18.11.2013
- Styrolution, the 50:50 joint venture of Ineos and BASF, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brazilian petchems giant Braskem for a styrenics joint venture in Brazil...
18.11.2013
- Belgian chemical group Solvay has licensed its technology for fluorinated polymers to China's Shanghai 3F New Material Co. as part of an 80:20 joint venture agreement covering...
18.11.2013
- Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom ratcheted up the pressure on Ukraine in a gas pricing dispute, saying its western neighbor did not have enough gas in its reservoirs to ensure...
15.11.2013
- Challenging The West - For most of the 20th century, the global chemical industry was dominated by the Western world (Western Europe, North America and Japan as an honorary member...
14.11.2013
- From Africa to Australia, Chinese refiners are exploring new markets to ship surplus oil products such as jet fuel and diesel, putting them on track to compete with global trading...
14.11.2013
- Leveraging Feedstocks' Advantage - Behind the Arabian Gulf petrochemical and chemical industry lies three decades of exceptional growth: leveraging advantaged feedstocks, economies...
14.11.2013
- Speed = Advantage - Abundance of natural gas in the U.S., an aging workforce, increased globalization and tighter regulations have created new competitive pressures on the European...
13.11.2013
- Thailand's PTT, Asia's fourth-largest oil and gas company by market value, posted a slump in quarterly profit in its core gas operations mainly due to the rising burden of sales at...
12.11.2013
- The discussion of the potential hazards of shale gas extraction has been enriched by two recent reports from the UK and the U.S. While the first report seeks to assure skeptics...
12.11.2013
- Gateway For Major Players - With 40 square kilometers of chemical industry housing the world's major players, the port of Antwerp may rightfully call itself the largest European...
