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(Emirates 24/7 Business) -- International Petroleum Investment Company (Ipic), which is owned by the Abu Dhabi government, said it was going ahead with a proposed USD 3 bln refinery at Fujairah in the...
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(SZ Energy News) -- China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) plans to start work on a 1 mln tpa naphtha-fed steam cracker in Huizhou, Guangzhou province, by end of 2013-early 2014, as per Platt...
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(Fibre2fashion) -- Royal Dutch Shell announced that, its ethylene plant at Pulau Bukom in Singapore is not anticipated to start before mid-May. Shell had declared a force majeure due to an unplanned o...
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(Georgia Gulf) -- Georgia Gulf announced that, due to reduced ethylene supply and reduced operating rates for chlorine at its production facility in Plaquemine, La., it has declared a force majeure ev...
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(Socar) -- A catalytic cracking unit # 55 was commissioned at the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery after overhauls. The mentioned installation is the plant's largest and most important production area. Foll...
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(Arkema) -- CJ CheilJedang (CJ Group) and Arkema have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding to build a bio-methionine and thiochemicals platform in South East Asia (Malaysia or Thailand). This project ...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- One of the biggest North American suppliers of PVC to Russia declared force-majeure on 14 April. It will significantly reduce PVC export quotes for the Russian market, according to ICI...
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(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company and a North American leader in Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) polymers, announced today that its subsidiary, C...
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(PlasticsToday) -- It's a packaging merger for the ages as Silgan Holdings Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Graham Packaging Company Inc., one of the world's 3 larg...
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(Dow) -- The Dow Chemical Company, a leader in energy conservation, has been recognized for its excellence in energy efficiency by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE awarded two Superior Ene...
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(Plastemart) -- Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, has been awarded a contract from Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Inc. LLP (KPI) for the license and basic engineering of a propane dehydrogenatio...
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(SIBUR) -- SIBUR has reached an agreement for the acquisition of a 26.3% stake in the company Cherepovets "Azot" from a group of investors. The acquisition is aimed at improving the current capitaliza...
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(BP) -- BP announced that it has agreed with Rosneft to extend the deadline for completing the share swap agreement (previously announced on 14 January) to 16 May 2011. The agreement between the two c...
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Imports supplies of polypropylene (PP) to the Russian market remain at the previous level. In March overall imports didn't exceed 18 KT, according to MRC DataScope. Import volumes are ...
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(ICIS) -- European spot prices of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) surged to a record high this week, on the back of robust global oil futures, tight supply and firm demand, triggering a price rally...
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(Plastemart) -- Petrobras will use natural gas from the pre-salt fields as fuel and feedstock in the new petrochemical complex in Rio de Janeiro (Comperj), which is being built in Itaborai. The first ...
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(LANXESS) -- Specialty chemicals company Lanxess AG is to launch its first natural product: Natural Choice is an innovative flavor that also increases the shelf life of beverages. Typical applications...
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(Enhanced Online News)--The Dow Chemical Company and OPX Biotechnologies, Inc. announced that the two companies are collaborating to develop an industrial scale process for the production of bio-base...
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(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company has awarded the Project Management Consulting contract to Australia's WorleyParsons for the Tacaamol Aromatics Project (TAP). ⌠This award ...
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(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia, holder of the world's largest oil reserves, boosted petrochemical exports in the first two months of the year on rising demand from Asia and increased local production of ...
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