30.03.2016
- With the first shipments of liquefied shale gas-derived ethane due to arrive in Scotland sometime in the second half of 2016 – the most recent estimate is for an August delivery –...
15.03.2016
- As oil prices continue to drop, South African petrochemicals group Sasol is reviewing the cost and timing of parts of its $8.1 billion shale gas-fed cracker complex originally...
16.02.2016
- As it finally completed the £36 billion ($53 billion) mega merger with BG Group on Feb. 15, multinational oil and petrochemicals group Shell was still struggling with the logistics...
16.12.2015
- Shell Nanhai, Chinese subsidiary of the multinational oil and petrochemicals group, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to...
03.12.2015
- Oil and petrochemicals giant Shell declared force majeure on production of base chemical products from its Bukom plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island on Dec. 1, citing a technical...
17.11.2015
- Shell’s cracker at Moerdijk in the Netherlands remains off line following a small compressor fire in a compressor on Nov. 11. The oil and petrochemical group so far has not...
30.10.2015
- Shell has said it will proceed with plans to buy the BG Group, its largest-ever acquisition, despite the worsening outlook for energy prices that led the Dutch-based group to write...
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...