31.03.2014
- Tangible Synergies - In an organizational move in January of 2013, BASF created the new Performance Materials division. The new group, which is part of the Functional Materials &...
31.03.2014
- BASF oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall plans to drill up to five test wells in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with an eye to carrying out hydraulic fracturing, or...
28.03.2014
- Ineos has named TGE Gas Engineering as the preferred bidder to build a large ethane tank at Falkirk, Scotland, near its Grangemouth production complex. The choice of a contractor...
26.03.2014
- BASF Total Petrochemicals, a 60:40 joint venture of BASF and French oil and petrochemicals group Total, has started up a tenth furnace at its Port Arthur, Texas, steam cracker. The...
19.03.2014
- The new chief executive of Anglo-Dutch oil and petrochemicals giant Shell, Ben Van Beurden, has announced a "fix or divest" strategy to improve earnings. Plans include reduction of...
13.03.2014
- In a plenary session the European Parliament has voted to impose tougher rules governing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while at the same time...
10.03.2014
- Another petrochemical heavyweight has taken the stage to warn that Europe industry will lose competitiveness if it does not reduce its energy bill. In an open letter to European...
06.03.2014
- Oil and petrochemicals giant BP is creating a new business to manage its U.S. onshore oil and gas assets, in what the UK group hopes will allow it to compete more effectively with...
