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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...