Keyword: LyondellBasell

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Hurricane Harvey Hits US Petchems Hard

29.08.2017 - Along the US Gulf Coast, oil and petrochemical producers in Texas were struggling to mop up and assess possible damage to their facilities on Aug. 29 after high winds and...

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Rail Glitch Hits German Chemical Shipments

28.08.2017 - Delivery of chemical products by rail from north to south through Germany is currently being hampered by the closure of the Rhine Valley Railway line, and this is creating supply...

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LyondellBasell Presses Ahead With PO/TBA plans

25.07.2017 - LyondellBasell is pressing ahead with plans to build a new plant to produce propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Billed as...

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LyondellBasell Licenses PP Process to China

19.07.2017 - China’s Shaanxi Coal Yulin Energy and Chemical has chosen LyondellBasell’s Spherizone and Lupotech T process technologies for PP and LDPE plants being built in the Jingbian...

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BASF not Keen on Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals

02.05.2017 - BASF is not interested in bidding for Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals division, expected to carry a price tag of about $10 billion, but will save its cash to buy agrochemicals...

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Sven Schneider Named CFO of Linde

09.03.2017 - Sven Schneider has been named to the managing board of German industrial gases and engineering group Linde with the function of chief financial officer. The 50-year-old German has...

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LyondellBasell Completes US Ethylene Expansion

26.01.2017 - Netherlands-headquartered, Texas, USA-managed petrochemicals and plastics producer LyondellBasell has completed its 50% expansion of ethylene capacity at Corpus Christi, Texas, USA...

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LyondellBasell to Keep Houston Refinery

09.01.2017 - Olefins and polyolefins giant LyondellBasell has decided against selling its 268,000 bbl/d refinery at Houston, Texas, USA. Saudi Aramco and its US refining joint venture Motiva...