Keyword: Sasol

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Iran and South Africa Agree GTL Knowhow Transfer

26.04.2016 - Iran’s Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) and South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA have signed an agreement covering production of gas to liquids (GTL) in Iran...

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Ineos Plans More Ethylene at Chocolate Bayou

24.03.2016 - As other companies delay plans for ambitious US petrochemical plants run on shale gas-derived feedstock as oil prices move further downward, Ineos appears to be pressing ahead. The...

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Oil Plunge May Impact Sasol Louisiana Plans

15.03.2016 - As oil prices continue to drop, South African petrochemicals group Sasol is reviewing the cost and timing of parts of its $8.1 billion shale gas-fed cracker complex originally...

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European Ethylene Oxide Crisis Worsens

12.06.2015 - The crisis in the European market for ethylene oxide (EO) is becoming increasingly worse. On June 11, Ineos declared force majeure covering all of Europe for the chemical used in...

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Ineos Still Bullish on Shale Gas

17.01.2015 - As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...

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Sasol Board Approves $8 Billion Louisiana Cracker

28.10.2014 - After receiving all permits, the board of South African chemical producer Sasol has given the green light to begin construction on the company's planned $8.1 billion, 1.5 million t...

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Sasol and Ineos Finalize HDPE Joint Venture Plans

10.06.2014 - Sasol Chemicals North America and Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA have finalized their plans, first announced in July 2013, to jointly build a production facility for HDPE in LaPorte...

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EPA Allows ExxonMobil Ethane Cracker to Go Ahead

19.05.2014 - US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...