Keyword: Oil price

Markets & Companies

Slowing Investment Wave in Chemical and Oil Industries

26.03.2020 - In the wake of the coronavirus and collapse in crude oil prices, chemical, oil and gas, and midstream companies will all slash capital spending (CAPEX) for growth projects to...

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Mining Giant BHP to Exit US Shale

29.08.2017 - Anglo-Australian mining group BHP is actively pursuing a sale of its US shale assets, which it has determined as non-core to its portfolio. The company unveiled the plans during...

Markets & Companies

Innovation Makes A Difference

21.11.2016 - The biggest – listed – European chemical manufacturers (Air Liquide, Akzo Nobel, Arkema, BASF, Bayer, Covestro, DSM, Evonik, Johnson Matthey, K+S, Lanxess, Solvay, Syngenta...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

A Combination of Competences

03.09.2015 - In April, Ferrostaal, based in Essen, Germany, and Haldor Topsoe, headquarterd in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded the joint venture Ferrostaal Topsoe Projects with registered office...

Markets & Companies

With Oil Prices Down, Energy Companies Need to Adopt a 'Cost Culture'

12.02.2015 - With the recent fall-off in oil prices, companies in virtually all sectors of the oil, gas and chemicals (OGC) industry worldwide are going to have to plan and manage their...

Markets & Companies

A Cheat Sheet on Lower Oil Prices

10.02.2015 - A little background: over the past seven-plus months, the price of a barrel of oil dropped from $107 to less than $50. This took prices to 2009 levels and surprised just about...

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Cheap Shale Gas Helps LyondellBasell Beat Estimates

27.07.2012 - Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries reported quarterly profit that beat expectations on Friday as cheap North American shale natural gas helped offset lower...

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Saudi Seeks to Calm Oil Price Worries

22.03.2012 - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sought to soothe fears about high oil prices, saying on Tuesday world supplies were well in excess of demand and that $125-a-barrel crude prices were...