Keyword: Formosa Plastics

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Formosa Mulls Mammoth Louisiana Petchems Project

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...

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ThyssenKrupp Tapped for Formosa’s Texas PDH Plant

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...

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EPA Allows ExxonMobil Ethane Cracker to Go Ahead

19.05.2014 - US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...

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European Commission OKs Ineos / Solvay PVC Merger

09.05.2014 - Following an in-depth review, the European Commission has accepted divestment proposals put forward in March by would-be PVC joint venture partners Ineos and Solvay and approved...

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Formosa Plastics Plans $2 Billion Ethane Cracker in Texas

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...

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A Gas Future for Petrochemicals?

25.10.2012 - Technology - Growing chemicals demand from Asia and the need to reduce exposure to fluctuating oil prices continue to drive petrochemicals expansion in the Middle East. In the past...

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How Solvay Will Look After Taking Over Rhodia

11.05.2011 - Belgian chemicals group Solvay said the French financial markets authority has approved their friendly public offer for Rhodia. Once the authorizations of the Autorité de Contrôle...