05.01.2012
- French oil group Total is plowing $2.3 billion into the development of U.S. shale gas reserves in Ohio in the latest example of global energy companies piling into burgeoning new...
05.01.2012
- German chemical distributor Brenntag said its deliveries of industrial silicon to the now-defunct French breast implant manufacturer PIP were properly executed. "We confirmed in...
03.01.2012
- Huntsman has acquired EMA Kimya Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret, an MDI-based polyurethanes systems house in Istanbul, Turkey. As a result of the deal, EMA will become part of...
03.01.2012
- Fortune Oil, a key shareholder in takeover target China Gas Holdings, will not accept the unsolicited $2.2 billion bid from Sinopec and ENN Energy Holdings, a top executive at...
01.01.2012
- Univar has announced that John R. Donovan joined the company as executive vice president and chief growth officer. Donovan reports to John Zillmer, Univar president and chief...
01.01.2012
- Siemens said it is working to fix security flaws in industrial controls products that the U.S. government warned could make public utilities, hospitals and other critical parts of...
01.01.2012
- Petronas is in talks with several global oil majors including Shell and Exxon Mobil to develop petrochemical plants within its $20 billion refinery complex in southern Malaysia...
01.01.2012
- PetroChina and Sinopec have signed an agreement with the Zhejiang government on six petrochemical projects worth 139.1 billion yuan ($22 billion), the official China Securities...
22.12.2011
- A U.S. judge on Wednesday sentenced a Chinese-born scientist to 87 months in prison for stealing millions of dollars' worth of trade secrets from two major American agribusiness...
22.12.2011
- Exxon Mobil plans to merge two of its products divisions, a sign of the times for big oil companies, which generally are sharpening their corporate focus on the growing challenges...
