Keyword: shale gas

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Innovation Makes A Difference

21.11.2016 - The biggest – listed – European chemical manufacturers (Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, Covestro, DSM, Evonik, Johnson Matthey, K+S, Lanxess, Solvay, Syngenta...

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BASF Expanding MDI in North America

18.11.2016 - BASF is in the process of expanding its North American MDI output to take advantage of the abundance of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock on the US Gulf Coast. The German chemical...

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Ineos Takes Fracking Plea to UK Labour

25.10.2016 - With its warnings that ignoring the benefits of shale gas exploitation would have dire consequences for society having fallen on deaf ears in Scotland, Ineos has taken its case to...

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Fracking Can Go Ahead in Lancashire

07.10.2016 - In the first test of its new powers to overturn local councils’ anti-fracking decisions, the UK government has decided to allow Cuadrilla to go ahead with shale exploration at New...

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Pennsylvania Court Overturns Fracking Law

03.10.2016 - A Pennsylvania law that critics have long claimed favors the Marcellus Basin’s shale gas industry over homeowners and the general public has been declared unconstitutional by the...

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Ineos to Miss This Year’s Fracking Target

23.09.2016 - Ineos will submit five planning applications for shale gas exploration to the British government before the end of this year, falling far short of its originally announced target...

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No Fracking, no Independence, Ineos Tells Scotland

20.09.2016 - As olefins and polyolefins giant Ineos prepares to welcome the landing of the first US shale gas-derived ethane imports to its Grangemouth complex in Scotland on Sept. 27, the...

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Ineos Urges Scotland to Speed up Fracking Decision

24.08.2016 - Ineos has found a fresh occasion to aim its pro-shale battering ram at the Scottish government’s door. Despite protestations earlier this year that it is quite content to bide its...