Keyword: Petrochemicals

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Driving Innovation with Petrochemicals

28.11.2018 - Petrochemicals make things happen. This is not only the tagline of the European petrochemical producers’ association Petrochemicals Europe, this is a fact: 95% of all manufactured...

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SABIC Partners with Design Firm on New Applications

15.08.2018 - Saudi petrochemicals and plastics group SABIC is working with US product design firm Nottingham Spirk to develop new uses for its specialty materials. With this partnership SABIC...

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Halliburton Acquires Athlon Solutions

27.07.2018 - US energy services company Halliburton has acquired Athlon Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The deal gives Halliburton its first chemical manufacturing plant with full reaction...

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Sibur Said Preparing for IPO

26.07.2018 - Russian petrochemical and plastics giant Sibur is preparing for an initial public offering (ipo) that could be worth $2-3 billion, the news agency Reuters has reported, citing...

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ADNOC Deepening Ties With China

09.02.2018 - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is keen to explore petrochemicals, energy and technology partnerships with China, in particular to learn how energy input from the oil-rich...

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ExxonMobil Baytown Cracker Ready to Start

08.02.2018 - ExxonMobil’s new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker at Baytown, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete, and start-up is now expected during the second quarter of this year, the US...

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2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

09.01.2018 - Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a protracted...

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Rosneft and Pertamina in Petchems JV

05.12.2017 - Russian oil company Rosneft and Indonesian energy group Pertamina have formed a joint venture to build a grassroots refinery and petrochemical complex in Tuban, East Java...