05.02.2013
- Shell announced today that it has taken a final investment decision to upgrade its Singapore production facility for polyols, raw materials used in the manufacture of high-quality...
05.02.2013
- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec), Asia's largest refiner, said it plans to raise about $3.1 billion in a share offering to fund its business development, sending its...
26.01.2013
- South Korea's Samsung Total Petrochemicals (STC) has revived a contract to buy Iranian oil after a year's hiatus, as thin margins in plastics make the cheap fuel from Iran hard to...
23.01.2013
- Petronas and Evonik Industries signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly embark on the development of production facilities of specialty chemicals within Petronas' Refinery &...
18.01.2013
- Soaring U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a side product of the shale boom, are giving energy markets a taste of the tectonic changes they could see if and when the...
07.12.2012
- Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...
05.12.2012
- Ineos is to invest in the construction of a new ethane tank at its Rafnes site in Norway. The company has signed a Letter Of Intent with TGE Gas Engineering to build a new tank and...
03.12.2012
- The European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) represents over 650 producers of chemicals and their service providers from 55 different countries that stand for an aggregate...
