The concept of a circular economy, where materials are recycled and reused, is becoming increasingly important in consumer packaging, driven by regulatory requirements...
The 1 million t/y ethane cracker built by US-headquartered Bayport Polymers (also known as Baystar), a 50:50 joint venture of Borealis and TotalEnergies, has begun...
24.06.2019
- Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) has offered to buy Canada’s Nova Chemicals for more than $15 billion including debt, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters news...
27.09.2018
- Bayport Polymers, the 50:50 joint venture formed in May 2018 between Total and Novealis Holdings, itself a jv between Borealis and Nova Chemicals, has announced the final...
30.08.2018
- Canada’s Nova Chemicals in spending nearly $2 million on a three-year program to prevent plastic waste from reaching the world’s oceans. The move is in support of Project STOP, a...
21.03.2018
- Canadian engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin, in consortium with TechnipFMC, has won a contract to supply two gas cracking furnaces to Nova Chemicals. Kevin Dell, senior...
22.02.2018
- US affiliates of French oil and petchems giant Total, Austria-based Borealis and Canada’s Nova Chemicals have firmed up plans for a North American joint venture that would produce...
19.04.2017
- Canada’s Nova Chemicals has agreed to pay $2.1 billion to acquire Williams’ 88.46% stake in the olefins plant at Geismar, Louisiana, in the US. The deal also includes undeveloped...
