25.01.2011
- Gasoline barge prices in northwest Europe dipped slightly on Monday as activity remained subdued following last week's volatile price swings and the Rhine remained partly closed to...
08.11.2010
- South Korean petrochemical makers are racing to upgrade their naphtha cracking facilities to cash in on resurgent demand for plastics in Asia, led by China, after its worst slump...
11.08.2010
- Oil major Exxon Mobil is still working with Qatar Petroleum (QP) on a planned $6 billion petrochemicals complex, a spokesman for the U.S. firm said on Tuesday, refuting a media...
11.08.2010
- Japan's Tosoh said on Tuesday it would halt its sole naphtha cracker at its Yokkaichi plant later in the day for checks after identifying minor trouble with the unit, but this...
04.08.2010
- Royal Dutch Shell's new 800,000 ton-per-year (tpy) ethylene cracker in Singapore has resumed operations, after a brief disruption caused by a power trip, industry sources said on...
31.05.2010
- Mitsubishi Chemical and Asahi Kasei have agreed to set up a joint venture to operate their ethylene facilities at the same site from April 2011, the two chemical firms said on...
12.05.2010
- Royal Dutch Shell's new Singapore ethylene cracker is operating at around 70% of capacity and is using some 30,000 tons a month or more of naphtha as feedstock, traders said on...
12.04.2010
- Saudi-based Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co (PetroRabigh) is looking for firms interested to start work on the second phase of its giant petrochemicals complex, industry...
