Keyword: US shale gas boom
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26.05.2014
- Bio-based chemicals are the unexpected beneficiaries of the North American shale gas boom, according to a report by market research organization IHS. Because the switch to lighter...
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05.05.2014
- BASF has announced plans to build a world-scale methane-to-propylene complex on the US Gulf Coast to take advantage of low-cost, shale gas-derived ethane feedstock. The German...
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25.04.2014
- Amid discussions of Europe importing shale-gas derived feedstocks to reduce dependence on Russian gas, U.S.-based Enterprise Products Partners has announced plans to build a fully...
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17.04.2014
- Osaka Gas Co, Japan's second largest gas supplier, is looking to buy a stake in at least one U.S. shale gas project to help supply fuel to the Freeport LNG project in Texas...
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08.04.2014
- Chevron Phillips Chemical (CP Chem) has held groundbreaking ceremonies for the new 1.5 m t/y ethane cracker to be built at its Cedar Bayou site near Baytown, Texas. The cracker...
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28.03.2014
- Ineos has named TGE Gas Engineering as the preferred bidder to build a large ethane tank at Falkirk, Scotland, near its Grangemouth production complex. The choice of a contractor...
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26.03.2014
- BASF Total Petrochemicals, a 60:40 joint venture of BASF and French oil and petrochemicals group Total, has started up a tenth furnace at its Port Arthur, Texas, steam cracker. The...
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13.03.2014
- In a plenary session the European Parliament has voted to impose tougher rules governing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while at the same time...
