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SOLVAY
Brazilian authorities give green light to sale of Indupa stake to Unipar Carbocloro
13.12.2016
SABIC
First gas tanker for ethane deliveries from Texas to UK completed / Second vessel to follow next year
12.12.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6: AdvanSix declares force majeure in the US / Problems at largest US caprolactam production plant
09.12.2016
ENI
Fire temporarily takes out Sannazarro refinery / Site also home to small-scale C3 line
07.12.2016
USA
Shale gas carousel turns faster / Giant field found in west Texas / President-elect Trump expected to promote fracking / Much of new plastics output earmarked for export
30.11.2016
ROSNEFT / BASHNEFT
Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev arrested over alleged bribe involving ownership change at Bashneft / Kremlin's controversial privatisation drive continues
24.11.2016
BASF
Problem at Ludwigshafen TDI plant / Facility down / More bad news for the PU market
23.11.2016
SHALE GAS
Scottish government unveils fracking studies / Public consultation to begin in January 2017 / Final decision by year's end / Scant economic impetus but health threat “inconclusive”
14.11.2016
HONEYWELL
Ninth MTO license in China awarded to Jilin Connell / New C2 and C3 facility to go on stream next year
10.11.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: MOL declares force majeure for HDPE and PP from Hungary / Slovnaft's PP homopolymers also affected
07.11.2016
BASF
Cutting disk could have ignited explosion at Ludwigshafen / Greatest impact on ethylene and propylene chains
31.10.2016
LG CHEM
Cracker capacity upgrade to focus on “lucrative items” / PS plants to produce ABS
26.10.2016
INDIA
Anti-dumping probe against TDI imports launched / China, Japan and Korea in focus
26.10.2016
POLYAMIDE
PA 6.6 market in uproar / Solvay confirms force majeure for HMD / Radici's availability unrestricted
24.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6: Solvay encounters delivery problems for HMD feedstock
20.10.2016
BASF
Ludwigshafen crackers successively ramping up again / Force majeure for feedstock purchases
20.10.2016
UNIPETROL
Litvinov cracker up and running again
20.10.2016
UPDATE - BASF
Explosion leaves three dead and six injured / Fire extinguished / 20 plants temporarily off stream / All activity at northern port at a standstill
18.10.2016
UPDATE - BASF
Deadly explosion rocks northern port at Ludwigshafen headquarters / Crackers switched off / Separate incident in Lampertheim leaves several injured
17.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Isocyanates: Covestro's force majeure on MDI and TDI likely to remain in place until December
17.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Ineos' Norwegian cracker offline after blaze
10.10.2016
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Isocyanates: Covestro declares force majeure for TDI and MDI / Significant delivery delays
07.10.2016
BASF
Rhineland-Palatinate ministry of the environment calls for immediate inspection of TDI plant at group headquarters / No end to string of accidents experienced since start-up
06.10.2016
DOW/SADARA
Large-scale investment with Vopak in additional storage capacity at Antwerp port / 20 new tanks and pipeline network
04.10.2016
WILLIAMS
Canadian natural gas assets and proposed PDH facility sold to competitor Inter Pipeline
03.10.2016
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