11.04.2016
- Two fires that broke out at the respective refineries of LyondellBasell and ExxonMobil in the Houston, Texas, area on Apr. 7 and 8 are believed to have caused extensive damage, but...
30.03.2016
- With the first shipments of liquefied shale gas-derived ethane due to arrive in Scotland sometime in the second half of 2016 – the most recent estimate is for an August delivery –...
11.03.2016
- US pressure group Louisiana Environmental Action Network has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, claiming the oil and petrochemicals group’s Baton Rouge, Louisiana, chemical plant...
17.02.2016
- A controversial clause in the proposed treaty for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between Europe and the US that would allow multinational corporations to...
16.02.2016
- As it finally completed the £36 billion ($53 billion) mega merger with BG Group on Feb. 15, multinational oil and petrochemicals group Shell was still struggling with the logistics...
08.12.2015
- As part of a new agreement with the European Commission, all members of the European Parliament (EP) will have access to all categories of confidential documents relating to the EU...
28.10.2015
- Since the discovery of large oil reserves in the late 1850s, Ontario’s chemical industry has steadily grown, turning the province into a global hub for the petrochemical industry...
07.10.2015
- The Supreme Court of the US state of New Hampshire has upheld the $236 million jury verdict in favor of the state against ExxonMobil, as the last holdout in proceedings against...
