Petrochemicals
Braskem to start talks with US authorities over corruption accusations
Braskem SA will start talks with US authorities over accusations of corruption linked to a massive graft investigation in Brazil.
AFPM requests EPA move the point of obligation of RFS
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a petition for rulemaking with the Environmental Protection Agency to move the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard to the same point where fuel excise taxes are collected.
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers to merge
Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers, three global providers of container solutions products in the energy, petrochemical and general industrial markets, are merging to form Hoover Ferguson Group.
Wison Engineering awarded new EPC contracts by Connel Chemical for MTO project
Wison Engineering has been awarded an EPC contract for a 300kta methanol-to-olefins unit, the first phase of Connel Chemical Industry Ltd.’s 600kta MTO plant.
Chevron Phillips Chemical completes next-gen polyethylene pilot plant
Chevron Phillips Chemical completed construction of its leading-edge polyethylene pilot plant at its research and technology facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Turkey's Petkim says operations continue after reports of police operations
Police operations at Petkim’s main facility in Aliaga have not affected operations.
Mexico's Alpek to pay up to $700 million for Petrobras' petchem assets
Mexico's Alpek SA de CV is expected to offer up to $700 M for Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's petrochemicals units in the northeastern state of Pernambuco.
LyondellBasell to build high density polyethylene plant on US Gulf Coast
The proposed plant will employ the company's new proprietary technology and is expected to create up to 1,000 construction jobs.
SABIC wants to grow its way out of earnings slump
SABIC aims to grow its way out of an extended earnings slump brought on by the impact of lower oil prices on the petrochemicals sector.
Brazil's Petrobras in talks to sell petrochemical assets to Mexico's Alpek
Petrobras is in exclusive talks for 60 days with Mexico's Alpek over the potential sale of PetroquimicaSuape and Citepe assets in Brazil's northeast.
- Methanex to indefinitely idle 860,000-tpy Trinidad and Tobago methanol plant 6/30
- Several injured in fire at Haldia Petrochemicals' plant in eastern India 6/30
- Shell forecast: Global LNG demand expected to grow by 65% by 2050 6/30
- INEOS Enterprises completes sale of its ultra-pure sulfur dioxide and derivatives business to Ecovyst 6/30
- Neste to invest over €400 MM in Porvoo refinery maintenance turnaround 6/30
- Middle East producers push on with oil and LNG loadings despite ship attacks 6/30
