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...
05.05.2017
- Sadara, the joint venture of Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up a new 50,000 t/y high-pressure LDPE plant at its complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Like the three PE...
04.05.2017
- Saudi Arabian petrochemicals giant SABIC is evaluating acquisition opportunities in the range of $3.6 billion in petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and fertilizers, according to...
24.04.2017
- Hanwha Total Petrochemical, the 50:50 joint venture between South Korean conglomerate Hanwha and French energy group Total, will spend $450 million to increase ethylene production...
30.03.2017
- Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its 1.5 million t/y ethylene plant at Freeport, Texas, USA, with commissioning now underway and start-up expected by the middle of...
23.03.2017
- Indonesia’s largest integrated petrochemical company, Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP), will undertake a feasibility study to build and operate a second integrated chemical complex...
16.03.2017
- Finnish engineering firms Neste Jacobs and Coolbrook are collaborating on a project to develop a new naphtha cracking technology. Work is based on Coolbrook’s patented...
