10.09.2013
- Poland's deal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar could saddle Eastern Europe's biggest economy with some of the highest prices in the world, a steep bill for a...
10.09.2013
- Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe has threatened to close the now Swiss-based petrochemical group's operations at Grangemouth, Scotland - where it operates two crackers, a polyethylene...
03.09.2013
- BASF is stepping up its pressure on Germany to soften its hesitant stance on shale gas exploitation. In presenting Q2 results in July, CEO Kurt Bock said he hoped the new...
02.09.2013
- Dow Chemical has confirmed the locations for its planned new shale gas-fed polymer plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast, announced in March of this year and expected to be in full...
26.08.2013
- Shale Gas is Rolling in U.S. - Although shale gas extraction has been known and performed to a limited extent for decades in the U.S., exploitation has become competitive only in...
21.08.2013
- A shale gas deal in Ukraine hit a setback on Tuesday when a local council rejected the government's draft production-sharing agreement with U.S. energy company Chevron amid...
20.08.2013
- British police dispersed hundreds of protesters who blocked access to an oil exploration site in rural England on Monday in an intensification of an almost month-long standoff over...
20.08.2013
- Eight years ago, the family-owned Korean additives and specialty chemical producer Songwon made a bold decision to pursue a new strategy for extending the company's focus beyond...