After a long delay, Shell has started up its controversial super-sized US ethane cracker and downstream polyethylene complex at Monaca in western Pennsylvania, close to...

John Wood Group has settled a lawsuit brought by Enterprise Products relating to delays on a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) project in Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA.

Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) and QatarEnergy — formerly Qatar Petroleum — have taken a positive final investment decision on their proposed $8.5 billion joint...

Germany has tapped US industrial gases producer Air Products and Oiltanking Deutschland, part of the Mabanaft group, to realise the country’s first large-scale, green...

LyondellBasell is evaluating an expansion of propylene production at its Channelview complex on the US Gulf coast, widening output by 400,000 t/y. A final decision is...

Germany’s Merck is investing over €290 million in US biosafety testing capacity at Rockville, Maryland, to “significantly increase” its ability to meet double-digit...

US titanium dioxide pigments and performance additives producer Venator Materials has agreed to sell its iron oxide business to Hong Kong’s Cathay Industries for an...

International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) has entered exclusive negotiations with Nippon Soda and made what it said is a “firm and binding offer” to acquire the...