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Feb. 08, 2018
News & Opinions
ExxonMobil Baytown Cracker Ready to Start
ExxonMobil’s new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker at Baytown, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete, and start-up is now expected during the second quarter of this year, the US multinational oil and chemicals group said this week.
Jan. 09, 2018
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2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror
Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a protracted discussion over life after Brexit and a few changes in ...
Nov. 22, 2017
News & Opinions
Advanced Petrochemical to Build Specialties Plant
Saudi Arabian propylene and PP producer Advanced Petrochemical has signed a Heads of Agreement with Global Company for Downstream Industries (GDI) to develop a project to produce specialty chemicals from pyrolysis gasoline and pyrolysis ...
Oct. 26, 2017
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LyondellBasell Plans new US Gulf Project
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 Chronicle. ...
Sep. 21, 2017
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US Gulf Production Starts to Recover Post Harvey
Petrochemical plants on the US Gulf Coast are starting to resume operations after Hurricane Harvey left behind a trail of destruction. Refineries and chemical plants had been shut down prior to Harvey making landfall on the Texas coast on ...
Sep. 21, 2017
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Taiwan Chemical Firms to Expand at Daesan
Acting on a government request for more domestic investment and job creation, Taiwan’s chemical industry has reportedly pledged to expand large-scale domestic investment projects worth some 10 trillion won ($8.8 billion). ...
Sep. 06, 2017
News & Opinions
Honeywell Optimizes Kuwait Paraxylene
Kuwait Paraxylene Production Co. (KPPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Aromatics, will use Honeywell’s services to improve and optimize production at its Shuaiba petrochemical facility in Safat, Kuwait.
Aug. 21, 2017
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SABIC Completes Buy of Shell's SADAF Stake
SABIC has completed the purchase of partner Shell Arabia’s half of their 50:50 joint venture SADAF for $820 million. The transfer plans were announced on Jan. 22. The Saudi petrochemicals giant is exercising an option of the original ...
Aug. 17, 2017
News & Opinions
Sadara Starts Final Unit at Jubail Complex
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 City II in Saudi Arabia.
Aug. 16, 2017
News & Opinions
Air Liquide in Iran Methanol-to-propylene Project
French industrial gases group Air Liquide has signed an agreement with Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) to build a 500,000 t/y methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant. Talks between the two parties reportedly started after Iran ...

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