01.07.2014
- BP has asked a US judge to direct what it called a "vast number" of businesses to repay hundreds of millions of dollars it says were wrongly awarded as compensation on claims...
30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
27.06.2014
- Scotland's chemical sciences sector is well placed to survive as shakeout of the industry in Europe, thanks to new investment at the mammoth Grangemouth complex, said Sandy Dobbie...
27.06.2014
- Brazil plans to sell $5-9 billion in offshore oil rights to state-run oil company Petrobras, one of the main owners of chemical producer Braskem. The move is expected to saddle the...
26.06.2014
- American Chemistry Council (ACC) Chief Economist Dr. Kevin Swift and ACC Senior Director Martha Moore presented the results of the "Mid-Year 2014 Chemical Industry Situation &...
25.06.2014
- Spanish oil major Repsol could begin drilling for oil off the Canary Islands within months after the removal of the last legal hurdle to a $7 billion oil exploration project. In...
23.06.2014
- The US state of Pennsylvania is suing 50 oil and petrochemical producers over groundwater pollution caused by leaks and spills of gasoline containing the chemical additive MTBE...
20.06.2014
- After receiving all regulatory approvals, ExxonMobil Chemical has begun construction of its new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker project and related plastics facilities in Baytown...
