04.12.2013
- Ineos is building a new furnace at its petrochemical plant in Rafnes, Norway as it expands capacity to use ethane made from U.S. shale gas it will store in a tank under...
27.11.2013
- In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...
27.11.2013
- One of Asia's largest chemicals and plastics producers, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics, is seeking to cash in on the U.S. shale gas boom with its own $2 billion ethane cracker in...
20.11.2013
- Short-seller Jim Chanos said on Tuesday that shares of international oil majors like Exxon Mobil increasingly look like a value trap for investors as cash flows decline and return...
18.11.2013
- EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik has called for a uniform risk management framework for shale gas exploration across member states that would reap the long-term economic...
18.11.2013
- Sabic Innovative Plastics, the engineering polymers arm of the Saudi group, will close its ABS plant at Washington, West Virginia in the U.S. and sell the property to investors...
18.11.2013
- Poland is struggling to make "coal" less of a dirty word as it hosts U.N. talks on slowing global warming that usually focus mostly on phasing out fossil fuels in favour of...
14.11.2013
- Speed = Advantage - Abundance of natural gas in the U.S., an aging workforce, increased globalization and tighter regulations have created new competitive pressures on the European...
