04.07.2014
- Scotland, heading for a September 2014 independence referendum, could hold enough shale gas resources to cover UK gas needs for more than 30 years, a new geological report...
01.07.2014
- Disposal of wastewater from oil and gas drilling into a Colorado well has been ordered halted after seismic activity was detected in the area. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation...
27.06.2014
- Scotland's chemical sciences sector is well placed to survive as shakeout of the industry in Europe, thanks to new investment at the mammoth Grangemouth complex, said Sandy Dobbie...
20.06.2014
- After receiving all regulatory approvals, ExxonMobil Chemical has begun construction of its new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker project and related plastics facilities in Baytown...
18.06.2014
- Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings and Mitsui plan to form a joint venture to produce methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the US from shale gas-derived feedstocks, Japanese reports say. In a...
10.06.2014
- Germany plans to draw up new regulations for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, before the parliamentary summer recess in August. While the regulations will allow fracking in some...
09.06.2014
- The UK government plans to ease the rules for exploration companies drilling for shale oil and gas as well as sweetening the pill for communities affected by the drilling. At the...
02.06.2014
- India's Reliance Industries is boosting crude imports from Africa and cutting its dependence on the Middle East as the owner of the world's biggest refining complex seeks to...
