27.11.2013
- One of Asia's largest chemicals and plastics producers, Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics, is seeking to cash in on the U.S. shale gas boom with its own $2 billion ethane cracker in...
20.11.2013
- Short-seller Jim Chanos said on Tuesday that shares of international oil majors like Exxon Mobil increasingly look like a value trap for investors as cash flows decline and return...
19.11.2013
- Saudi Arabia may be starting to overcome a long addiction to generating electricity from its own oil, easing a nagging concern for a global market reliant on free-flowing crude...
16.10.2013
- Rising oil and gas production and improving energy efficiency in the United States could slash its oil imports in half by the end of 2020 from levels seen two years ago, the West's...
15.10.2013
- CEO Peter Voser said it will take a longer time than expected for the company to reap benefits from its shale gas projects due to poor short-term results. Weak U.S. shale liquids...
08.10.2013
- Belgian chemicals and plastics maker Solvay has agreed to buy privately held Chemlogics for $1.345 billion, bringing its share of the $8 billion-a-year U.S. market for chemicals...
24.07.2013
- Crack To The Future - The petrochemical feedstock world is changing. Historically most petrochemical feedstock came from the refinery, with refinery naphtha and liquefied petroleum...
12.06.2013
- Dutch oil and chemicals storage company Vopak is considering building more liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminals, including its first in Asia, to meet rising demand as spot...
