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Posts loss in first-half 2016 operating profit on lower selling prices / Restructuring of chemicals business continues / Increased ethylene production

Kuwait public prosecutor reviews K-Dow cancellation / Parliament unhappy with the way the pull-out was handled / Papers name officials and managers involved

Growth in petrochemicals business drives 32% increase in 2015 operating profit / Capacity expansions bring sales and volumes gains

Fire at Jubail United Petrochemical leaves 12 employees dead / Operations at ethylene-production plant reportedly not affected

New organisational structure to drive balanced development / Tobolsk as standalone unit / Plastics and rubber activities bundled in one business division

Eni head confirms plans for sale / Losses too high / Unions in uproar

Potential sale has employees worried / Emergency flaring activities in Brindisi and Ferrara

Collaboration with Fardem Packaging and Morssinkhof Rymoplast / Recycled material will be used to package up to 100,000 t/y of resin

Unions pick up on plans for sale of Eni's plastics arm / US investor said to be in the picture

Preparing Grangemouth for investors / New GBP 20m headquarters / Refinery posts GBP 16.4m loss in 2014

First-half 2015 operating profit jumps / Sales in Europe decline as Asia grows / Study continues on olefins and polymers complex

Chemicals segment returns to profit in H1 2015 / Ethylene output and demand rise / Steady growth forecast for H2

Market tightness boosts Q2 earnings / Both US and European olefins and polyolefins benefit / Focus on cash and liquidity / New financing arrangements secured

Austrian polyolefins producer extends partnership with distributor Nexeo / Support for ambitious growth strategy in Europe

Foreign currency effects hit 2014 net earnings but boost gains in operating profit and sales / Increase in polymer production following capacity ramp-up at Tobolsk

Lower crude oil and petrochemicals prices contribute to fall in sales in 2014 / Operating profit drops 24% / Ethylene output up

Operating profit and revenues increase / Plastics segment drives gains thanks to new PS line / Feasibility study for olefins complex

Neil Chapman likely to fill the shoes of outgoing president Stephen Pryor

Petrochemical processing units of Sardinian refinery in Sarroch sold to Saras

Porto Marghera cracker to be permanently closed / Conversion to bioplastics hub confirmed

Operating profit rises 12% in H1 2014 / Operating loss in Chemicals segment / Chinese economy maintains momentum / Shale gas capacity build-up to be accelerated this year

Reprieve for Porto Marghera and Gela sites / National roundtable on restructuring in September / Conversion to renewables hub confirmed

Italy braces for another strike over envisaged refinery closures / Nationwide demonstration planned in Rome for 29 July

"Chinaplas" exclusive: PIE speaks to Sibur managing director and head of Basic Polymers Sergey Komyshan / Sell-and-build strategy / Focus on integrated sites / Export share expected to rise / Ukraine crisis has no significant impact on operations

“External factors” see 2013 EBITDA drop by 42% year-on-year / Profits down 60% / Plastics output up 6.8% / Modernisation efforts to continue in 2014