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...
29.05.2017
- Long-standing partners Honeywell UOP and Wison Engineering have agreed to jointly provide methanol-to-olefin (MTO) technologies and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)...
16.05.2017
- Even though it is in the throes of finalizing a merger with DuPont, Dow Chemical has announced investments totalling $4 billion over the next five years. Plans include an expansion...
