29.03.2017
- Another new mammoth petrochemicals and plastics project has been announced for the US state of Texas by non-US companies seeking to profit from access to inexpensive shale gas...
28.03.2017
- Saudi Aramco and SABIC have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to develop refining and chemical plants in China. The deals were done during a visit by Saudi Arabia’s King...
21.03.2017
- Oilfield chemicals major Wood Group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland, has made a £2.2 billion all-share offer to acquire US rival Amec Foster Wheeler. The bid represents a 15% premium...
20.03.2017
- British oil and petrochemicals major BP and Swiss-based olefins and polyolefins producer Ineos have confirmed they are in talks about Ineos taking over the 100-mile-long Forties...
09.03.2017
- Canada’s SNC-Lavalin has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Salalah Methanol Company (SMC) for an anhydrous liquid ammonia plant, including...
09.03.2017
- DSM Nutritional Products and Evonik Nutrition & Care, subsidiaries of the well-known Dutch and German chemical producers, have announced they will establish a 50:50 joint venture...
27.02.2017
- BASF subsidiary Wintershall is in talks with the government of Iran about investing in the country’s oil and gas sector, BASF CEO Kurt Bock confirmed at the annual results press...
03.02.2017
- Fracking could provide “important benefits” for the petrochemical sector, the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP)-led government said at the official launch of a public consultation...
