24.03.2014
- Germany's Green Party has joined the conservative Christian Democrat parties in calling on the federal government to critically examine plans by utility group RWE to sell its oil...
19.03.2014
- The new chief executive of Anglo-Dutch oil and petrochemicals giant Shell, Ben Van Beurden, has announced a "fix or divest" strategy to improve earnings. Plans include reduction of...
19.03.2014
- Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases Company (SCIPIG), a joint venture of U.S. gases manufacturer Praxair and French partner Air Liquide, has been awarded a 15-year...
14.03.2014
- French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has started up a new nitrogen gases plant at Tioga, North Dakota, in the U.S. The new facility will increase supply to drilling...
12.03.2014
- Evidently having developed a taste for speaking out on controversial topics, once elusive Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has surprised a British public by commenting on the...
11.03.2014
- Shell today announced that its Moerdijk petrochemical complex has clocked 40 years of production. Centrally located between the major ports of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and...
10.03.2014
- Another petrochemical heavyweight has taken the stage to warn that Europe industry will lose competitiveness if it does not reduce its energy bill. In an open letter to European...
05.03.2014
- Making Inroads - Located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, Azerbaijan is working hard to become a serious player in the global petrochemical market. The former Soviet...
