Keyword: US shale

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Scotland Anchors Fracking Ban in Planning Framework

27.10.2017 - By a vote of 91 to 28, the Scottish Parliament, known colloquially as Holyrood, has moved to anchor its ban on fracking in Scotland’s long-term National Planning Framework, to...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

Technology vs. Execution Expertise

23.03.2015 - The chemical industry is a booming sector for industrial plant manufacturers. Among other things, the shale gas bonanza in the US is inundating European and especially German...

Strategy & Management

Profitable Growth in Specialty Chemicals

20.01.2015 - The European chemical industry's share of the global market remains on a downward trajectory in continuation of the negative trend visible to observers for years. Europe's chemical...

Markets & Companies

Shale Booms into Plastics Export Market

20.01.2015 - The development of shale gas and the resulting low prices for natural gas in the United States have resulted in a major change in the production costs of plastics. According to the...

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Shell Selling Mature Gas Assets to Focus on Pennsylvania Shale

22.08.2014 - As predicted by market watchers, Shell has revealed plans to sell off some of its portfolio of natural gas holdings to focus on the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in the...

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Sabic to Upgrade UK Cracker to Process Ethane

21.08.2014 - Sabic has joined the growing list of petrochemical producers upgrading their facilities to enable processing of ethane-based light feed in the wake of the US shale gas boom. The...

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Arkema Inks US Deal for Shale Gas-derived Propylene

04.08.2014 - French chemical producer Arkema has signed a ten-year agreement with US energy company Enterprise Products Partners for the supply of shale gas-derived propylene to its US...

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UK Government Guarantees Ineos Grangemouth Bonds

22.07.2014 - The Government has given a £230 million loan guarantee to secure the future of Grangemouth in a move that is being seen as highly political, as well as economic, just two months...