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INEOS
USD 2 bn expansion of gas-based petchems in Europe / PDH plant may be built at Antwerp / Cracker capacity at Grangemouth and Rafnes to reach 1m t/y
19.06.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI, TPU: BASF announces force majeure in North America
07.06.2017
BASF
Price increases for intermediates NPG, TMP and HDO in Europe
07.06.2017
BASF
Price increases for butanediol and derivatives in Europe
01.06.2017
INEOS
Upstream activities to expand with purchase of Dong Energy's oil and gas business
29.05.2017
BASF
TDI line in Ludwigshafen producing “on spec” isocyanate / Capacity is reduced
29.05.2017
BOREALIS
Automotive PP compounding plant to be built in the USA
29.05.2017
OLTCHIM
Chimcomplex prepares capital increase on bid / National chemical company to be created
24.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI: Covestro cancels pan-European force majeure / Supply shortage will continue / Maintenance at Brunsbüttel
22.05.2017
DOW POLYURETHANES
Formulated polyol production at Zhangjiagang expanded / Annual capacity of 120,000 t
22.05.2017
ARAB GULF STATES
GCC polymer capacity to reach 34.5m t in 2022 / New capacity located mainly in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait / GPCA report
18.05.2017
PIC
Joint project with Pembina to build large PP plant in Canada / Propane to be the raw material
18.05.2017
GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
New project to create value chain for bio-isobutene / Clariant and Ineos are partners
18.05.2017
EXXONMOBIL
Purchase of Jurong Aromatics plant in Singapore
18.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MMA: Lucite halts production at its Cassel site in the UK / No more deliveries / Further tightening of supplies in Europe
12.05.2017
DOW
Announcement of large new PE line in Europe / Major expansion similarly planned in the USA
12.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Strike paralyses refinery in Feyzin / Cracker products and aromatics affected
09.05.2017
BASF
TDI plant in test run after repairs / Reconstruction at North Harbour in progress
09.05.2017
TRINSEO
2017 targets revised up on upbeat Q1 / Latex Binders, Synthetic Rubber and Feedstocks buoy core profit
09.05.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
MDI: Only one of Huntsman's two lines in the Netherlands restarted after maintenance
08.05.2017
HUNTSMAN
Acquisition of IFS Chemicals completed / Deal strengthens downstream PU capabilities / MDI production in Rozenburg restarted
08.05.2017
LYONDELLBASELL
Q1 core profit falls year-on-year / Sales up 25% on solid demand for olefins, polyolefins
04.05.2017
GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Successful scale-up of isobutene produced by fermentation / Demonstration plant in Germany
04.05.2017
BP
50% stake in Secco to be sold for USD 1.68 bn / Move will align firm's petrochems business in China
03.05.2017
HENGYI
Expansion of caprolactam capacity in China / Plans for its own PA 6 processing facility
03.05.2017
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