27.05.2014
- French engineering contractor Technip has been tapped to provide engineering, procurement and technical assistance for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant being built by Fengzhen...
19.05.2014
- US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...
15.05.2014
- US chemicals and energy giant Williams may add a second ethane cracker at its company's Geismar, Louisiana complex in the US. The company said it is seeking partners for the...
07.05.2014
- BASF and Chinese state-owned petrochemical giant Sinopec plan to build a new 40,000 t/y plant for neopentylglycol (NPG) at the integrated production site in Nanjing, China...
06.05.2014
- Korea's Idemitsu Kosan and Japanese partner Mitsui have canceled preliminary plans for a 50:50 linear alpha olefins joint venture in the U.S., effectively pulling the rug from...
06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
05.05.2014
- BASF has announced plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast to take advantage of low-cost, shale gas-derived ethane feedstock. The German...
02.05.2014
- Dow Chemical's integrated strategy is costing shareholders billions of dollars, and executives should work harder to boost results and transparency, activist investor Daniel Loeb...
