04.07.2014
- Esso Belgium, a division of ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, plans to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into...
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...
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...
16.06.2014
- Saudi Arabian petrochemical giant Sabic is now the largest owner of intellectual property in the Middle East with more than 10,000 patents either issued or pending approval. This...
04.06.2014
- Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...
30.05.2014
- Saudi Petrochemical giant Sabic and Korean petrochemical producer SK Global Chemical have agreed to establish a $595 million, 50:50 manufacturing joint venture for high-performance...
29.05.2014
- Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to sell German PVC producer Vinnolit to Houston, Texas-based US petrochemical producer Westlake for €490 million ($668...
