Keyword: BASF

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Ineos Still Bullish on Shale Gas

17.01.2015 - As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...

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How now, Jim Ratcliffe?

17.01.2015 - With prices for crude oil now below $60 a barrel, analysts are questioning the viability of many shale projects. But while the breathtaking price plunge may have Saudi sheiks and...

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Mitsui and SKC to Merge Polyurethane Businesses

07.01.2015 - Japan's Mitsui Chemicals and Korean petrochemical producer SKC plan to merge their polyurethane production and their distribution channels in Asia, Europe and North America into a...

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Plastics Firm Touts Lower Electricity Costs in US South

07.01.2015 - Lower electricity prices and increased demand from customers in the southeastern US were the reasoning behind Pennsylvania-based Audia International's 2014 decision to locate its...

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BASF Sells South Stream Gas Transport Share to Gazprom

05.01.2015 - As repercussions from the deteriorating financial situation in Russia and the political tensions in Ukraine - which also led to the collapse of a planned asset swap between Gazprom...

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BASF Selling Ellba Eastern Share to Shell

22.12.2014 - BASF has agreed to sell its share in the 50:50 joint venture Ellba Eastern on Singapore's Jurong Island Singapore for an undisclosed sum to its partner Shell. The transaction is...

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BASF and Gazprom Gas Asset Swap Deal Collapses

19.12.2014 - Despite assurances by CEO Kurt Bock a month ago that BASF would most likely complete its planned asset swap with Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom this year as planned, the deal has...

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Nexam and BASF End Exclusivity Pact for Crosslinkers

18.12.2014 - Sweden's Nexam Chemical and Germany's BASF have decided not to extend the exclusivity agreement for PA 6.6 compounds containing Nexam Chemical's crosslinker. As part of the deal...