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LYONDELLBASELL
Chapter 11 filing in New York / Finance holding Basell Germany involved, other non-US business unaffected
07.01.2009
UHMWPE
IK: Prices affected less than standard HDPE
23.12.2008
POLIMERI EUROPA
Entire petrochemicals complex in Sardinia to go offline for two months / Cracker, HDPE, chlorine chain and aromatics affected / Phenol chain down for all of 2009
01.12.2008
ROMPETROL
Polyethylene production reduced by 55% for two months / Nearly a quarter of the workforce to be temporarily laid off
28.11.2008
BOREALIS
“Lupotech T” specified for 350,000 t/y LDPE plant
19.11.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
CMAI sees flood of polyolefins on its way from the Middle East / Successful conference in Düsseldorf
18.11.2008
APPC
455,000 t/y PP plant commissioned in Jubail
14.11.2008
SABIC
New PP line comes on stream at Ibn Zahr / World's largest single “Unipol” facility
13.11.2008
COMMODITIES TRADING
Plastics futures market opens in US
07.11.2008
BOROUGE
Logistics hub in China to handle UAE expansion
27.10.2008
GAIL
Cracker expansion in northern India / Downstream plants for PE and PP
03.10.2008
REPSOL
Expansion of petrochemicals complex in Portugal / Investment of EUR 1 bn
02.10.2008
SLOVNAFT
“Lupotech T” technology for new LDPE plant
30.09.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Incident trips Ineos LDPE plant in Cologne / No force majeure
22.09.2008
HIP PETROHEMIJA
EUR 140m investment in polyolefins / Privatisation stalls / Merger with NIS oil group “urgently needed”
22.09.2008
BOREALIS
PP line for packaging grades dedicated in Burghausen / OMV completes cracker expansion and new C3 production line
16.09.2008
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
PP debottlenecking in Feluy / Compounding in southern China
05.09.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
PE and PP technology specified for 1.3m t/y world-scale polyolefins facility in Kazakhstan
28.08.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LLDPE line in Qatar ready in December / Mega-cracker in Ras Laffan on stream next year / LDPE expansion by 2011
25.08.2008
BOROUGE
Contract awarded for Shanghai logistics and compounding operations
21.08.2008
SHANGHAI SURREY POLYMERS
Compounder expands capacity for UHMW-PE
21.08.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
“Spheripol” process selected for Saudi PP project
15.08.2008
LYONDELLBASELL
Mexican PP plant begins production / Canadian site sold to Shell / Slurry PP unit decommissioned
14.08.2008
PETROCHINA
“Unipol” technology chosen for Chengdu plant
13.08.2008
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Al Jubail PE complex on target for start-up later this year / “Most competitive production assets”
05.08.2008
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