15.02.2018
- The main driver of growth in the port of Rotterdam throughout 2017 was a particularly strong growth in container throughput of 12.3% (in tonnes). Total cargo throughput rose by 1.3...
18.09.2017
- ExxonMobil’s Singapore affiliate has completed the acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Singapore’s Jurong Island in Singapore. The project was...
07.09.2015
- Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland, the 49.9:50.1 joint venture of Ineos and PetroChina that operates the refinery at Grangemouth, made a £16.3 million pretax loss in 2014 on sales...
29.04.2015
- Publication of the 2014 figures of Brenntag, DKSH and IMCD has shown that last year was a good one for chemical distributors. Sales growth was moderate, but measures to increase...
20.04.2015
- Saudi Arabian petrochemical giant SABIC has signed a deal to import shale gas from the US for use at its Teesside complex in the UK, acting chief executive Yousef Abdullah al...
24.03.2015
- The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...
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...
07.07.2014
- March 2014 saw KSB AG, Frankenthal, Germany, win a contract to supply 189 process pumps for the new Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam. The location is situated around 200 kilometres...
