22.03.2016
- China could be poised for another spectacular takeover of a Western company, as China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is seen to be mulling a deal for Brazilian...
11.02.2016
- Following the approval of all relevant antitrust authorities, the new synthetic rubber joint venture of Lanxess and Saudi Aramco will start life on April 1 under the name Arlanxeo...
19.01.2016
- With falling oil prices making resource-rich Middle East countries nervous, some of them are looking for new sources of revenue to finance their burgeoning petrochemical empires...
09.12.2015
- Sadara, claimed to be the world’s largest chemical complex ever built in a single phase, has started up its first production unit, an LLDPE plant using Dow Chemical’s technology...
01.12.2015
- Indonesian energy group Pertamina and Saudi Aramco, the state-owned Saudi Arabian oil company, have signed a heads of agreement for joint ownership, operation and upgrade of the...
23.09.2015
- As expected earlier, but not as speculated ten days ago, Lanxess has clinched a deal for its synthetic rubber business with Saudi Aramco Overseas Company, a subsidiary of the Saudi...
11.09.2015
- Lanxess is talking to Ineos about a partnership in synthetic rubber, the news agency Reuters has said, quoting “people familiar with the matter.” Although financial terms and the...
28.06.2015
- Air Liquide has started production at its $392 million hydrogen site in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The French gases producer firm will supply hydrogen to the new Yasref...
