29.10.2015
- Ineos said it has acquired an additional 25% stake of the Clipper gas field in the Scottish North Sea, confirming earlier speculation. The buy raises its stake to 75%, with the...
28.10.2015
- Since the discovery of large oil reserves in the late 1850s, Ontario’s chemical industry has steadily grown, turning the province into a global hub for the petrochemical industry...
28.10.2015
- Ineos is mooted to be in advanced talks about a deal to acquire more North Sea gas interests. The UK’s Sky News said on Oct. 27 it had learned that Ineos is close to acquiring a 25...
19.10.2015
- Shell has declared force majeure (FM) for base chemicals product from its cracker complex at Singapore, due to what it called an “operational upset” on Oct. 15. The incident...
08.10.2015
- A small fire was quickly extinguished on Oct. 6 at a Hexion resin processing plant within Shell's US refining and petrochemical complex in Deer Park, Texas, a Hexion spokesman told...
17.09.2015
- Citing increased demand in Asia, Shell has started up a new 140,000 t/y high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) purification plant and a new 140,000 t/y ethoxylates unit at its site on...
04.09.2015
- The European Commission has approved the acquisition of BG Group by Royal Dutch Shell, saying it would not give Shell a dominant share in markets such as oil and gas exploration...
06.08.2015
- Two environmental groups in the US state of Pennsylvania have appealed air permits awarded in June to Shell Chemical for a proposed ethane-based petrochemical complex near shale...
