Keyword: PE

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GS Caltex Plans Ethylene/PE Complex

13.02.2018 - South Korean oil refiner GS Caltex is to enter the ethylene/PE market with plans to invest approximately 2 trillion won (€1.5 billion) in an integrated facility in Yeosu. The plant...

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SK Buys Dow’s PVDC Business

06.11.2017 - SK Global Chemical, part of SK Innovation, is buying another asset from Dow Chemical, this time its polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) business. The acquisition includes all production...

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LyondellBasell Plans new US Gulf Project

26.10.2017 - Netherlands-headquartered, US-managed LyondellBasell is planning to build a new chemicals and plastics complex on the Gulf Coast, CEO Bob Patel has told the Texas newspaper Houston...

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Chevron Phillips Commissions US PE Plants

13.10.2017 - Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed commissioning and begun start-up operations at its two new PE plants on the US Gulf Coast. The plants will use the US group’s proprietary...

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Sadara Starts Final Unit at Jubail Complex

17.08.2017 - Sadara, the joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco, has started up the last of the 26 plants that make up its massive new petrochemical complex at Jubail Industrial...

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Nova Pays $2.1 Billion for Williams’ Geismar Stake

19.04.2017 - Canada’s Nova Chemicals has agreed to pay $2.1 billion to acquire Williams’ 88.46% stake in the olefins plant at Geismar, Louisiana, in the US. The deal also includes undeveloped...

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New Giant Petchems and Plastics Project in Texas

29.03.2017 - Another new mammoth petrochemicals and plastics project has been announced for the US state of Texas by non-US companies seeking to profit from access to inexpensive shale gas...

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LyondellBasell Picks La Porte for new PE Unit

12.09.2016 - LyondellBasell has chosen La Porte, Texas – part of the Houston metropolitan area – as the location for its new US Gulf Coast high density polyethylene plant, which will be built...