Underreporting of fracking in US; no inventory for oil capacityJuly 24, 2019 // 1 CommentHydraulic fracturing activity (fracking), the process for producing light tight oil, was underreported by more than 20% in [...]
Plant Set-ups: Lotte/GS Energy jv to invest US$689 mn in petchem project; PetroLogistics to build PDH plant on US Gulf CoastJuly 16, 2019 // 4 CommentsSouth Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. is adding a chemical compounding plant in its petrochemical complex in Yeosu, South [...]
Sasol opens new alkoxylation plant in ChinaJuly 16, 2019 // 2 CommentsSasol Limited, a South African integrated chemicals and energy company, has opened its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing. [...]
OMV to invest EUR64 mn in isobutene facility in BurghausenJuly 16, 2019 // 2 CommentsIntegrated oil and gas company OMV, which is headquartered in Vienna, is to invest EUR64 million in the construction of an [...]
Nippon Shokubai breaks ground on acrylic acid plant in IndonesiaJuly 15, 2019 // 4 CommentsJapan’s Nippon Shokubai recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of its acrylic acid plant in Cilegon, [...]
Hengyi starts up trial runs at refinery in BruneiJuly 15, 2019 // 7 CommentsChina’s Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd has started trial operations at its new refinery and petrochemical facilities in [...]
CP Chemical and Qatar Petroleum to develop US$8bn Gulf Coast petchem projectJuly 10, 2019 // 6 CommentsUS chemical firm Chevron Phillips (CP) Chemical and state-owned oil/gas firm Qatar Petroleum are to jointly pursue [...]
Nouryon raises dialkyl peroxide capacity in ChinaJuly 2, 2019 // 6 CommentsDutch Specialty chemicals Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals) has increased production capacity for dialkyl [...]
Saudi Aramco inducts S-Oil expansion project in South KoreaJune 28, 2019 // 5 CommentsSaudi Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil Company) has inaugurated South Korean oil refinery, S-Oil’s new Residue Upgrading Complex [...]
Chevron Phillips Chemical, Qatar Petroleum to develop petrochem complex in QatarJune 26, 2019 // 0 CommentsChevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum (QP) signed an agreement for the development, construction and [...]