10.06.2011
- Tonen Chemical, an arm of Exxon Mobil's Japan unit, shut its 491,000 ton-per-year naphtha cracker in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, from around noon on Thursday due to problems, an...
12.05.2011
- Thailand's PTT Chemical (PTTCH) reported a better-than-expected 95% surge in quarterly earnings on Wednesday, driven by higher sales volumes and a better spread in some products...
29.04.2011
- Czech downstream oil group Unipetrol reported a 50% rise in first quarter net profit on Friday, in line with market expectations. Net profit was 464 million Czech crowns ($28.57...
07.04.2011
- Japanese ethylene production rose 0.1% in March from the same month a year earlier, although some plants were shut after the March 11 earthquake, government data showed on Thursday...
28.03.2011
- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday he had signed agreements worth around $10 billion over the next three years for investment in gas processing, petrochemicals...
18.02.2011
- Indian energy major Reliance Industries plans to invest $25 billion to $30 billion in its major businesses over the next five years, the Economic Times newspaper said on Thursday...
04.01.2011
- South Korea's top oil refiner SK Energy said on Monday it had spun off its oil refining, lubricants and chemical businesses, and renamed itself SK Innovation. As part of its...
06.12.2010
- Thailand's top energy firm, PTT has put a long-awaited group consolidation plan on hold because it wants to focus on legal problems at affiliate IRPC and other matters, a banking...
