Keyword: Petrochemicals

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Tecnimont Seals €1 Billion Deal with Iran

17.02.2016 - Italian engineering group Maire Tecnimont has signed an agreement worth €1 billion with Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co (PGPIC) to build refineries and petrochemical...

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Iran Insists BASF in Investment Talks

16.02.2016 - As Iranian officials continue to assert that BASF has big plans for investing in the country’s petrochemical sector following the lifting of economic sanctions, the German chemical...

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Oil Slump Makes Shell Scramble to Pay for BG

16.02.2016 - As it finally completed the £36 billion ($53 billion) mega merger with BG Group on Feb. 15, multinational oil and petrochemicals group Shell was still struggling with the logistics...

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Topsoe Wins Iranian Methanol Contract

05.02.2016 - Danish catalysis and process technology company Haldor Topsoe has signed a contract with Badr-e-Shargh Petrochemical Complex for a new methanol plant in Chabahar, Iran. It will be...

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Linde and Mitsui Plan Petchem Projects in Iran

03.02.2016 - German industrial gases and engineering company Linde, together with Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals, is said to be planning to invest $4 billion in petrochemical projects in Iran...

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Praxair Wins Antwerp Industrial Gases Contract

28.01.2016 - US industrial gases giant Praxair has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium. Total is spending €1 billion to upgrade its...

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Falling Oil Prices Mar BASF Earnings

28.01.2016 - Declining oil and gas prices are also taking their toll on BASF, world’s largest chemical producer. The Ludwigshafen-based group’s unaudited figures for full year 2015 show income...

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Clariant and CB&I Design China Dehydrogenation Plant

22.01.2016 - Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant has won a contract from China’s Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery to develop a propane and butane dehydrogenation unit in...