Keyword: ethylene

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CB&I Wins US, Kazakhstan Projects

26.06.2017 - CB&I has won a contract worth around $40 million to expand ethylene capacity at DuPont’s Sabine River Works in Orange, Texas, USA. The US contractor will provide engineering...

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Honeywell UOP and Wison in MTO Pact

29.05.2017 - Long-standing partners Honeywell UOP and Wison Engineering have agreed to jointly provide methanol-to-olefin (MTO) technologies and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...

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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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New LDPE Plant Starts up at Sadara

05.05.2017 - Sadara, the joint venture of Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up a new 50,000 t/y high-pressure LDPE plant at its complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Like the three PE...

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SABIC Seeks Acquisitions Worth Billions

04.05.2017 - Saudi Arabian petrochemicals giant SABIC is evaluating acquisition opportunities in the range of $3.6 billion in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and fertilizers, according to...

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Hanwha-Total JV Hikes Ethylene Output

24.04.2017 - Hanwha Total Petrochemical, the 50:50 joint venture between South Korean conglomerate Hanwha and French energy group Total, will spend $450 million to increase ethylene production...

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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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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...