Keyword: Petrochemicals

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US Gulf Production Starts to Recover Post Harvey

21.09.2017 - 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...

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Taiwan Chemical Firms to Expand at Daesan

18.09.2017 - 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...

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ExxonMobil Completes Aromatics Buy

18.09.2017 - ExxonMobil’s Singapore affiliate has completed the acquisition of one of the world’s largest aromatics facilities on Singapore’s Jurong Island in Singapore. The project was...

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Honeywell Optimizes Kuwait Paraxylene

06.09.2017 - 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...

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SABIC Completes Buy of Shell's SADAF Stake

21.08.2017 - 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...

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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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Air Liquide in Iran Methanol-to-propylene Project

16.08.2017 - 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...

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Grace Gives Unipol License to Canadian PP Project

02.08.2017 - US technology and chemical company W.R. Grace has granted a license for its Unipol PP process technology to Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. (CKPC), a 50:50 joint venture between...