30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
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06.06.2014
- Two workers suffered minor burns, and ethylbenzene was released into the atmosphere following two explosions at the Moerdijk chemical complex in the Netherlands late on June 3...
19.05.2014
- US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...
09.05.2014
- Japanese trading houses say they will push on with investments in North American shale oil and gas fields, despite writedowns in the sector on low gas prices and reduced reserve...
16.04.2014
- Polish oil firm PKN Orlen is in talks to buy Italian oil and petrochemical producer Eni's 32.4% stake in the Czech Republic's sole refinery, the Czech industry minister said, a...
02.04.2014
- Linde and Shell Global Solutions have signed an Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) to jointly build ethane crackers worldwide. The ten-year pact, covering licensing, engineering...
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...
