ethylene and PE expansion
06.12.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: LyondellBasell shuts down cracker in Germany due to failure
04.12.2018
AGILYX
Joint venture planned with Americas Styrenics / PS chemical recycling facility to be built
27.11.2018
BASF
TDI production at Ludwigshafen stops due to shallow Rhine river / Contracts can still be fulfilled
26.11.2018
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