Shell

US subsidiary enters Chapter 11 / Worldwide production halted / Follow-up

Italian PET group in great difficulty / US subsidiary collapsing due to liquidity problems / Production stopped / Construction work in Corpus Christi also halted

Follow-up: Hurricane paralyses southern Texas to Houston Bay / Massive flooding halts petrochem facilities

PVC: Shin-Etsu lifts force majeure in Pernis / Shell resumes full operations at its refinery

Shell's shares in joint venture Sadaf taken over / Deal completed

Follow-up: Shell's refinery in Pernis online towards the end of August / FM remains for the time being

Follow-up: Shell's Pernis refinery to be offline until at least mid-August

PVC: Shin-Etsu declares force majeure on deliveries from Rotterdam

Shell's Pernis refinery in Rotterdam turned off due to fire / Shin-Etsu's PVC production affected / No force majeure as yet

Agreement to acquire Shell's 50% stake in Saudi Arabian Sadaf joint venture

China Engineering Thermoplastics October 2016: Most feedstock import quotes rise / Butadiene soars to new heights / ABS and PC continue to trend up, while PA takes a tumble / Demand in line with expectations / Outlook for November fair

China Engineering Thermoplastics September 2016: Most feedstock import quotes down / Imported butadiene soars to two-year high / Polymer prices firm to rising / Domestic PA still tight / Demand low / Processors cautiously optimistic for October

Shale gas arrives at Grangemouth after delay / “Hugely important day” for the UK / Fewer fracking applications this year

Feasibility study for butadiene derivatives project in Thailand / PTT and Sumitomo as partners / Plans for PA 9T and HSBC facilities

First aromatics splitter commissioned at Pernis refinery / More benzene for captive use in Moerdijk

Sales and earnings fall in Q2 2016 / Lower costs hit selling prices / Performance Materials business holds up well / New TDI plant start date unclear / CEO Bock upholds forecast

Green light for US shale gas-fed cracker complex in Pennsylvania / Downstream units for 1.6m t/y of PE / Location close to North American plastics customers

German environmental group calls for BPA replacement in cashier receipts / ECHA study ongoing

New management structure / Salim Al Huthaili named CEO

China Engineering Thermoplastics April 2016: Increase in oil and tight supply drive up most feedstocks / Polymer notations firm to rising / PMMA skyrockets / Outlook for May mostly seasonally normal

Joint venture partners plan to double capacities at south Chinese petrochemicals site / New 1m t/y cracker

Planning “significant investments” in UK subsidiary / Albis (UK) celebrates 50th anniversary

Distributing Hyosung's polyketone in Europe and Latin America

China Standard Thermoplastics December 2015: Feedstock notations firm / Domestic producers fail to lift polymer prices / Cost of imports continues to slide / National polymer inventory trending slightly long amid flat demand

Moerdijk cracker restarted / Lengthy SM/PO repair works finally completed / Singapore-based cracker down / Preparing for expansions in China and the US