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BOREALIS
Naming ceremony for massive ethane carrier / US shipments to Stenungsund expected to commence in Q4
09.05.2016
UNIPETROL
Fire-damaged cracker to resume partial operation in August / Q1 profits hit by outage / Construction of new PE plant to begin in June
02.05.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
New PE complex not affected by nearby VCM explosion
02.05.2016
ETB CATALYTIC TECHNOLOGIES
Funding for bio-butadiene pilot plant / Commercialisation expected within three years / Plans to license process globally
02.05.2016
BASF
Sale of polyolefin catalysts to W.R. Grace / Sharpened focus on chemical and refinery catalysts
28.04.2016
SIBUR
Growth in petrochemicals business drives 32% increase in 2015 operating profit / Capacity expansions bring sales and volumes gains
26.04.2016
INVISTA
Start-up of new HMD Plant in China / Part of USD 1 bn complex
26.04.2016
UPDATE - MEXICHEM / PEMEX
Number of fatalities from PMV blast rises to 32 / Access difficulties slow down search of Coatzacoalcos site
25.04.2016
MEXICHEM / PEMEX
Explosion at PMV joint venture leaves three dead and scores injured / 2,000 people evacuated / All operations suspended / Cause of blast remains unclear
21.04.2016
INEOS
Liquid gas purchase deal with Rex Energy / US shale-derived ethane, propane and butane
20.04.2016
SABIC
Fire at Jubail United Petrochemical leaves 12 employees dead / Operations at ethylene-production plant reportedly not affected
19.04.2016
PIC
Feasibility study for large propane dehydrogenation and PP production plant in Canada / Joint project with Pembina
14.04.2016
SIBUR
New organisational structure to drive balanced development / Tobolsk as standalone unit / Plastics and rubber activities bundled in one business division
13.04.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
First PE line starts up / Additional facilities to be brought on stream before May
11.04.2016
GRUPA AZOTY
Record sales driven by fertiliser activities / Plastics business improves, but remains in the red
07.04.2016
WESTLAKE
Latest bid for Axiall summarily rejected again / CEO Chao issues open letter to shareholders / Calls for new board
06.04.2016
INDORAMA
Purchase of BP's petchems hub in Decatur completed / Backward integration for AlphaPet / Takeover of Cepsa “imminent”
05.04.2016
INEOS
Preparations for switch to gas feedstock at Grangemouth almost complete / Mothballed cracker starts up again
31.03.2016
MEGLOBAL
First US plant to be built at Dow's Freeport site / Long-term ethylene supply pact
30.03.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
Ethylene hub in Mexico fully brought on stream
30.03.2016
SHELL / CNOOC
Joint venture partners plan to double capacities at south Chinese petrochemicals site / New 1m t/y cracker
29.03.2016
BRASKEM
Investing in Bahia cracker to enable shale gas input / 10-year offtake agreement with Enterprise Products Partners
29.03.2016
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Tom Crotty, group director at Ineos: UK test drills could begin this year / Despite low oil price, fracking still economically viable / Mulling new cracker in Norway / Offshore North Sea assets: Ineos enters the oil business
24.03.2016
TOTAL / NPC
MoU for petrochemicals hub in Iran
22.03.2016
BRASKEM
Brazilian petrochemicals giant soon in Chinese hands? / CNOOC reported to be interested
21.03.2016
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