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SLOVNAFT
New LDPE line ready to go / Cracker undergoes cleaning process ahead of start-up / Logistics from Talke already in place
24.08.2015
INEOS
UK shale gas licences awarded / Aims to become country's leading player
24.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Full operations at Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker unlikely to resume for months / Investigation into fire ongoing
19.08.2015
SHALE GAS
UK to “fast-track” planning applications for shale gas exploration / Process would bypass local councils / Ministers' decision on new licenses imminent / Ineos welcomes latest developments
18.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Explosion and fire prompt Unipetrol to initiate “preventative” shutdown of Litvinov cracker / Impact still unclear
13.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Devastating explosion in China rocks Tianjin free trade zone / Dagang refinery hub apparently not affected
13.08.2015
TOTAL
Ongoing torch activity at Feyzin refinery complex / Impact on cracker unclear
13.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP: Total lifts force majeure / Availability of select grades to remain tight until September
10.08.2015
SOUTH KOREA
Petrochemical industry sets new records in Q2 / High margins drive earnings / Competitive pressure nevertheless likely to rise again soon
04.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Anwil lifts force majeure in Wloclawek
03.08.2015
GFBIOCHEMICALS
World's largest levulinic acid plant on stream in Italy / Feedstock for bioplastics
03.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Anwil aims to lift FM soon / Customers not expected to be put on allocation
30.07.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Poland's Anwil declares FM for PVC after lightning strike / Customers on allocation / Spolana hit by ethylene shortfall at Unipetrol / Cracker up and running again
28.07.2015
YUANDONG PETROCHEMICAL
Large Chinese PTA producer insolvent / Production of polyester feedstock ceased
28.07.2015
INEOS
Lid installed on Grangemouth ethane tank / Import of liquefied shale gas from US / Two more ships completed / Chairman Ratcliffe says plans for test drilling in Scotland will not breach moratorium
27.07.2015
VERSALIS
Distributing Reliance's ESBR in China
27.07.2015
LYONDELLBASELL
Incendiaries found at Berre site / Perpetrators remain at large / Accidental cause of blaze largely ruled out
21.07.2015
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Olefins: Unipetrol cracker in Litvinov taken off stream for unplanned maintenance turnaround / PP production curtailed
20.07.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC: Vestolit lifts force majeure
16.07.2015
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
TDI plant at Brunsbüttel to close in September / Conversion to MDI production by 2018?
15.07.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Upstream: Naphtha tank explodes in Berre / Suspected arson attack / LBI says production not impacted
14.07.2015
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Formidable competitive turnaround through shale gas / Exports to Europe and Latin America will improve US trade balance / American Chemistry Council report
13.07.2015
BP
Phase 3 PTA plant starts up at Zhuhai / Chinese site first to use UK group's newest technology
08.07.2015
SKC / MITSUI
Polyurethanes joint venture officially launched
06.07.2015
SHALE GAS
UK's Lancaster County Council rejects two shale gas exploration permits / Setback for fracking industry / Environmental advocates cheer decision / Cuadrilla likely to appeal
02.07.2015
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