Borouge on track with fifth PP plant; to grow PP capacity by 25%September 7, 2018 // 2 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 // 5 CommentsMalaysia’s oil & gas sector is projected to have an annual growth rate of 5% until 2020, driven by the rise of the [...]
IHS: Looming production shutdowns to affect MMA marketSeptember 4, 2018 // 4 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 // 0 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 // 5 CommentsTechnipFMC 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 // 1 CommentPosco 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 // 3 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 // 5 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 // 5 CommentsLyondellBasell, 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 // 7 CommentsSaudi Arabia’s state-owned oil/gas company Saudi Aramco has cancelled its plans to list the company both on the domestic [...]