Indian Oil Corp has granted “stage-one” approval for establishing a petrochemical complex at Paradip, Odisha. The estimated cost for the project is $7.4 billion, making...
Univation Technologies has been selected by PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (PT-KPI) to provide its Unipol PE process for a new 700,000 t/y plant to be installed at the...
19.02.2019
- Two months behind schedule, South African petrochemicals producer Sasol has started up the first of seven production units planned for its delayed complex at Lake Charles...
20.06.2017
- Dow Chemical said it has completed construction of its new 400,000 t/y LLDPE plant at Freeport, Texas, one of four polymer production facilities grouped downstream of a 1.5 million...
12.09.2016
- Canada’s Nova Chemicals has announced the mechanical completion of its PE1 expansion project at Joffre, Alberta. A third gas phase reactor capable of producing around 450,000 t/y...
20.01.2015
- The development of shale gas and the resulting low prices for natural gas in the United States have resulted in a major change in the production costs of plastics. According to the...
28.10.2014
- After receiving all permits, the board of South African chemical producer Sasol has given the green light to begin construction on the company's planned $8.1 billion, 1.5 million t...
06.10.2010
- While often viewed in the shadow of its massive Northern neighbour, China, the Southeast Asian group of nations known as ASEAN continues to be a hotbed of activity in the plastics...
