Keyword: OQ Chemicals

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OQ Chemicals to Cut 10% of the Workforce

26.05.2023 -

Toward achieving cost savings in the double-digit million euro range, Germany’s OQ Chemicals, part of the Oman-based OQ energy group, has announced a cost-cutting scheme...

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OQ Chemicals Starts up Esters Pilot Plant

08.05.2023 -

OQ Chemicals has successfully started up its new pilot plant for esters at Oberhausen, Germany. The company said the facility enables it to manufacture small quantities...

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OQ Chemicals Expanding Capacity for Carboxylic Acids

25.01.2023 -

As part of a capacity increase for carboxylic acids, Oberhausen, Germany-based OQ Chemicals, part of Oman’s state-owned energy company OQ, is investing an undisclosed sum...

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SABIC, OQ and Kuwait Petroleum Partner on Duqm Project

04.01.2023 -

SABIC, OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have agreed to jointly develop a petrochemical complex in Duqm, Oman, reviving a project that stalled in late 2020...

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Röhm and OQ break ground on Texas MMA Plant

28.10.2022 -

Together with compatriot project partner OQ Chemicals, Germany’s Röhm has broken ground on a new world-scale methyl methacrylate (MMA) plant it is building at OQ...

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OQ Chemicals Switching to Green Power

03.08.2022 -

In its drive to become a climate-neutral company, Germany-based oxo-chemicals specialist OQ Chemical has announced it will switch all of its worldwide production sites to...

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OQ Chemicals Greenlights MMA Project with Röhm

27.07.2022 -

Germany-based OQ Chemicals, the former Oxea, has made a final investment decision to add capacity for propionic aldehyde and production infrastructure to support a new...

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Pairing Experience with New Ideas

15.03.2022 -

Interview with Oliver Borgmeier, Managing Director and CEO of OQ Chemicals