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Williams May Add Second Ethane Cracker at Geismar

15.05.2014 - US chemicals and energy giant Williams may add a second ethane cracker at its company's Geismar, Louisiana complex in the US. The company said it is seeking partners for the...

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Ineos to acquire Sasol’s German based European Solvent Business

18.12.2013 - Ineos has today announced that it has agreed to purchase Sasol Solvents Germany, one of Europe's leading solvent manufacturers. The acquisition which is conditional on approval by...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Miracle of Shale Gas

25.09.2013 - Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...

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Gas-to-Liquid Technologies

14.12.2012 - GTL - Some of the major doubts about the long-term viability of gas-to-liquid (GTL) technologies for producing fuels and chemicals from natural gas are now beginning to be...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

A Gas Future for Petrochemicals?

25.10.2012 - Technology - Growing chemicals demand from Asia and the need to reduce exposure to fluctuating oil prices continue to drive petrochemicals expansion in the Middle East. In the past...

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Sasol Expands UHPA Capacity at German Site

10.05.2012 - Sasol's Olefins & Surfactants Division (headquarters in Hamburg, Germany) announced today it will expand in a first step its capacity to produce ultra-high purity aluminas (UHPA)...

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David E. Constable Takes Over as Sasol CEO

14.07.2011 - Sasol has appointed Fluor Corp.'s David E. Constable as chief executive officer, marking the first time ever that the South African company has gone with an outside hire for the...

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Sasol Hedges 30% Of Synthetic Fuel, Crude Output

09.03.2011 - South African petrochemical group Sasol said it had hedged about 30% of its South African synthetic fuels and West African crude oil output against a fall in oil prices. Sasol said...