Keyword: Petrochemicals

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Borealis and First Energy Bank Buy Into Fertilizer Maker

30.12.2013 - In cooperation with First Energy Bank of Bahrain, Borealis has acquired 20.3% of the shares of Bulgaria's Neochim, a fertilizer producer listed on the Sofia stock exchange...

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Ineos Hatches Chemical Park Plan for Grangemouth

23.12.2013 - Ineos has hinted that it plans to turn its petrochemical site at Grangemouth into a chemical park with shared services. Attracting other chemical players to the huge Scottish...

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BASF Reported to be Bidding for Dea

23.12.2013 - BASF has declined comment on rumors it is preparing to bid for Dea, the German oil and gas exploration subsidiary energy giant RWE has put up for sale. Bids for the business must...

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Dow Reveals Plans to Close Grangemouth Additives Plant

19.12.2013 - Just as workers at Grangemouth thought the worst was over, the mammoth petrochemical complex on Scotland's river Forth has been dealt another low blow. Days before Christmas, Dow...

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Ineos May Apply for UK fracking licence

17.12.2013 - Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has said the company may apply to pursue shale gas exploration in the UK when the government begins awarding additional fracking licenses. However, no...

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Oman Oil Company Buys Oxo Producer Oxea

10.12.2013 - Oman Oil Company (OOC), state-owned oil and petrochemicals group, has completed its acquisition of Germany's Oxea from private equity investor Advent International. With the...

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Saudi Chemical Producers Sign MoU on Merger

06.12.2013 - Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Sahara Petrochemical have signed a memorandum of understanding on a potential asset merger, bringing the deal, which would...

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Ineos to Expand Norway Petchem Plant Capacity, Build Furnace

04.12.2013 - Ineos is building a new furnace at its petrochemical plant in Rafnes, Norway as it expands capacity to use ethane made from U.S. shale gas it will store in a tank under...