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INDORAMA
Agreement to acquire BP's PX and PTA complex in Decatur / Backward integration into PET
08.01.2016
SHALE GAS
Dow/YPF joint venture will triple shale gas output in Argentina / “Extraordinary results” from drilling
07.01.2016
SHALE GAS
Fracking yes, but get it right, UK task force says / Incentives can sweeten the pill for communities
04.01.2016
AXIALL / LOTTE
Plans for US ethane-based cracker receive definite go-ahead / Lake Charles plant to start up in 2019
04.01.2016
SHELL
Moerdijk cracker restarted / Lengthy SM/PO repair works finally completed / Singapore-based cracker down / Preparing for expansions in China and the US
23.12.2015
INEOS
21 new shale gas licenses acquired in the UK / Now country's “leading shale gas company”
23.12.2015
DOW
Large Texas propylene line begins commercial operations / Propane dehydrogenation using shale gas as feedstock
22.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015
Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were
11.12.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
ECHA committees favour restricting BPA-containing cash register receipts / Debate over French plans for ban / Opinions sent to EU Commission for decision
11.12.2015
POLYNT
Carbon fibre-reinforced SMC production begins in Germany / Maleic acid anhydride capacity raised
10.12.2015
DOW
US chemicals giant said to be in talks with DuPont over potential merge / Combination would create company worth USD 120 bn / Plans for three-way split of activities / Response to shareholder pressure?
09.12.2015
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
SHELL
Huge alpha olefins plant to go up in Geismar / Largest global site for LLDPE co-monomers
03.12.2015
UK
Are the energy prices for chlorine production in Runcorn falling? / Potential exemption from climate tax
02.12.2015
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
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Shell restarts Wesseling cracker
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
SHALE GAS
Ethane imports will soon feed Europe's ethylene crackers / Sunoco opens its terminal in Pennsylvania / Ineos to supply FEP's Mossmorran cracker from Grangemouth
13.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Polyolefins: Slovnaft's cracker in Bratislava down / LDPE and PP copo deliveries suspended “until further notice”
11.11.2015
LOTTE
Acquisition of Samsung's polymers slate / USD 2.5 bn mega deal slammed as too expensive
04.11.2015
CHINA
People's Republic extends punitive duties on PVC, PA 6.6 resin and adipic acid
03.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
C2/C3: Borealis declares FM for Stenungsund cracker / Problems during start-up / Downstream production not affected
29.10.2015
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