07.12.2012
- Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...
13.11.2012
- Asia's largest refiner, China's Sinopec, will boost refining capacity at its Yangzi Petrochemical unit by more than half to 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) in mid-2014, and may...
30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
25.10.2012
- Dow Chemical Chief Executive Andrew Liveris defended on Wednesday his decision to slash spending on capital projects, saying the cuts will not deter the chemical maker from meeting...
30.04.2012
- Chemical maker LyondellBasell Industries's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street's expectations and profit was drained by high supply costs in Europe and Asia, sending shares down 6...
01.01.2012
- Petronas is in talks with several global oil majors including Shell and Exxon Mobil to develop petrochemical plants within its $20 billion refinery complex in southern Malaysia...
21.06.2011
- Exxon Mobil will delay the start-up of its 1 million tons-per-year (tpy) ethylene cracker on Jurong Island in Singapore into next year instead of the end of 2011 due to longer-than...
08.06.2011
- LyondellBasell Industries said its Equistar Chemicals unit had agreed to buy about 200 miles of pipeline near Houston from BP. Terms of the deal were not released. The pipelines...
