20.04.2015
- Saudi Arabian petrochemical giant SABIC has signed a deal to import shale gas from the US for use at its Teesside complex in the UK, acting chief executive Yousef Abdullah al...
15.04.2015
- Oil production from major US shale plays will decline by almost 60,000 barrels per day between April and May according to new estimates from the Energy Information Administration...
12.04.2015
- A feud between Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe and former business partner Calum MacLean has taken a dramatic turn, with Ratcliffe now suing his Ineos co-founder and former righthand...
01.04.2015
- Dow Chemical has agreed to separate a significant part of its chlor-alkali and derivatives businesses and merge them with Olin in a deal valued at $5 billion. The transaction would...
24.03.2015
- The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...
23.03.2015
- The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, the shale gas bonanza in the US is inundating European and especially German...
13.03.2015
- The worldwide chemicals economy withstood the strong headwinds battering the industry again in 2014. Financial results reported by companies in Europe and North America showed a...
11.03.2015
- Ineos has announced plans to acquire a 50% interest in seven IGas shale gas licences, known as the Bowland licences, in northwestern England. With the deal, the olefins and...
