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Petronas

SAUDI ARAMCO
Oil and gas major exits Rapid project in Malaysia / State-owned Petronas takes full control
04.06.2026
UPDATE - MALAYSIA
+++ Fire breaks out at Petronas gas pipeline in Puchong +++ Plastics export growth to slow in 2025 / Domestic market poised for lasting development /
01.04.2025
PETRONAS
Chemical recycling plant to be built in Malaysia / Site to use Plastic Energy pyrolysis tech / Throughput cited at 33,000 t/y
25.10.2023
PERSTORP
Company touts “critical” step toward carbon neutrality / EU Innovation Fund Awards EUR 97 mn to Project Air
06.02.2023
PETRONAS
Plastics recycling collaboration with ExxonMobil in Malaysia
03.10.2022
PERSTORP
Expanded output for renewable polyols / Headquarters production to shift away from fossil sources
14.06.2022
UPDATE - OQ CHEMICALS
Oman Oil: No denial of rumoured sale of speciality chemicals company / New COO responsible for “strategic transformation”
08.06.2022
PETRONAS / SAUDI ARAMCO
Malaysian Rapid refinery project to be commissioned – media reports / Move comes after fire delays project
30.05.2022
PERSTORP
Swedish speciality chemicals manufacturer to be acquired by Petronas / Deal priced at EUR 2.3 bn
18.05.2022
MALAYSIA
Plastics market to increase 3% annually / Packaging for food, beverages to drive growth / Mordor Intelligence report
29.03.2022
SABIC
Strong rebound in Q2 / Good strides for sales, earnings / Improvement expected in 2021
27.08.2021
PLASTIC ENERGY
Study to build chemical recycling plant / Co-location with Viridor facility
26.05.2020
CHEMONE
Energy group plans aromatics complex in Malaysia / Major volumes of paraxylene and benzene for the Chinese market
19.02.2020
PETRONAS
Partnership with Plastic Energy / Study for chemical recycling plant in Malaysia
01.08.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Explosion and fire at new "Rapid" refinery in Malaysia / Start-up for polyolefins production delayed
17.04.2019
BASF
Framework agreement for Guangdong signed / Sustainability embedded in site concept / Wholly-owned cracker will produce 1m t/y of ethylene
14.01.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
"Rapid" refinery and integrated petrochemical complex starts up in Malaysia / Major project by Petronas and Saudi Aramco
11.01.2019
BASF
MoU with Sinopec for expansion at Nanjing / New cracker planned for 1m t/y of ethylene capacity
06.11.2018
LOTTE
Third PP plant on stream in Malaysia
01.10.2018
IRAN
Petrochemicals comeback stalls / US and Europe pull in different directions / Sanctions torpedo Western players' plans for re-engagement
04.09.2018
BASF
Second China “Verbund” site planned for Guangdong / Company's third largest globally
12.07.2018
SAUDI ARAMCO
Equity stake in Petronas' “Rapid” project agreed / USD 7 bn for new refinery in Malaysia
08.03.2017
PETRONAS
Engineering contract awarded for Malaysia HDPE project / Completion expected in Q3 2019
08.12.2016
PETRONAS
Engineering contractors appointed for Malaysia LLDPE and PP projects / Start-up expected by early 2019
25.05.2016
POLYETHYLENE
Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report
09.10.2015
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