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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...