Aramco to put on hold US$10 bn petchem complex in China August 24, 2020 // 3 Comments Faced with downward trending oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Saudi Aramco has put on hold its plan to build a [...]
Shell to take stake in Nayara Indian petchem project August 18, 2020 // 1 Comment Oil major Royal Dutch Shell is reportedly planning to buy a 50% stake in Indian-based Nayara Energy’s US$9 billion planned [...]
Clariant ties up with Chemtex to promote 2G biofuel in China August 18, 2020 // 1 Comment Swiss firm Clariant’s Business Line Biofuels and Derivatives has tied up with US firm Chemtex Global Corporation for the [...]
Nouryon to set up microsphere facility in US August 17, 2020 // 2 Comments Chemical firm Nouryon has selected Green Bay, Wisconsin, US, as the location for a new facility to produce its Expancel [...]
Shell Philippines ceases Batangas refinery ops, converts into import terminal August 14, 2020 // 1 Comment Shell Pilipinas is transforming its Tabangao Refinery in Batangas into a world-class full import terminal to optimise its [...]
BASF invests to boost alkoxylate capacity in Asia Pacific August 7, 2020 // 6 Comments German chemicals firm BASF will increase its alkoxylate capacity in Asia Pacific, with its latest investment in Jinshan, [...]
TechnipFMC supplies ethylene tech to LanzaTech aviation fuel biorefinery July 22, 2020 // 5 Comments Subsea, onshore/offshore and surface projects contractor TechnipFMC says that its proprietary Hummingbird [...]
Celanese sells stake in Polyplastics to Daicel for US$1.5 bn July 22, 2020 // 3 Comments US chemical/speciality materials firm Celanese Corporation is to sell its 45% equity investment in the Polyplastics joint [...]
Reliance/Aramco deal delayed; Reliance to spin off oil-to-chemical business July 22, 2020 // 4 Comments India’s largest conglomerate Reliance Industries said it will be spinning its the oil-to-chemical (O2C) business into a [...]
Sinochem to start-up delayed Quanzhou petchem project July 15, 2020 // 4 Comments China’s Sinochem Group’s Quanzhou US$4.64 billion petrochemical expansion project is starting trial operations in late [...]