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INEOS
Petchems giant prepared to invest up to USD 1 bn in UK shale gas exploration and wants to be “biggest player” / Licences to be awarded next year
24.11.2014
SAMSUNG / TOTAL
Expanded Korean aromatics hub starts / New PX, benzene and EVA units / China major buyer
20.11.2014
JAPAN
METI industry ministry calls on petrochemical sector to implement more cracker consolidations
13.11.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell moves closer to building US shale gas-fed complex / Land purchase in Pennsylvania but no final commitment / USD 4bn cracker would produce 1.5 m t/y
13.11.2014
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Hi-Bis joint venture doubles special bisphenols output in Germany / Feedstock for “Apec” PC production in Antwerp
13.11.2014
SHELL
Moerdijk site to resume styrene production by end of the year / Cracker will likely remain off stream until mid-2015
10.11.2014
ARTLANT
Plans to restart Portuguese PTA plant in Sines / Modern production line a La Seda heirloom
10.11.2014
MITSUBISHI
Cheap Chinese PTA dogs Japanese in India, too / “Existential crisis” / Higher anti-dumping duties?
06.11.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Repsol declares force majeure for C2 from Tarragona
04.11.2014
SABIC / SHELL
Expansion plans for Saudi Arabia-based Sadaf joint venture scrapped / Feasibility studies “not encouraging”
29.10.2014
SASOL
South African group finalises US Gulf petchems investment / USD 8 bn cracker will produce 1.5m t/y of ethylene / Two PE plants also part of Louisiana complex
29.10.2014
VERSALIS
Dunkirk cracker to be converted to ethane feedstock / Imports of US shale gas
21.10.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rise in North American polymer grade propylene contract opens arbitrage window
20.10.2014
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL
PTA plant in Japan to close / Overcapacity hits profits / PX deal with CNOOC
17.10.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Mammoth 1.5m t/y shale gas PE plant to go on stream in North Dakota in 2019 / Vinmar is distributor
16.10.2014
BUTADIENE MARKET
Global volumes to rise by 4.4% per year to 2020 / Strong automotive demand for butadiene rubber and ABS / Asian players dominating / Grand View Research report
16.10.2014
INEOS
Second licence for shale gas exploitation in Scotland / Two sites are adjacent
15.10.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Follow-up: Shell's Moerdijk plant likely off stream until year's end / Olefin availability tightens
08.10.2014
SHELL
Renewed incident in Moerdijk takes out plants / Central cracker appears to be affected
07.10.2014
BRASKEM
Ineos PE technologies selected for Ascent project in USA
07.10.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Petrochemical processing units of Sardinian refinery in Sarroch sold to Saras
06.10.2014
CHINA
13th Five Year Plan to reduce petrochemical overcapacities / Seven new hubs to be completed by 2020 / Coal-based production to rise dramatically
02.10.2014
INEOS
Swiss petrochemicals group offers UK homeowners, communities 6% of shale gas proceeds / Emulating US example
01.10.2014
HUNTSMAN
Additional MDI capacity expansion in Geismar / New 400,000 t/y facility due on stream in 2018
01.10.2014
JURONG AROMATICS
Large aromatics complex in Singapore being started up / PX oversupply increases
01.10.2014
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