04.06.2014
- Refining and Petrochemicals - The golden age of refining which peaked in the first decade of this century is over. Now oil refining has become a far more complex operation. Since...
13.12.2013
- Chemical producer Williams could be fined as much as a $99,000 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA) in connection with an explosion of a propylene...
06.12.2013
- Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) and Sahara Petrochemical have signed a memorandum of understanding on a potential asset merger, bringing the deal, which would...
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...
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...
23.10.2013
- Ineos has announced that at least the chemical production units at its Grangemouth complex will not reopen after being shuttered on 15 October in the midst of a labor dispute with...
30.10.2012
- Dow Chemical will take a fourth-quarter charge of as much as $1.1 billion related to last week's announcement that it will close 20 plants, write down the value of its lithium ion...
