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ARAB GULF STATES
Positive outlook for GCC chemicals / Saudi Arabia offers opportunities to downstream investors / New petrochemical projects temporarily halted / Exports to China continue to grow
08.12.2015
COVESTRO
MDI line in Tarragona to be shuttered / “Non-competitive production cost”
08.12.2015
UNIPETROL
Contract to repair Unipetrol's damaged cracker in Litvinov
08.12.2015
SHELL
Huge alpha olefins plant to go up in Geismar / Largest global site for LLDPE co-monomers
03.12.2015
VERSALIS
Potential sale has employees worried / Emergency flaring activities in Brindisi and Ferrara
27.11.2015
ANQORE
DSM Acrylonitrile is renamed / New name for Caprolactam unit soon to be unveiled
24.11.2015
BP
Alabama PTA business put up for sale / Company restructures to remain competitive / Upgrades underway in Belgium and US
23.11.2015
CELANESE
Entry into PEEK compounding market / Base polymer from Solvay? / Acetic acid and VAM output to be widened at Clear Lake site
20.11.2015
PTT
Ineos licenses for new HDPE line in the US / Final decision on North American facility looming
19.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Shell restarts Wesseling cracker
18.11.2015
TRINSEO
Basic plastics and feedstock business continue to perform / Q3 operating profit more than doubles / Record year anticipated
18.11.2015
MOL
New butadiene plant at TVK inaugurated / Feedstock for rubber jv / LDPE start-up in 2016?
16.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire shuts Shell's Moerdijk cracker again / No indication of how long outage will last
13.11.2015
PERSTORP
Renewable “Capa” biopolymer launched / Combining performance and biodegradability / Double-digit growth forecast for bioplastics
12.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Slovnaft's cracker in Bratislava down / LDPE and PP copo deliveries suspended “until further notice”
11.11.2015
BOREALIS
Polyolefins producer delivers strong Q3 results / Less positive outlook
09.11.2015
LOTTE
Acquisition of Samsung's polymers slate / USD 2.5 bn mega deal slammed as too expensive
04.11.2015
INEOS
Controlling interest in Clipper gas field acquired / Fairfield divests 25% stake
02.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
C2/C3: Borealis declares FM for Stenungsund cracker / Problems during start-up / Downstream production not affected
29.10.2015
DUPONT
Biesterfeld Plastic appointed distributor for Russia
28.10.2015
EMERY OLEOCHEMICALS
Green polyols plant opened in USA / World's first facility to use scrap foam / Expansion of technical centre to be ready by year-end
28.10.2015
DOW
Stake in MEGlobal sold to Equate as Kuwaiti ventures restructured / MEG plant to be built on US Gulf Coast / Options under review for agrochemicals unit / Plastics leads gains in Q3 volumes but lower prices and foreign exchange hit sales
27.10.2015
DOW
Leadership restructured / New roles for Fitterling and Ungerleider / Harlan adds Latin America to regional responsibilities
27.10.2015
BASF
Site agreement for Ludwigshafen extended to 2020 / Job security and EUR 6 bn investment
26.10.2015
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results
23.10.2015
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