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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
FORMOSA PLASTICS
ThyssenKrupp to build Texas-based propane dehydrogenation facility
30.09.2014
LYONDELLBASELL
New ethylene expansion planned for Channelview cracker in Texas
26.09.2014
ENI / VERSALIS
Porto Marghera cracker to be permanently closed / Conversion to bioplastics hub confirmed
25.09.2014
BASF
Butadiene plant in Antwerp is brought on stream / Securing internal supply
15.09.2014
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
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