Keyword: natural gas

Markets & Companies

Shale Booms into Plastics Export Market

20.01.2015 - The development of shale gas and the resulting low prices for natural gas in the United States have resulted in a major change in the production costs of plastics. According to the...

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Building Momentum

19.01.2015 - In the US, where economic growth has been characterized as "slow and steady" for some time, expansion and strength in the chemical industry continues and momentum is building. In...

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BASF and Gazprom Gas Asset Swap Deal Collapses

19.12.2014 - Despite assurances by CEO Kurt Bock a month ago that BASF would most likely complete its planned asset swap with Russian gas conglomerate Gazprom this year as planned, the deal has...

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Air Products’ LNG Technology Chosen for Chinese Plant

29.10.2014 - Air Products has signed an agreement to supply its proprietary liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment to French engineering firm Technip for a mid-scale...

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ExxonMobil Outlines Risk Management Practice for Fracking

02.10.2014 - US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has released a report to shareholders detailing how it assesses and deals with the risks of developing unconventional resources...

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LyondellBasell May Add More Shale Gas-fed Ethylene in Texas

25.09.2014 - Petrochemicals giant LyondellBasell said it is weighing further expansion of its ethylene capacity at Channelview, Texas, potentially adding as much as 550 million lb/y (nearly 250...

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Air Products LNG Technology for Freeport Terminal

18.09.2014 - US-based Air Products, which claims to be the global leader in LNG technology and equipment, has been tapped to supply two sets of its proprietary technology, equipment and process...

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Linde to Build Mammoth Canadian LNG Plant

12.09.2014 - German gases and engineering group Linde has been tapped to provide engineering and procurement services for a 2.1 million t/y natural gas liquefaction plant for Canada's Woodfibre...