CNOCC methanol plant in China starts up using Clariant’s catalystSeptember 25, 2018 // 4 CommentsSwiss speciality chemicals firm Clariant says its MegaMax 800 methanol synthesis catalyst has been started up at China [...]
Plant Expansions: Ineos to invest EUR150 mn in oxide business in Europe; Manali begins production of PU in ChennaiSeptember 18, 2018 // 2 CommentsIneos Oxide’s Antwerp site in Belgium was the first to be acquired by Ineos in 1998 almost 20 years ago. From this one [...]
Positive vista for energy, resources and marine sectors amid oil price hikes, trade tensions-reportSeptember 14, 2018 // 5 CommentsCompanies in the Energy, Resources and Marine sectors (ERM) are rebounding as oil and commodity prices continue to rise and [...]
Qatar Petroleum in a three-year naphtha feedstock deal with India’s HaldiaSeptember 13, 2018 // 2 CommentsQatar Petroleum (QP) has signed a three-year naphtha feedstock sale agreement with India’s Haldia Petrochemicals. The [...]
ExxonMobil to invest in UK refinery; to increase range of high-quality fuelsSeptember 13, 2018 // 2 CommentsUS oil/gas company ExxonMobil Corp is planning to spend more than US$650 million to upgrade the UK’s largest oil refinery, [...]
US overtakes Russia, Saudi Arabia to become world’s largest oil producerSeptember 13, 2018 // 3 CommentsBased on the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) preliminary estimates, the US has [...]
Sabic in MOU to build petchem complex in ChinaSeptember 12, 2018 // 1 CommentRiyadh-headquartered chemical firm Sabic has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s Fujian provincial [...]
US shale gas-chemical industry investment reaches US$200 bnSeptember 12, 2018 // 2 CommentsThe American Chemistry Council (ACC) says that US chemical and plastics industry investment linked to plentiful and [...]
Borouge on track with fifth PP plant; to grow PP capacity by 25%September 7, 2018 // 5 CommentsResin maker Borouge, a joint venture of Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc and Austrian chemicals maker Borealis, recently awarded [...]
MOGSEC 2018: Malaysia’s oil & gas sector on a growth modeSeptember 7, 2018 // 1 CommentMalaysia’s oil & gas sector is projected to have an annual growth rate of 5% until 2020, driven by the rise of the [...]