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QATAR
Search for ethane outlet continues following Shell's exit from Al-Karaana
 		22.01.2015
EPS INSULATION
Austrian producers switch to “PolyFR” / Substitution completed six months ahead of REACH deadline
 		16.01.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Global oil price slide takes petrochemical chains down with it / Polymer notations plummet across the world / Decline picking up speed / Weak euro brakes downturn somewhat
 		16.01.2015
COMPOSITES
German producers remain optimistic / High expectations for 2015 / Outcome of Composites Germany poll
 		15.01.2015
INDUSTRIAL RUBBER
Global demand to reach USD 158 bn by 2018 / China to see strongest gains / Slow growth in western Europe limits increases for eastern Europe / Freedonia report
 		14.01.2015
SHALE GAS
Sunoco sends first natural gas delivery via pipeline to Philadelphia / Project for ethane shipments to Europe on schedule
 		09.01.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical starts C3 production using Oleflex technology / UOP process licensed to 14 other global producers to forestall propylene shortage
 		09.01.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE
Consumption grows 1% in 2013 / Polyolefins, PU and PET see gains / PVC and PS demand continues to fall / Producers under rising pressure / USA as most important trade partner
 		09.01.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Europe struggles to remain competitive amid US shale gas onslaught / Industry organisations call on EU to help / Oxford study analyses chances and risks
 		05.01.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Oxychem and Mexichem celebrate official construction start of Texas-based ethane cracker joint venture
 		22.12.2014
BIOPLASTICS
Global market expected to reach 6.7m t by 2018 / Growth driven by biobased, non-biodegradable plastics / Asian market share rising / New study by European Bioplastics
 		15.12.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for LLDPE and HDPE from Grangemouth
 		27.11.2014
SHALE GAS
Germany's door to shale gas exploration kicked open slightly / Experts to decide on suitability of geological formations / Industry urges quick start to exploration / Plans still controversial
 		24.11.2014
POLYMER MARKET
Global demand forecast to reach 300m t by 2018 / Greater China now largest maket / AMI report
 		18.11.2014
JAPAN
METI industry ministry calls on petrochemical sector to implement more cracker consolidations
 		13.11.2014
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