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CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?
22.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Brindisi / C3 increasingly tight as Versalis' cracker appears to be off stream too
14.04.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Groundbreaking ceremonies held for 1.5m t/y Cedar Bayou ethane cracker / Ethylene largely for domestic consumption / Two 500,000 t/y PE plants part of USGC project
07.04.2014
SAUDI ARAMCO
First volumes being marketed from Petro Rabigh
04.04.2014
SONATRACH
Algerian oil and gas giant pulls out of planned PE joint venture with Total / Launches expansion plans in Skikda
10.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
PP futures trading goes live in Dubai and China / Concurrent launch designed to raise liquidity for global trading / “Transparent market and new pricing benchmark”
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
INEOS
Biesterfeld Plastic subsidiary to distribute PE and PP portfolio in Russia and Ukraine
31.01.2014
TOTAL
Force majeure for HDPE from Gonfreville lifted / PP to follow soon
28.01.2014
DOW
Hedge fund buys US billion dollar stake, stirs troubled waters / Third Point wants to see petchem spin-off
23.01.2014
SASOL
Debottlenecking for ethylene and PE in South Africa
17.01.2014
EXXONMOBIL
Regular operations underway in Singapore / Multi-feed cracker provides opportunity to directly crack crude oil
14.01.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Saudi Arabia: First shipments leave King Abdullah Port along the Red Sea
09.01.2014
SIAM CEMENT
JV with A. Schulman for rotational moulding compounds in Thailand
08.01.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares FM for PP and HDPE from Gonfreville
02.01.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total: Striking employees at French refineries / Unions exert pressure for better wages / Three crackers potentially offline
18.12.2013
REPSOL
Tarragona PE lines restarted following maintenance / Cracker recommissioning delayed due to technical problems
09.12.2013
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
Dubai exchange to launch PP futures trading in February / Timing may reflect “Borouge 3” start
26.11.2013
SADARA CHEMICAL
Signing of supply chain agreement for mega-complex / Cracker to be ready by 2015
25.11.2013
CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL
Expanding alpha olefins capacity in Texas / New capacity expected onstream in Q2 2015 / Study completed
18.11.2013
SIBUR
Plan to build large-scale polyolefin hub in Russia / Cooperation with Gazprom on gas processing complex
18.11.2013
REXTAC
US group plans to build integrated PP plant in Texas / Several old lines to be recommissioned
15.11.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell: Force majeure on PP from the UK
13.11.2013
ILAM
HDPE production line at Iranian complex commissioned / Final completion in two years
13.11.2013
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