ExxonMobil starts up PE line; capacity up by 65% August 2, 2019 // 1 Comment US firm ExxonMobil has started production on a new high-performance polyethylene (PE) line at its Beaumont, Texas, PE plant. [...]
Nouryon acquires Chinese metal alkyls producer July 26, 2019 // 2 Comments Chemical firm Nouryon has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical Co. (Friend), the largest Chinese producer of triethyl aluminum [...]
Reliance/Aramco refinery sale reaches a stalemate July 24, 2019 // 4 Comments India’s Reliance Industries and state-owned oil/gas giant Saudi Aramco who have been in discussions for the latter to [...]
Underreporting of fracking in US; no inventory for oil capacity July 24, 2019 // 1 Comment Hydraulic fracturing activity (fracking), the process for producing light tight oil, was underreported by more than 20% in [...]
Plant Set-ups: Lotte/GS Energy jv to invest US$689 mn in petchem project; PetroLogistics to build PDH plant on US Gulf Coast July 16, 2019 // 4 Comments South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is adding a chemical compounding plant in its petrochemical complex in Yeosu, South [...]
Sasol opens new alkoxylation plant in China July 16, 2019 // 1 Comment Sasol Limited, a South African integrated chemicals and energy company, has opened its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing. [...]
OMV to invest EUR64 mn in isobutene facility in Burghausen July 16, 2019 // 5 Comments Integrated oil and gas company OMV, which is headquartered in Vienna, is to invest EUR64 million in the construction of an [...]
Nippon Shokubai breaks ground on acrylic acid plant in Indonesia July 15, 2019 // 4 Comments Japan’s Nippon Shokubai recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its acrylic acid plant in Cilegon, [...]
Hengyi starts up trial runs at refinery in Brunei July 15, 2019 // 4 Comments China’s Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd has started trial operations at its new refinery and petrochemical facilities in [...]
CP Chemical and Qatar Petroleum to develop US$8bn Gulf Coast petchem project July 10, 2019 // 4 Comments US chemical firm Chevron Phillips (CP) Chemical and state-owned oil/gas firm Qatar Petroleum are to jointly pursue [...]