Keyword: US shale gas boom
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09.01.2014
- ExxonMobil officially launched the world's first chemical unit that processes crude oil in Singapore, aiming to lower costs to better compete with rivals in a market saddled with...
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09.01.2014
- Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling - despite new concerns about water safety - given a...
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06.01.2014
- As part of its drive to take advantage of the shale gas boom, LyondellBasell has restarted a methanol plant at its Channelview site in Texas. The polyolefins giant closed the U.S...
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17.12.2013
- Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has said the company may apply to pursue shale gas exploration in the UK when the government begins awarding additional fracking licenses. However, no...
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04.12.2013
- Ineos is building a new furnace at its petrochemical plant in Rafnes, Norway as it expands capacity to use ethane made from U.S. shale gas it will store in a tank under...
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27.11.2013
- In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...
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27.11.2013
- One of Asia's largest chemicals and plastics producers, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics, is seeking to cash in on the U.S. shale gas boom with its own $2 billion ethane cracker in...
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20.11.2013
- Short-seller Jim Chanos said on Tuesday that shares of international oil majors like Exxon Mobil increasingly look like a value trap for investors as cash flows decline and return...
