Borealis plans to invest €4.5 million in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland. This project, Borealis said, is to ensure that the Porvoo steam...
Gas shipping company Navigator Holdings is expanding the capacity of its ethylene export terminal near Houston, Texas, USA, that it operates as a 50:50 joint venture with...
06.10.2017
- In what it regards as a “potential game-changer for the industry”, AkzoNobel’s Specialty Chemicals business has developed a novel technology for producing ethylene amines and...
12.09.2017
- Leveraging its expanded position in ethylene, Ineos Oxide has announced it will build a new plant for vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) at one of its European production sites. The...
29.08.2017
- Along the US Gulf Coast, oil and petrochemical producers in Texas were struggling to mop up and assess possible damage to their facilities on Aug. 29 after high winds and...
28.07.2017
- The European Commission (EC) has confirmed reports that its officials carried out unannounced inspections on the premises of companies active in ethylene purchasing in mid-May. The...
11.07.2017
- As part of the first phase of a project to upgrade its refining and chemicals platform in Antwerp, Belgium, French energy and petrochemicals group Total has started up a new...
26.06.2017
- CB&I has won a contract worth around $40 million to expand ethylene capacity at DuPont’s Sabine River Works in Orange, Texas, USA. The US contractor will provide engineering...
