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May 24, 2013
Braskem (Sao Paolo) is still planning to build a previously reported $3.5-billion petrochemical complex in Peru, in alliance with the country's state-run energy company PetroPeru...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Report-Braskem-still-planning-$3-5-billion-petrochemical-complex-in-Peru_52285.html
May 24, 2013
Vladimir Putin at Voronezh. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the commissioning ceremony of Sibur’s styrene butadiene styrene thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) unit at...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Russian-president-attends-Siburs-commissioning-of-TPE-unit-at-Voronezh_52280.html
May 23, 2013
Since early April, the BASF-Total steam cracker has been able to produce up to 40% of its ethylene from ethane and another 40% from butane and propane....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/BASF-Total-Port-Arthur-steam-cracker-to-process-ethane_52267.html
May 23, 2013
Solvay says it has decided to invest an undisclosed sum to build a production unit for the biobased nylon polymer PA6,10 at at Saint-Fons, France. The plant is intended to meet demand...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Solvay-to-build-biobased-nylon-production-facility-in-France_51675.html
May 23, 2013
BASF and Petronas Chemicals say they will invest a total of $500 million in an integrated aroma ingredients project at the companies’ BASF Petronas Chemicals joint venture site in the Gebeng Industrial Zone at Kuantan, Malaysia....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/BASF-Petronas-to-build-aroma-ingredients-facility-in-Malaysia_51671.html
May 23, 2013
DuPont is expanding its microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) product lines through an extended agreement with Mingtai Chemical (Bade City, Taiwan), a leading manufacturer of MCC. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/DuPont-inks-MCC-deal_51692.html
May 23, 2013
DSM has opened a manufacturing plant at Geleen, Netherlands, for the production of the company’s antireflective coatings, marketed as KehpriCoat. The coating is primarily...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/DSM-opens-antireflective-coatings-plant-in-Netherlands_51690.html
May 23, 2013
Qatar Chemical and Petrochemical Marketing and Distribution Co. (Muntajat; Doha) will, by mid-2013, take over the marketing and distribution of all chemicals and petrochemicals produced in Qatar....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Muntajat-a-new-gateway-to-Qatars-chemicals-Output-will-more-than-double-by-2020_51686.html
May 23, 2013
Rosneft (Moscow) and Mitsui & Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop jointly Rosneft’s previously announced Far East Petrochemical Co. (Fepco) project near Nakhodka, in Russia’s far east. The world-scale petrochemical complex, in its first stage, will be able to process 3.4 million m.t./year of feedstock, predominantly naphtha....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Rosneft-and-Mitsui-sign-MOU-to-develop-Russian-petchem-site_51680.html
May 23, 2013
India has proposed to build a urea manufacturing plant at the petrochemicals hub at Chahbahar, Iran, using natural gas as feedstock, Iranian news agencies report. India has also agreed...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/India-eyes-urea-plant-at-Irans-Chahbahar-petchems-hub_51679.html
May 23, 2013
ICA Fluor, the construction joint venture of Empresas ICA and Fluor, has been awarded a contract for the construction of a titanium dioxide (TiO2) train at DuPont’s complex at...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/ICA-Fluor-awarded-titanium-dioxide-contract-from-DuPont-in-Mexico_51677.html
May 23, 2013
Clariant will build a pigment preparations plant at Tangerang, Indonesia, as part of a series of investments to strengthen support for customers in China, India, and Indonesia. The...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Clariant-invests-in-pigments-in-Indonesia-China-and-India_51676.html
May 22, 2013
The project includes a refinery upgrading complex and a plant for converting refinery fuel gases into petrochemical feedstock....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Total-plans-&euro1-billion-modernization-of-Antwerp-facilities_52247.html
May 22, 2013
Oxea announced that it has successfully started operations at its new carboxylic acids plant at Oberhausen, Germany—boosting the company’s carboxylic acid production...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Oxea-starts-operations-at-German-carboxylic-acids-plant_52246.html
May 22, 2013
Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui & Co. plan to locate their previously announced alpha-olefins production plant at Dow Chemical’s Freeport, TX, site, according to an application for...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Idemitsu-Kosan-and-Mitsui-and-Co-to-locate-alpha-olefins-plant-at-Freeport-TX_52228.html
May 22, 2013
Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG; Kuala Lumpur) is striving to optimize its product portfolio and maximize margins through active molecule management and prioritizing production of...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Petronas-outlines-capex-plans-PVC-exit-costs-$162-million_52227.html
May 22, 2013
Ineos Nitriles has signed a heads of terms agreement with Tianjin Bohai Chemical Industry Group to create an equally owned joint venture to produce acrylonitrile, the company announced...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Ineos-Nitriles-and-Tianjin-Bohai-to-form-acrylonitrile-joint-venture_52222.html
May 22, 2013
Pacific NorthWest LNG, a joint venture in which Petronas (Kuala Lumpur) holds 90% and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Tokyo) 10%, has awarded lump-sum contracts to 3 separate...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Pacific-NorthWest-awards-FEED-contracts-to-3-consortia-for-shale-gas-processing-into-LNG_52221.html
May 21, 2013
Air Products says it has has successfully begun operating its carbon recovery project at Port Arthur, TX, as a part of a Department of Energy’s (DOE) demonstration project that will capture about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually....
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Air-Products-begins-operating-DOE-carbon-capture-project_52135.html
May 21, 2013
Technip says it has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement services contract for by Nova Chemicals’ previously announced polyethylene (PE) expansion project at...
http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/Technip-awarded-Nova-Joffre-PE-expansion_52115.html
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