04.07.2017
- The UK’s Environment Agency has granted Ineos Upstream, subsidiary of the Switzerland-based chemical group, an environmental permit allowing it to drill an exploratory borehole at...
14.06.2017
- Taiwan’ state-owned energy giant CPC Corp is considering the possibility of investing in shale gas extraction and a petrochemical plant in the US, company chairman Chen Chin-te...
17.05.2017
- With roads to fracking across Scotland’s Central Belt still blocked by an ongoing moratorium and public consultation, Ineos is pressing ahead with plans to explore for shale gas in...
24.04.2017
- The US government will not allow ExxonMobil to bypass US sanctions against Russia to resume drilling for oil in a joint venture with Moscow-based Russian oil group Rosneft. The oil...
12.04.2017
- China’s Wanhua Chemical has announced it will build a $1.12 billion isocyanates complex in the US state of Louisiana, benefiting from a $4.3 million infrastructure grant from the...
03.04.2017
- The state legislature of the US state of Maryland has voted to ban fracking in the state. Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican Party member, is expected to sign the measure formally...
30.03.2017
- Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its 1.5 million t/y ethylene plant at Freeport, Texas, USA, with commissioning now underway and start-up expected by the middle of...
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...
