McDermott awarded EPC contract for storage tanks in Saudi ArabiaJuly 24, 2018 // 1 CommentUS firm McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a sizeable contract (between US$1 million and US$50 million) from [...]
AkzoNobel to acquire South American organic peroxides makerJuly 20, 2018 // 2 CommentsAkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals has finalised an agreement to acquire Brazilian firm Polinox, South America’s leading [...]
Socar opens PP plant in AzerbaijanJuly 20, 2018 // 4 CommentsSocar Polymer has completed the construction of the first part of its PP plant in Azerbaijan. At the initial stage, the [...]
Oxea plans to expand capacity for carboxylic acidsJuly 18, 2018 // 4 Commentsin view of the surging demand, chemical company Oxea plans to significantly expand its supply of carboxylic acids in the [...]
Idemitsu and Showa Shell merger to go aheadJuly 11, 2018 // 2 CommentsJapanese oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan and Showa Shell Sekiyu are to merge on April 1 next year. This comes after Idemitsu’s [...]
Sipchem starts up first PBT plant in Saudi ArabiaJuly 10, 2018 // 5 CommentsHaving 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 // 5 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 // 1 CommentChemical 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 // 4 CommentsThe 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 // 5 CommentsSaudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) have signed an agreement to jointly develop and build an integrated [...]