13.02.2018
- South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex is to enter the ethylene/PE market with plans to invest approximately 2 trillion won (€1.5 billion) in an integrated facility in Yeosu. The plant...
06.11.2017
- SK Global Chemical, part of SK Innovation, is buying another asset from Dow Chemical, this time its polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) business. The acquisition includes all production...
26.10.2017
- Netherlands-headquartered, US-managed LyondellBasell is planning to build a new chemicals and plastics complex on the Gulf Coast, CEO Bob Patel has told the Texas newspaper Houston...
13.10.2017
- Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed commissioning and begun start-up operations at its two new PE plants on the US Gulf Coast. The plants will use the US group’s proprietary...
17.08.2017
- Sadara, the joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up the last of the 26 plants that make up its massive new petrochemical complex at Jubail Industrial...
19.04.2017
- Canada’s Nova Chemicals has agreed to pay $2.1 billion to acquire Williams’ 88.46% stake in the olefins plant at Geismar, Louisiana, in the US. The deal also includes undeveloped...
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...
12.09.2016
- LyondellBasell has chosen La Porte, Texas – part of the Houston metropolitan area – as the location for its new US Gulf Coast high density polyethylene plant, which will be built...
