IHS: Looming production shutdowns to affect MMA marketSeptember 4, 2018 // 5 CommentsThe global market for methyl methacrylate (MMA) — a chemical critical to the production of plastics, paints, coatings [...]
Indian Oil pumps up investments in Odisha: MEG/PTA/PX units; plastics/textile parksSeptember 3, 2018 // 3 CommentsIn a move aimed at drawing investments into the state of Odisha, Indian Oil Corporation has poured in further investments. [...]
TechnipFMC wins a large contract for Vietnam’s largest olefins plantAugust 29, 2018 // 1 CommentTechnipFMC has been awarded by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP), a large contract for the licensing, engineering, [...]
Posco awarded Long Son petchem project in VietnamAugust 28, 2018 // 2 CommentsPosco Engineering & Construction (Posco E&C) has signed a KRW81.2 billion contract to lay the groundwork for Long [...]
S-Oil to invest US$4.5 bn into Phase II petchem projectAugust 23, 2018 // 0 CommentsSouth Korea’s S-Oil, which is a large producer of aromatics majority-owned by Saudi Aramco, is conducting a feasibility [...]
Fire breaks out at Shell chemical plant in UK; Essar refinery nearby not affectedAugust 23, 2018 // 3 CommentsA fire that broke out at a Shell-owned chemical plant on the same site as Essar Oil UK’s Stanlow refinery in northwestern [...]
LyondellBasell breaks ground on the world’s largest PO/TBA plantAugust 23, 2018 // 1 CommentLyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, has officially broken ground [...]
Aramco IPO called off; against booming oil prices and takeover of SabicAugust 23, 2018 // 1 CommentSaudi Arabia’s state-owned oil/gas company Saudi Aramco has cancelled its plans to list the company both on the domestic [...]
Pertamina invites Socar, JX Nippon to partner on Balikpapan refinery upgradeAugust 20, 2018 // 1 CommentPertamina has approached the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (Socar) and Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp for [...]
Aramco approves Satorp, Motiva chemicals expansion plansAugust 17, 2018 // 2 CommentsState-owned energy giant Saudi Aramco has approved two major plans to expand its chemicals production in Saudi Arabia and in [...]