13.05.2013
- Petrochemical firms risk creating a glut of high-end products in Asia as they invest billions of dollars to move up a value chain threatened at the bottom end by cheap U.S...
04.05.2013
- Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming on Saturday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, in the latest show of...
01.05.2013
- U.S. refiner Phillips 66 said on Wednesday that first-quarter earnings more than doubled as it used cheaper American- and Canadian-produced crude oil to make gasoline and other...
16.04.2013
- Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States will ship about 1 million tons of naphtha to Asia next month, similar to volumes that have been running more than 60% higher than...
16.04.2013
- Solvay announces today that it will build a large-scale alkoxylation facility in Singapore which is expected to start operations by 2015. The facility will be connected to Shell's...
15.04.2013
- Developing shale gas has the potential to strengthen industry's competitiveness and create jobs in Europe, according to a position paper released by Cefic. The paper concludes that...
11.04.2013
- Headlines frequently state that shale gas is a "game changer". A game usually implies that there are winners and losers among its participants. However, the shale gas game is not...
28.03.2013
- Helm has signed an exclusive agreement with Shell Chemicals to distribute Monopropylene Glycol (MPG) in Europe. Since January 1st, 2013 Helm has been selling Shell's entire...
