28.10.2015
- Ineos is mooted to be in advanced talks about a deal to acquire more North Sea gas interests. The UK’s Sky News said on Oct. 27 it had learned that Ineos is close to acquiring a 25...
08.10.2015
- BP has announced it will shutter its paraxylene (PX) plant at Texas City in the US with a capacity believed to exceed 1million t/y. The UK-based company cites market conditions as...
18.09.2015
- BP has agreed to license its latest-generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology to Ningxia Baaota Chemical Fibre, a majority owned subsidiary of China’s Baota...
02.09.2015
- Chemical producer Evonik has started up new production plants for C4-based products at its Marl Chemical Park in Germany, using new technology that leverages flexible feedstock...
14.07.2015
- BP Zhuhai Chemical has officially started up its Phase 3 PTA unit at Zhuhai, China. The new plant built at a cost of more than €600 million by the 85:15 joint venture of oil and...
11.02.2015
- In an updated research report on US chemical producer Eastman, analysts at Zacks Equity Research say they expect the company to benefit from its strategic acquisitions, capacity...
17.01.2015
- As the UK government's push to repeat the US shale gas boom on its own soil moved up a notch in late 2014 with the sale of exploration licenses, Ineos revealed plans to expand...
17.01.2015
- With prices for crude oil now below $60 a barrel, analysts are questioning the viability of many shale projects. But while the breathtaking price plunge may have Saudi sheiks and...
