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Jim Ratcliffe

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
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
YEAR IN REVIEW 2014
Part 1 – Overview: European plastics industry ploughs on / High energy costs and bag bans still an issue / Realities of shale revolution start knocking on Brussels' doors
11.12.2014
INEOS
Petchems giant prepared to invest up to USD 1 bn in UK shale gas exploration and wants to be “biggest player” / Licences to be awarded next year
24.11.2014
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
PIE speaks to Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe / “Clearly the vast majority of our investment today is going to be in the USA” / Manufacturers have no chance in Europe / Shale exploration could restore competitiveness
19.11.2014
STYROLUTION
Ineos acquires BASF's 50% stake in styrenics joint venture
19.11.2014
POLYTALK
PlasticsEurope conference highlights petchems producers' negative outlook for future of European manufacturing / Producers call for more support from Brussels / Authorities highlight benefits of circular economy
10.11.2014
INEOS
Swiss petrochemicals group offers UK homeowners, communities 6% of shale gas proceeds / Emulating US example
01.10.2014
SHALE GAS
US fracking activities gather speed / Excessive ethane earmarked for export / Argentina said to possess large reserves / Poland to begin commercial production in 2016 / Environmental impact contested
15.08.2014
PVC MARKET
European production landscape undergoing massive changes / Global capacity shifts drive consolidations / Overcapacities mean additional closures cannot be avoided / Who will be the next victim in this game of Russian roulette?
29.07.2014
INEOS
Moody's assigns provisional “Aa1” rating to UK-backed Grangemouth bonds / Cracker to be shale-gas fed from 2016 / Holding improves EBITDA 22% in Q2 2014
22.07.2014
STYROLUTION
Ineos buys BASF's share in 50:50 styrenics joint venture for EUR 1.1 bn
30.06.2014
INEOS
Mulling entry into UK shale gas exploration / Working group assessing benefits and risks
18.06.2014
CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?
22.04.2014
SHALE GAS
Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in
28.03.2014
INEOS
Lawsuit filed against Sinopec over alleged acrylonitrile patent infringement / Seeking more than USD 1 bn in compensation / Latest quarrel picked by chairman Ratcliffe
24.03.2014
INEOS / SOLVAY
Follow-up: European Commission revises the revised remedy package for proposed PVC joint venture / Schkopau out, Wilhelmshaven in / Runcorn facilities to be considered
13.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos chairman Ratcliffe sees demise of European chemical industry if energy questions not resolved / Open letter to EU president Barroso / “Rabbits with our trousers down”
12.03.2014
SHALE GAS
British Plastics Federation welcomes government committee's support towards exploring UK shale gas reserves / Ineos considers role in future UK extraction
18.12.2013
YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Part 2 – US shale gas advantage a game changer for European plastics industry / Players seek to level the playing field but authorities slow to react
17.12.2013
YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Part 1 – General overview: US shale gas boom has European plastics players worried / Commodity sectors dogged by overcapacity, insolvencies / Italy goes all out for biopolymers / Mixed picture for European converters
13.12.2013
INEOS
Grangemouth to reopen after labour dispute ends / UK agrees to grants, loans for ethane terminal
28.10.2013
INEOS
Shuttering VAM production unit in UK
07.10.2013
INEOS
Ratcliffe threatens to pull out of Grangemouth / Shale gas an alternative to North Sea gas
11.09.2013
INEOS NITRILES
Joint venture with Tianjin Bohai Chemical to build world-scale acrylonitrile facility in China / Initial capacity of 260,000 t/y to come on stream in 2016
24.05.2013
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