China National Petroleum

Qatar plans expansion despite pricing woes / Europe may need LNG for 50 more years / US pause in export terminal approvals challenged

Chinese major signs second LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy / Pact includes 5% stake in joint venture

Qatar inks new LNG supply deals with EU players / Fierce competition with US suppliers / China a major client

Two major EVA plants to be built in China / Facilities likely part of large-scale complex in Qinzhou

EVs dent oil demand / Petchem consumption to temporarily support crude use

Chinese tariffs on imports from EU, US, South Korea

Coronavirus creates sharp rise in global demand of masks / PetroChina and 3M currently expanding production

Construction of ethane cracker in Shaanxi province begins / Downstream PE totalling 800,000 t/y

Four crackers due to start up by 2021 / US tariffs impact ethane projects

Construction start for ethylene hub at Korla City / LyondellBasell licence

China announces anti-dumping probe / EU and four other regions affected / Connection with proposed US import duties seems unlikely

Distribution hub planned in Chinese regions / Refinery partnership with CNPC

China Engineering Thermoplastics March/April 2013: Feedstock prices continue to slide / ABS, PC tending soft / Little movement for PA, POM and PMMA

China Standard Thermoplastics March/April 2013: Market mostly stable / Feedstock prices soft / Local manufacturers cut polymer notations to move volumes / No signs of an imminent revival

China grants first production-sharing exploration contract to Shell / India's government approves development of country's light feedstock reserves / Catching up to the US shale gas revolution

China Engineering Thermoplastics February/March 2013: Feedstock prices down post-Chinese new year / Plans to hike ABS prices / PC also rising / Little movement for polyamides, PBT and POM

China Standard Thermoplastics February/March 2013: Production slowly returns to normal following New Year holidays / Feedstock and polymer notations weak / Widely expected post-holiday run fails to materialise / Highly dependent on styrene imports

China December 2012 / January 2013: Twin hikes for feedstocks and thermoplastics / PS notations set new record / Last push before two-week Chinese New Year hiatus / Petrochemical sector's pre-tax profit down 8% year-on-year over first 10 months of 2011

Mega-cracker in Fushun is commissioned / Downstream lines to follow

Daqing Petrochemical subsidiary commissions massive ethylene line

Construction of mega-refinery joint venture project with Venezuela's PDVSA begins / Project includes two ethylene crackers

New EUR 9.6 bn refinery complex deal inked in Qatar / No start-up date / Around 1.2m t/y of ethylene

PetroChina takes stake in Grangemouth and Lavera refineries / Plans for technology share

Serious fire after gas explosion at petrochemical plant / Several people estimated dead or injured