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ORPIC
CB&I to provide engineering services and ethylene technology for Oman polyolefins project / Cracker to have 800,000 t/y ethylene capacity
03.04.2014
INEOS
Grangemouth: Cracker shuttering moved up / Facilities shut down / TGE contracted to build ethane tank
28.03.2014
SHALE GAS
Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in
28.03.2014
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
New furnace commissioned at Texan cracker / Ethylene output raised / Capable of using ethane as feedstock
26.03.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Chemical output stagnant in 2013 / H2 growth helped pull sector out of a recession / Net trade surplus reached EUR 46 bn / Sector confidence down slightly in January 2013 / Cefic report
25.03.2014
COIM
Raising polyester polyols capacity in Italy
19.03.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Brunsbüttel TDI line to stay open longer / Strong demand / CO pipeline still controversial
14.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos chairman Ratcliffe sees demise of European chemical industry if energy questions not resolved / Open letter to EU president Barroso / “Rabbits with our trousers down”
12.03.2014
MITSUBISHI / ASAHI KASEI
Consolidation of two Japanese crackers by 2016 / Streamlining of S-SBR chain / Difficult market
11.03.2014
SHALE GAS
Fracking company Cuadrilla lifts UK shale estimate / Experts warn of complex local factors
11.03.2014
SONATRACH
Algerian oil and gas giant pulls out of planned PE joint venture with Total / Launches expansion plans in Skikda
10.03.2014
SUCCINITY
Follow-up: BASF-Purac joint venture begins commercial biobased succinic acid production
04.03.2014
SHALE GAS
Legal dispute between Argentina and Spain's Repsol over YPF expropriation comes to a close / USD 5 bn agreement / Argentine shale gas now up for grabs
28.02.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Renewed explosion at Lukoil subsidiary Stavrolen's cracker in the Caucasus / Operations halted for the time being
27.02.2014
KARPATNEFTEKHIM
Ukrainian Lukoil subsidiary temporarily halts all olefin and polymer production
25.02.2014
RENNOVIA
US agricultural giant ADM invests USD 25m in biotech company / Processes for renewable-based PA
24.02.2014
HONEYWELL
UOP "Oleflex" technology license for China's Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical / 600,000 t/y C3 plant to start up in 2016
21.02.2014
AXIALL
Partnering with South Korea's Lotte group for new Louisiana shale gas-based ethane mega-cracker
17.02.2014
INEOS
US ethane supply agreement with Consol Energy / European crackers to be fed by Appalachian-sourced feedstock from 2015
17.02.2014
VENCOREX
French TDI plant in Pont-de-Claix could face the axe / Retrofitting to higher-value products
14.02.2014
MITSUI CHEMICALS
MDI, TDI and phenolic lines to be shuttered in Japan / Plans to restructure PTA business
13.02.2014
BOREALIS
Long-term supply agreement with Norway's Statoil / Stenungsund cracker to be fed by ethane sourced in Kårstø
12.02.2014
CELLULAC
Plans for sustainable lactic acid production in converted brewery / Up to 100,000 t/y output from Irish facility
05.02.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
West European olefin production hits historical low in 2013 / Numerous consolidations
04.02.2014
SHALE GAS
EU Commission sets non-binding fracking rules / NGOs critical / Praise from the UK
30.01.2014
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