31.08.2017
- Two explosions apparently hit an Arkema plant in Crosby, Texas, producing liquid organic peroxides in the early morning hours of Aug. 31. The French group’s US subsidiary and local...
25.07.2017
- LyondellBasell is pressing ahead with plans to build a new plant to produce propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Billed as...
27.06.2017
- The board of directors at Brazilian petrochemicals producer Braskem has formally approved the construction of a 450,000 t/y polypropylene (PP) plant at its site in LaPorte, near...
07.06.2017
- Another deadly explosion has rocked a petrochemical plant in China, this time in the eastern province of Shandong, killing 10 people. The incident occurred in the early hours of...
27.03.2017
- South Korea’s Daelim Industrial has joined the main bidding to acquire Williams Partners’ olefins plant in Geismar, Louisiana, USA, according to a report in the newspaper Korea...
10.03.2017
- Norwegian fertilizer producer Yara has announced plans to stop operations at its site in Pardies, southwestern France. The plant, which has 85 employees, currently produces...
27.02.2017
- US energy group Enterprise Products Operating has selected Honeywell UOP’s C4 Oleflex technology for a new isobutylene plant to be built in Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA. The Illinois...
16.02.2017
- BASF’s troubled 300,000 t/y TDI plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany, will remain offline for a few more weeks before being partially restarted and operated at a reduced capacity, the...
