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Ineos to Expand Norway Petchem Plant Capacity, Build Furnace

04.12.2013 - Ineos is building a new furnace at its petrochemical plant in Rafnes, Norway as it expands capacity to use ethane made from U.S. shale gas it will store in a tank under...

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Ineos Opens New Ethane Terminal in Belgium

14.11.2013 - Ineos has opened its new deep-sea ethylene terminal at Zwijndrecht, Belgium, near Antwerp. Here, as much as 1 million t/y of ethylene can be unloaded and fed into the company's...

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Sinopec Proposes $3.1 Billion Natural Gas, LPG-Based Ethylene Project

28.06.2013 - Sinopec has proposed a $3.1 billion ethylene plant in east China that would be the top Asian refiner's first to use natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a petrochemical...

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Ineos to Invest in the Construction of New Ethane Tank at its Rafnes Site in Norway

05.12.2012 - Ineos is to invest in the construction of a new ethane tank at its Rafnes site in Norway. The company has signed a Letter Of Intent with TGE Gas Engineering to build a new tank and...

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Dow Chemical Considers Locking In Low Gas Prices

06.02.2012 - Dow Chemical, one of the largest U.S. buyers of natural gas, is considering a hedging program for the first time in a decade to lock in rock-bottom prices for the fuel. The move by...

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Ethane Cracking: Dow to Ramp Up Capabilities in U.S. Gulf

06.12.2010 - Dow Chemical said on Thursday it plans to increase its ethane cracking capabilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast over the next two to three years, improving its capabilities by 20% to 30...

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Aramco-Sumitomo Seek Firms Interest For JV Expansion

12.04.2010 - Saudi-based Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co (PetroRabigh) is looking for firms interested to start work on the second phase of its giant petrochemicals complex, industry...