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US Shale Spurs Record Foreign Chemical Investment

30.06.2014 - Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...

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Westlake to Acquire German PVC Producer Vinnolit

29.05.2014 - Private equity investor Advent International has agreed to sell German PVC producer Vinnolit to Houston, Texas-based US petrochemical producer Westlake for €490 million ($668...

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Explosion at Williams in Geismar Claims Two Lives

17.06.2013 - An explosion and fire in a cracker on June 13 at the Williams olefins plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S., has claimed two lives, according to local authorities. The first death...