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...
26.11.2013
- Two employees of an independent contractor were killed in an explosion at French petrochemical producer Total's refinery at Antwerp, Belgium, on Nov. 19. The blast, which forced...
26.11.2013
- After construction delays foiled plans to start up its new 420,000 t/ PET plant at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, in Q 4 2013, Sabic has rescheduled the start for January 2014, news reports...
13.11.2013
- Thailand's PTT, Asia's fourth-largest oil and gas company by market value, posted a slump in quarterly profit in its core gas operations mainly due to the rising burden of sales at...
06.11.2013
- Ineos is said to be in the process of restarting its gas-fed cracker at Grangemouth, Scotland. All facilities at the site were put on "cold standby" on October 15 at the height of...
05.11.2013
- Plans for a merger between Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Sahara Petrochemical are at an advanced stage, the two Saudi Arabian chemical producers said...
28.10.2013
- Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras, said on Friday that quarterly profit fell 39% from a year ago as rising exploration and administrative costs drove up spending while fuel...
24.10.2013
- Following a meeting between shop stewards of the Scottish trade union United and representatives of Ineos management on the morning of Oct. 24, it appeared as if the union was...
