Sipchem starts up first PBT plant in Saudi ArabiaJuly 10, 2018 // 1 CommentHaving announced the project in 2015, Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) says its PBT plant, owned by [...]
BASF considers largest investment of US$10 bn in chemical site in South ChinaJuly 10, 2018 // 3 CommentsGerman chemical firm BASF says it is investigating the possibility of building a highly-integrated Verbund chemical [...]
Ineos to invest EUR2.7 billion in new PDH and ethane cracker in EuropeJuly 5, 2018 // 3 CommentsChemical firm Ineos says it will invest EUR2.7 billion in a project to build both a world scale ethane cracker and a PDH [...]
Malaysia: Minister says palm oil industry not out of the doldrums yetJuly 4, 2018 // 1 CommentThe Malaysian government is expected to lay down a strong policy framework to further develop the oil palm industry and [...]
Aramco ties up with ADNOC for US$44 bn refinery/petchem complex in IndiaJuly 3, 2018 // 0 CommentsSaudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have signed an agreement to jointly develop and build an integrated [...]
OPEC: investments in oil sector to grow after a period of declineJuly 3, 2018 // 2 CommentsSpeaking at the recently held OPEC International Seminar, Saudi Aramco President/CEO Amin Nasser said investment in the [...]
Samsung Engineering awarded PO project in VietnamJuly 2, 2018 // 2 CommentsSamsung Engineering, one of the world’s leading engineering, procurement, construction and project management (EPC&PM) [...]
ExxonMobil completes acquisition of Indonesian lubricant manufacturerJuly 2, 2018 // 1 CommentUS-headquartered oil/gas firm ExxonMobil has completed the acquisition of PT Federal Karyatama (FKT), one of Indonesia’s [...]
MOL/Inovacat tie-up to promote naptha-based propyleneJune 21, 2018 // 2 CommentsHungary’s MOL Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Inovacat, a Dutch technology innovator in the refining [...]
Europe goes easy on Malaysia’s palm oil sectorJune 20, 2018 // 4 CommentsMalaysia’s palm oil industry has been given a brief respite after the European Union (EU) omitted any mention of palm oil [...]