Nouryon’s new Perkadox products improve properties of thermosets February 11, 2020 // 2 Comments Chemical firm Nouryon has introduced two new versions of its Perkadox GB-50 dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO) curing agents that [...]
Oxea integrates into newly formed energy company January 30, 2020 // 5 Comments Chemical company Oxea, part of the Oman Oil Company & Orpic Group, joins eight other companies in a process to create a [...]
Oceaneering and Aquaterra Energy ink decommissioning collaboration January 30, 2020 // 2 Comments Global offshore engineering solutions provider Aquaterra Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with [...]
McDermott files for bankruptcy; to sell Lummus for US$2 bn January 22, 2020 // 1 Comment US engineering and construction company McDermott International Inc., which has been bogged down with problems after a [...]
Axens awarded contract for Borouge 4 project in UAE January 16, 2020 // 2 Comments France-based technology company Axens has been awarded a licensing contract to supply a MTBE unit coupled with1-Butene [...]
Turkmenistan methanol plant starts up; uses Haldor tech January 15, 2020 // 4 Comments State-owned Turkmengaz has started up the world’s largest methanol plant based on Haldor Topsoe AS’s proprietary SynCOR [...]
Evonik and LIKAT achieve breakthrough in carbonylation chemistry January 8, 2020 // 2 Comments A research team with the participation of German chemicals firm Evonik has achieved a breakthrough in the field of [...]
LyondellBasell/Sinopec second jv for PO and SM in China January 6, 2020 // 2 Comments Chemical firm LyondellBasell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a 50:50 joint venture (jv) with China [...]
Aramco buys South Korean oil firm; market value of IPO touches US$2 trilion December 18, 2019 // 0 Comments Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) has completed, through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC), the [...]
Malaysia mulls selling stakes in Petronas; block sells shares in subsidiaries December 16, 2019 // 2 Comments Malaysia is considering selling stakes in state-owned oil/energy giant Petronas to states in the country where the [...]