07.11.2016
- US-based process licensor GTC Technology has signed an agreement with Russia’s Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) to modernize a benzene facility at Nizhnekamsk in the republic of...
01.11.2016
- South Korean petrochemical producer LG Chem said it plans to expand output of its cracker at Daesan by 230,000 t/y as of 2019. The upgrade, which will cost the equivalent of €227...
28.10.2016
- Ten days after the deadly explosion that rocked its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters site on Oct.17, BASF executives held a press briefing on the current state of play. As of...
31.08.2016
- The mammoth Sadara complex at Al Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia, has started up its mixed feed cracker, which will form the core for the $20 billion project operated by a...
15.07.2016
- Dow Chemical has become the first foreign company to receive a trading license from the government of Saudi Arabia. The status allows the US group to hold a 100% stake in the...
18.04.2016
- A fire at Jubail United Petrochemical Co. in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, on Apr.16 killed 12 people and injured 11, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said. The blaze, which reports...
17.11.2015
- Shell’s cracker at Moerdijk in the Netherlands remains off line following a small compressor fire in a compressor on Nov. 11. The oil and petrochemical group so far has not...
10.11.2015
- Ineos is emerging more and more as an indirect supplier and potential direct provider of shale gas-derived ethane to third parties rather than just a consumer. Hardly a day goes by...
