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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
LYONDELL BASELL
Lower crude oil prices bite into sales and earnings / LCM variances provide USD 181m negative impact on EBITDA / O&P – Europe, Asia, International and Intermediates and Derivatives segments provide massive boost to operating profit
26.10.2015
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results
23.10.2015
BOREALIS
Feedstock supply deal with minority owner OMV extended / C2 and C3 supply ensured until 2028
15.10.2015
ECOPETROL
Plastics unit up for sale / Strategy to focus on oil and gas
14.10.2015
GAZECHIM
Distributing Repsol's polyolefins in the UK
12.10.2015
SABIC
Innovative Plastics business unit to be dissolved / Activities divided into standard and speciality units / Job cuts in the US and Europe
09.10.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
Acquisition of Indian PP compounder SJS Plastiblends completed / “Hostacom” and “Hifax” grades to be added to output from Aurangabad facility
06.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: Ducor lifts FM at Rozenburg ahead of plan
06.10.2015
MB BARTER
Exclusive marketing of PE in Germany and Poland from Egypt's Ethydco
02.10.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
PP plant at Carrington off line / Allocation but no force majeure declaration
01.10.2015
DOW / OLIN
Olin shareholders give green light for asset merger with Dow / New chlor-alkali leader
18.09.2015
PETKIM
Efficiency improvements implemented over past year contribute to leap in operating profit in H1 2015 / Reduced energy costs
17.09.2015
UNIPETROL
Technip appointed as contractor for new 270,000 t/y PE unit / Start-up in mid-2018
15.09.2015
W.R. GRACE
Unipol license awarded to South Korea's Hyosung / New PP line set to start up in 2017
14.09.2015
SLOVNAFT
New LDPE line in Bratislava officially inaugurated / Output mostly earmarked for export
11.09.2015
FORMOSA PETROCHEMICALS
Feasibility study for USD 9 bn ethane cracker and polyolefins units in Louisiana / Construction on two-phase project could start in 2016 / Future growth in US, says CEO
11.09.2015
ROSNEFT
Share in ChemChina acquired / Chinese group in turn enters into Nakhodka mega-project
10.09.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
CEO Patel announces renewed ethylene and PE capacity expansions in Texas / Plans to invest USD 4 bn by 2020
28.08.2015
ROSNEFT
Russian government refuses to give financial backing to four of five large-scale projects / Polyolefin plant in Angarsk also affected
28.08.2015
SLOVNAFT
New LDPE line ready to go / Cracker undergoes cleaning process ahead of start-up / Logistics from Talke already in place
24.08.2015
DKR
“Systalen” recyclate with new range of colours
21.08.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
Follow-up: Petchems giant confirms sale of Argentine PP producer Petroken to YPF
20.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Full operations at Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker unlikely to resume for months / Investigation into fire ongoing
19.08.2015
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