07.06.2017
- Shell Chemical has made a final investment decision to expand mid-cut and low-cut fatty alcohol capacity at its plant in Geismar, Louisiana, USA, to meet growing demand for...
25.05.2017
- US companies Dow Chemical and Mosaic have signed agreements for separate projects in Saudi Arabia as part of President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to the Kingdom earlier this...
22.05.2017
- Dutch oil and chemicals storage group Vopak has agreed measures with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on...
17.05.2017
- With roads to fracking across Scotland’s Central Belt still blocked by an ongoing moratorium and public consultation, Ineos is pressing ahead with plans to explore for shale gas in...
05.05.2017
- Sadara, the joint venture of Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up a new 50,000 t/y high-pressure LDPE plant at its complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Like the three PE...
02.05.2017
- Chinese petrochemical producer Mingyuan Holdings has announced plans to build a $2.3 billion methanol-to-olefins (MTO) plant alongside a giant greenfield methanol complex at the...
21.04.2017
- Following the conclusion of a feedstock supply agreement in May 2016, Saudi companies Maydan Industry for Industrial Development & Investments, Ahmed Kassim Al-Amoudi Group and...
18.04.2017
- South Korean specialty chemicals manufacturer Songwon recently opened a new Technology Innovation Center at its Maeam site. The company said the 32,000 m² Korean facility, designed...
31.03.2017
- UK energy giant BP will invest more than $25 million over two years in a consortium that will build and operate a wood elements acetylation plant in Hull, UK. The new company...
28.03.2017
- Air Products has abandoned its proposed bid for Yingde Gases, China’s largest industrial gases producer, leaving the door open for a rival offer to be accepted from private equity...
