Growth potential on Southeast Asia’s offshore market October 5, 2018 // 1 Comment For the first time in three years since the 2014 dip in oil prices that resulted in major companies pulling their [...]
Bharat to go ahead with petchem unit in Kerala October 2, 2018 // 4 Comments India’s Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is proceeding with its investment of U$1.5 billion for setting up a [...]
McDermott to provide Lummus olefins tech in Thailand October 2, 2018 // 3 Comments Engineering firm McDermott International has been awarded a sizeable technology contract (of between US$1 to US$50 million) [...]
BASF/LetterOne to merge oil/gas businesses to form new jv October 1, 2018 // 1 Comment German conglomerate BASF and LetterOne are to merge their respective oil and gas businesses – Wintershall and DEA – in a [...]
Total, Nova and Borealis jv to build huge PE unit in Texas; output will be doubled September 27, 2018 // 3 Comments Bayport Polymers, a 50/50 joint venture owned by French oil/gas major Total and Novealis Holdings, a joint venture of [...]
CNOCC methanol plant in China starts up using Clariant’s catalyst September 25, 2018 // 4 Comments Swiss 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 Chennai September 18, 2018 // 2 Comments Ineos 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-report September 14, 2018 // 5 Comments Companies 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 Haldia September 13, 2018 // 2 Comments Qatar 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 fuels September 13, 2018 // 2 Comments US oil/gas company ExxonMobil Corp is planning to spend more than US$650 million to upgrade the UK’s largest oil refinery, [...]