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SHELL
Plans to build USD 11 bn cracker and downstream petrochemicals hub in Iraq
30.01.2015
SASOL
US-based upstream plans shelved for now / Commitment to ethane cracker and PE lines reconfirmed
30.01.2015
KARPATNEFTEKHIM
Reports allege that Ukrainian Lukoil subsidiary could resume PE, PVC production in spring / Ongoing feuds likely to constitute an obstacle
29.01.2015
SKC / MITSUI
Follow-up: PU joint venture to cease operating Kashima TDI and Omuta MDI facilities in May 2016 / Plans to set up XDI and speciality isocyanates facilities
28.01.2015
CHINA
Installed methanol-to-olefins capacities stand at 4.5m t/y / Newer plants can use locally developed technology / Despite crude oil price fall, CTO looks here to stay
27.01.2015
REPSOL
Puertollano modernisation efforts begin / Works expected to take two months / EVA debottlenecking / PP output switched
27.01.2015
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
European food watchdog EFSA finds BPA to have “no health risk” / Study may weaken France's push for reclassification / REACH administrator ECHA also in the game
23.01.2015
BASF
Butanediol capacity expansion in Geismar
23.01.2015
KUIBYSHEVAZOT
Raising caprolactam output / Latest investment project receives financial backing from Rusnano
23.01.2015
QATAR
Search for ethane outlet continues following Shell's exit from Al-Karaana
22.01.2015
QATAR PETROLEUM
Al Karaana petrochemicals joint venture with Shell scrapped / Prohibitive capital costs
16.01.2015
COMMENT
The oil price decline doesn't scare me
16.01.2015
UPDATE - VERSALIS
Reports indicate that Porto Marghera cracker is in start-up mode / Shell allegedly contracted for olefin volumes
15.01.2015
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
ODFJELL
Petrochemical terminal in Le Havre scrapped / First victim of cuts in European refinery business
08.01.2015
SKC / MITSUI
Agreement for PU feedstock joint venture / Merger could extend lifeline to facilities previously earmarked for closure
06.01.2015
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
BASF
50% stake in Ellba Eastern SM/PO joint venture sold to Shell / Moerdijk jv not part of transaction
19.12.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS
Ethylene capacity expansion in Texas brought on stream
15.12.2014
YEAR IN REVIEW 2014
Part 2 – Plastics Production: Shale gas revolution drives Europe into a corner / Ailing facilities are consolidated / Massive changes in PVC market / Shale oil reserves change the balance once again
12.12.2014
SHELL
Versalis' Porto Marghera cracker to pick up the slack for Moerdijk? / Rumours of possible restart of Italian unit
08.12.2014
HIP PETROHEMIJA
Ethylene and PE production resumes following maintenance turnaround
01.12.2014
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
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