Saudi Aramco to acquire Sabic in megadeal for US$69 bn March 29, 2019 // 2 Comments In what is said to be one of the largest deals in the chemical industry, the world’s largest oil/petrochemical firm Saudi [...]
McDermott awarded Unipetrol project in Litvinov March 27, 2019 // 2 Comments American McDermott International has been awarded a contract by Unipetrol RPA for the engineering, procurement and [...]
Murphy Oil sells Malaysian firms to Thailand’s PTT for US$2.1 bn March 26, 2019 // 1 Comment Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy) is exiting Malaysia with a US$2.13 billion sale of its two primary subsidiaries – [...]
Ineos to double capacity of new EO and derivatives facility in US March 26, 2019 // 3 Comments Ineos Oxide says that it is to double the size of its planned ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene oxide derivatives (EOD) [...]
WorleyParsons awarded PMC for Borouge complex; receives antitrust nod for Jacobs buy March 22, 2019 // 1 Comment UAE-based Borouge, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis, has awarded Australian [...]
McDermott awarded Russian ethylene project March 21, 2019 // 1 Comment US technology firm McDermott International says it has been awarded a large technology contract for the basic engineering [...]
Chevron Phillips to study potential expansion of 1-Hexene March 21, 2019 // 1 Comment Chevron Phillips Chemical Company is studying the addition of a world-scale 1-Hexene unit. The addition would expand normal [...]
Fluor/Technip jv complete Sasol petchem complex in US March 20, 2019 // 1 Comment Fluor Corporation says that its joint venture with TechnipFMC has successfully completed its engineering, procurement and [...]
Lianyungang to rely on LyondellBasell Hostalen tech for HDPE March 20, 2019 // 1 Comment China’s Lianyungang Petrochemical Co., Ltd (a company of Zhejiang Satellite) has selected [...]
Sibur test runs petchem project with output of PP granules March 19, 2019 // 1 Comment Russia’s petchem producer Sibur’s US$9.5-billion project in Russia has started up commercial production of a pilot batch [...]