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US Shale Spurs Record Foreign Chemical Investment

30.06.2014 - Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...

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Scotland’s Chemical Future Said Guaranteed by Grangemouth

27.06.2014 - Scotland's chemical sciences sector is well placed to survive as shakeout of the industry in Europe, thanks to new investment at the mammoth Grangemouth complex, said Sandy Dobbie...

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Outlook for American Chemistry Brightens

26.06.2014 - American Chemistry Council (ACC) Chief Economist Dr. Kevin Swift and ACC Senior Director Martha Moore presented the results of the "Mid-Year 2014 Chemical Industry Situation &...

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US Chemical Industry With Month-on-Month Gains in 2014

23.06.2014 - US chemical production recorded its fifth straight monthly gain in May with higher production in all regions except the west coast, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) reports. A...

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ExxonMobil Begins Texas Cracker Construction

20.06.2014 - After receiving all regulatory approvals, ExxonMobil Chemical has begun construction of its new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker project and related plastics facilities in Baytown...

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Reliance Turns to African Crude Amid Shale Boom

02.06.2014 - India's Reliance Industries is boosting crude imports from Africa and cutting its dependence on the Middle East as the owner of the world's biggest refining complex seeks to...

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Koch Industries Rides US Shale Boom with PetroLogistics

29.05.2014 - Refining, chemicals and biofuels company Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Wichita, Kansas-based Koch Industries, will take PetroLogistics LP private in a deal worth $2.1...

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EPA Allows ExxonMobil Ethane Cracker to Go Ahead

19.05.2014 - US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...