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DOW
Construction on mega Texas cracker to start this month / Commissioning in 2017 / Plans for downstream facilities specified
27.06.2014
SHALE GAS CHINA
US-Chinese partnerships explore opportunities for unconventional gas in the People's Republic / Restructuring of energy mix / Chinese firms also participating in US fracking projects
25.06.2014
MITSUBISHI RAYON / MITSUI
MoU for large-scale MMA joint venture in the US / Non-binding feedstock agreement with Dow
23.06.2014
C3 PETROCHEMICALS
EPA permit paves way for massive Texas propane dehydrogenation plant / Start-up expected in 2015
20.06.2014
SHALE GAS
German government working on draft fracking bill / Proposed law would include ban on toxic chemicals, prohibition on drilling near water reserves / Several federal states opposed
18.06.2014
INEOS
Mulling entry into UK shale gas exploration / Working group assessing benefits and risks
18.06.2014
NOVA CHEMICALS
First barrels of ethane from Bakken Shale formation arrive in Joffre / New feedstock mix should enable full-scale production at group's PE plants
17.06.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Texas-based 1-hexene plant starts up / Claimed to be world's largest facility / Key feedstock for LLDPE stretch film
17.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fire takes out IRPC's propylene cracker in Rayong / Production of PP compounds may be affected
11.06.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
EU chemicals output continues to rise in Q1 despite petrochemicals decline / Polymers production grows by 1.3% in March / Cefic data
10.06.2014
BIOFIELDS
Mexican group appoints Helm as exclusive distributor of its castor oil / Feedstock for long-chained bio-polyamides
10.06.2014
DOW CHEMICAL
North America's shale gas advantage will not evaporate soon, Liveris says / European companies must import or quit markets / CEO defends his integrated production strategy
06.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lukoil's Caucasus-based Stavrolen subsidiary resumes PP production / Third-party propylene / Feedstock output due to start up next year
05.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell's SM/PO plant in Moerdijk rocked by explosion and blaze / Two workers suffer minor burns / Cause still unclear
04.06.2014
CHINA
Anti-dumping duties on adipic acid from EU, US and South Korea set to expire in November / Ministry of Commerce calls on local companies for statements about possible extension
03.06.2014
KOCH INDUSTRIES
Acquisition of PetroLogistics for USD 2.1 bn / World's largest PDH plant processes shale gas
03.06.2014
SHALE GAS UK
“Reasonable” estimate sees 4.4 bn barrels of shale oil under southern England / Geological survey finds no significant gas potential / New financial incentives for local communities
02.06.2014
HONEYWELL
“Oleflex” technology selected for China propylene project
02.06.2014
OMV
Butadiene expansion in Austria brought on stream
23.05.2014
BOREALIS
Borouge 3 mega facility in Emirates ready for start-up / HDPE in Burghausen set to go offline in October
20.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite lifts force majeure on MMA in UK
20.05.2014
VERDEZYNE
Pilot production for PA 6.12 feedstock successful / US company plans commercial plant in Malaysia
14.05.2014
BASF
New 40,000 t/y neopentylglycol plant with Sinopec at Nanjing / Meeting demand from Asian customers
09.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite declares force majeure for MMA from Cassel
06.05.2014
SINOPEC
Ethylene projects shelved or delayed in response to pressure from cheap US shale gas / Projects with more than 4m t of C2 hanging in the air / Increasingly exploring options for coal-to-olefins
01.05.2014
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