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SHELL
Moerdijk site to resume styrene production by end of the year / Cracker will likely remain off stream until mid-2015
10.11.2014
ARTLANT
Plans to restart Portuguese PTA plant in Sines / Modern production line a La Seda heirloom
10.11.2014
MITSUBISHI
Cheap Chinese PTA dogs Japanese in India, too / “Existential crisis” / Higher anti-dumping duties?
06.11.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure for C2 from Tarragona
04.11.2014
WESTLAKE
Expanded US vinyls complex dedicated / Cracker converted to ethane / Raising output in Lake Charles
31.10.2014
SABIC / SHELL
Expansion plans for Saudi Arabia-based Sadaf joint venture scrapped / Feasibility studies “not encouraging”
29.10.2014
SASOL
South African group finalises US Gulf petchems investment / USD 8 bn cracker will produce 1.5m t/y of ethylene / Two PE plants also part of Louisiana complex
29.10.2014
DOW
Performance Plastics continues to boost growth in Q3 / Sales gains led by the Americas
28.10.2014
VERSALIS
Dunkirk cracker to be converted to ethane feedstock / Imports of US shale gas
21.10.2014
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL
PTA plant in Japan to close / Overcapacity hits profits / PX deal with CNOOC
17.10.2014
INEOS
Second licence for shale gas exploitation in Scotland / Two sites are adjacent
15.10.2014
TRINSEO / STYRON
Realignment of business divisions / Initial public offering raises almost USD 200m
13.10.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Shell's Moerdijk plant likely off stream until year's end / Olefin availability tightens
08.10.2014
BASF
Integrated PU production hub in India's Guharat state officially inaugurated / Dahej site boasts South Asia's first MDI splitter
08.10.2014
SHELL
Renewed incident in Moerdijk takes out plants / Central cracker appears to be affected
07.10.2014
BRASKEM
Ineos PE technologies selected for Ascent project in USA
07.10.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Petrochemical processing units of Sardinian refinery in Sarroch sold to Saras
06.10.2014
INEOS
Swiss petrochemicals group offers UK homeowners, communities 6% of shale gas proceeds / Emulating US example
01.10.2014
HUNTSMAN
Additional MDI capacity expansion in Geismar / New 400,000 t/y facility due on stream in 2018
01.10.2014
JURONG AROMATICS
Large aromatics complex in Singapore being started up / PX oversupply increases
01.10.2014
FORMOSA PLASTICS
ThyssenKrupp to build Texas-based propane dehydrogenation facility
30.09.2014
LYONDELLBASELL
New ethylene expansion planned for Channelview cracker in Texas
26.09.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Porto Marghera cracker to be permanently closed / Conversion to bioplastics hub confirmed
25.09.2014
DUPONT
Majority shareholder Trian urges company to break up in open letter to management board / Says “conglomerate structure is destroying value”
22.09.2014
BASF
Bio-based acrylic acid a step closer to reality / Collaboration with Novozyme and Cargill
17.09.2014
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