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PERSTORP
Share in Vencorex isocyanates joint venture with Thailand's PTT reduced to 15% / Focus on caprolactones
09.09.2014
UPDATE - AKZO NOBEL
Strike constrains force majeure for PVC feedstock chlorine / Shin Etsu and Huntsman affected
08.09.2014
TOTAL
CEO De Margerie: “We need to act now!” / Plans to restructure refineries and petrochemical facilities
02.09.2014
MANGALORE REFINERY & PETROCHEMICALS
Mangalore hub brings feedstock output on stream / Downstream PP unit to start up this year
29.08.2014
SHENHUA
Plans for new petrochemicals hub in China's northern Ningxia province / CB&I technology for coal-to-olefins project
29.08.2014
BISPHENOL A
Global market to reach over USD 20 bn by 2020 / Volumes forecast to grow at 4.7% annually / Polycarbonate is largest application segment / Grand View Research report
27.08.2014
PKN ORLEN
Propylene metathesis plant to start up in 2017 / Captive use / Growth strategy calls for investment of EUR 2.6 bn in lead-up to 2017
25.08.2014
SHALE GAS
India's Reliance and China's CNOOC announce plans for gas imports from the US / Feedstock to be used for domestic crackers
22.08.2014
INEOS
Commencing shale gas exploration in the UK / Majority share acquired for licence covering land where Grangemouth refinery is located
20.08.2014
HUNTSMAN
Equipment failure takes out Texan propylene oxide facility / Downstream MDI plants affected
19.08.2014
SABIC
Wilton cracker to be upgraded to enable the processing of ethane / Latest player to respond to US shale gas boom
15.08.2014
SHALE GAS
US fracking activities gather speed / Excessive ethane earmarked for export / Argentina said to possess large reserves / Poland to begin commercial production in 2016 / Environmental impact contested
15.08.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion at propylene pipelines in Taiwan's Kaohsiung City leaves 30 dead / LCY reportedly suspends PP production
13.08.2014
PERSTORP
Plan to exit Vencorex joint venture / Shares likely to be sold to partner PTT
06.08.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Reprieve for Porto Marghera and Gela sites / National roundtable on restructuring in September / Conversion to renewables hub confirmed
06.08.2014
SHALE GAS
German environment agency remains sceptical on fracking / Latest expert opinion recommends tight restrictions / Draft legislation expected in autumn
05.08.2014
SHALE GAS
First exploration licences awarded in UK / Prelude to drilling permits / Scottish nationalists in a bind
01.08.2014
ARKEMA
New Texas-based MMA plant commissioned / Restructuring of US acrylics activities wrapped up
31.07.2014
STEPAN
New Chinese polyols plant to cater to European insulation market / Commissioning set for 2016
30.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP shuts down its olefin plant in Gelsenkirchen for a few days
25.07.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Italy braces for another strike over envisaged refinery closures / Nationwide demonstration planned in Rome for 29 July
23.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Joint venture plant for styrene and propylene oxide in Moerdijk offline until year's end / Allocations for PO remain stable
16.07.2014
TAIWAN
Petrochemicals Group CPC shuts down cracker in Kaohsiung / Shale gas shock wave rolls on
15.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
European olefin output improves in Q1 2014 / Renewed cutbacks could see weaker Q2
07.07.2014
SHALE GAS
Spain's constitutional court throws out fracking ban / Some estimate reserves as high as 1.4 tr cbm
01.07.2014
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