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Dow Completes Enhanced PE Unit at Freeport

20.06.2017 - Dow Chemical said it has completed construction of its new 400,000 t/y LLDPE plant at Freeport, Texas, one of four polymer production facilities grouped downstream of a 1.5 million...

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Dow to Spend $4 Billion to Hike Output

16.05.2017 - Even though it is in the throes of finalizing a merger with DuPont, Dow Chemical has announced investments totalling $4 billion over the next five years. Plans include an expansion...

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ExxonMobil and SABIC Pick Texas for Cracker

21.04.2017 - US petrochemicals giant ExxonMobil Chemical and Saudi Arabia’s national champion SABIC have chosen a site in San Patricio County, in the US state of Texas, for a proposed...

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Dow Completes Freeport Cracker

30.03.2017 - Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its 1.5 million t/y ethylene plant at Freeport, Texas, USA, with commissioning now underway and start-up expected by the middle of...

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New Giant Petchems and Plastics Project in Texas

29.03.2017 - Another new mammoth petrochemicals and plastics project has been announced for the US state of Texas by non-US companies seeking to profit from access to inexpensive shale gas...

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Chandra Asri Studies Second Petchem Complex

23.03.2017 - Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), will undertake a feasibility study to build and operate a second integrated chemical complex...

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Ineos Invests in Giant Butane Tank at Antwerp

15.03.2017 - Ineos is taking another major step toward controlling its own European feedstock supply. The Swiss-based petrochemicals giant said it has signed an agreement with infrastructure...

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Technip Wins Socar PetChem Contracts

06.01.2017 - French contractor Technip has been awarded contracts by the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) for gas and petrochemical plants at a new complex to be built in...