06.05.2014
- Korea's Idemitsu Kosan and Japanese partner Mitsui have canceled preliminary plans for a 50:50 linear alpha olefins joint venture in the U.S., effectively pulling the rug from...
05.06.2013
- Japan's Idemitsu Kosan said it would proceed with a $9 billion oil refinery project in Vietnam as it had reached a final investment decision with co-investors Mitsui Chemicals...
26.11.2012
- Thailand's top energy firm PTT is considering building a $28.7 billion oil refinery in central Vietnam, a company official said on Monday, in what would be a record foreign...
19.05.2011
- Japan's Idemitsu Kosan said it restarted the naphtha cracker at its Chiba plant, east of Tokyo, on Thursday after scheduled maintenance. The 374,000 tons per year cracker, which...
04.04.2011
- Japan's Maruzen Petrochemical said on Monday it began restarting its 480,000 tons per year naphtha cracker in Chiba, east of Tokyo, earlier in the day, nearly a month after it was...
29.03.2011
- Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan said on Tuesday it shut the naphtha cracker at its Chiba plant, east of Tokyo, on Sunday for maintenance, a little earlier than its original plan...
