13.08.2012
- Tesoro moved on Monday to create the biggest U.S. refining empire in the Pacific Basin with a $2.5 billion deal to buy BP's Carson plant in the isolated California market. If...
13.08.2012
- Oil and gas companies are racing to find a new substitute for India's guar bean, a key ingredient used in hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technology that has revolutionized the...
13.08.2012
- Warwick Chemicals, a manufacturer of detergent chemicals for the laundry and home care market, has reached a definitive agreement to purchase International Detergent Chemicals from...
13.08.2012
- Oxea today has once again expanded its production capacity for carboxylic acids. The company successfully increased the production performance of the carboxylic acid plant in Marl...
10.08.2012
- Jennifer Stewart has become new Vice President and Managing Director in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region for Eastman Chemical.Jennifer's predecessors Godefroy...
09.08.2012
- Arkema has finalized the acquisition of Chinese companies Hipro Polymers, a producer of specialty biosourced polyamides 10.10, and Casda Biomaterials, the world's leading producer...
08.08.2012
- An hours-long fire that has shut down the core of Chevron's Richmond refinery, the second-largest in California, was extinguished early on Tuesday as fears that it may have to...
07.08.2012
- Ineos has announced the start up of a new Dimethoxymethane (Methylal) plant of its affiliate Paraform based in Mainz, Germany.Methylal is an additive used in polyacetal and ion...
07.08.2012
- A massive fire struck at the core of Chevron's large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday, spewing flames and a column of smoke into the air, threatening a prolonged outage...
03.08.2012
- German healthcare conglomerate Fresenius may raise its 2012 profit outlook for a third time this year as its injectable generic drugs unit Kabi continues to benefit from rivals'...