Keyword: LyondellBasell

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Air Liquide Begins $230 Million Bayport Redevelopment

15.05.2014 - Air Liquide is investing some $230 million to redevelop its Bayport, Texas, complex by 2015. Work is focusing on upgrades to the site's cogeneration units capable of generating...

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LyondellBasell Wins EPA Permit for Texas Ethylene Expansion

07.05.2014 - LyondellBasell has received a final greenhouse gas permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its multi-plant ethylene expansion program in Texas. The permit is...

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Activist Investor Again Blasts Dow's Integrated Strategy

02.05.2014 - Dow Chemical's integrated strategy is costing shareholders billions of dollars, and executives should work harder to boost results and transparency, activist investor Daniel Loeb...

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LyondellBasell Ends Talks to Sell Berre Refinery

18.04.2014 - LyondellBasell has ended talks to sell its Berre refinery near Marseilles, France, saying the bid failed to offer acceptable commercial terms and showed no guarantee of a restart...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Innovative Bonding with Plastics Interface Technology

03.04.2014 - Plastics Interface Technology (PIT) - is a patented technology for the bonding of various decorative materials with a polymer substrate. Developed by the PP Compounding group of...

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Sotragem Offers to Buy Mothballed LyondellBasell Refinery

31.03.2014 - Monaco-based oil products trading company Sotragem said it has offered to buy LyondellBasell's mothballed Berre refinery in southeastern France. Sotragem declined to say how much...

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Activist Shareholders Raising the Heat on U.S. Firms, says Moody’s

12.03.2014 - U.S. investment ratings agency Moody's says activist shareholders are stepping up the pressure on many of the U.S. companies it rates, often with negative effects on their credit...

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LyondellBasell Restarts Idled Texas Methanol Plant

06.01.2014 - As part of its drive to take advantage of the shale gas boom, LyondellBasell has restarted a methanol plant at its Channelview site in Texas. The polyolefins giant closed the U.S...