20.10.2014
- Mizushima Aroma Co, a joint venture of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Toyobo, both of Japan, plans to phase out its 260,000 t/y production of polyester feedstock PTA by the end of the...
06.10.2014
- Mitsubishi Chemical has signed a feedstock supply agreement with Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC to put its local production of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) on a more...
16.08.2013
- China's powerful price regulator could target the petroleum, telecommunications, banking and auto sectors next in its investigations into violations of the country's anti-trust...
13.05.2013
- Business - Shell Chemicals held a ground-breaking ceremony last month for the building of facilities for making high-purity ethylene oxide (HPEO) and ethoxylates at its site in...
25.02.2013
- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) will buy half of Chesapeake Energy's Mississippi Lime oil and gas properties in Oklahoma for $1.02 billion to increase its presence in the...
18.02.2013
- Russia's top crude producer Rosneft said its chief executive had started talks in China over the possibility of increasing oil supplies to the world's largest energy consumer. The...
27.09.2012
- China's CNOOC believes it is poised to win Canada's go-ahead for the $15.1 billion purchase of oil producer Nexen, after talks with provincial leaders boosted its confidence that...
21.08.2012
- China's leading offshore oil producer CNOOC said its first-half net profit fell by almost a fifth - twice as much as the market had expected - and it cut its dividend by 40% to...
