26.03.2020
- In the wake of the coronavirus and collapse in crude oil prices, chemical, oil and gas, and midstream companies will all slash capital spending (CAPEX) for growth projects to...
30.04.2018
- Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical has bought a 2,400-acre site in St. James Parish, Louisiana, USA, for its proposed $9.4 billion petrochemical complex located along the west bank of...
12.05.2017
- US engineering contractor CB&I has won a contract from Formosa Chemicals and Fibre for the license and engineering design of a cumene and phenol expansion in Ningbo, China. CB&I...
04.12.2015
- China’s role within the global chemical industry has so far mostly been seen as an export market for global producers, not only for specialty chemicals but also for many basic...
09.09.2015
- Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical is studying plans for a two-phase $9.4-billion petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana, on the US Gulf Coast, which would include at...
01.10.2014
- ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions has been chosen by Formosa Plastics to supply the Steam Active Reforming (STAR) process developed by its predecessor Uhde for a 545,000 t/y...
29.05.2014
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to sell German PVC producer Vinnolit to Houston, Texas-based US petrochemical producer Westlake for €490 million ($668...
27.11.2013
- One of Asia's largest chemicals and plastics producers, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics, is seeking to cash in on the U.S. shale gas boom with its own $2 billion ethane cracker in...
