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June 18, 2013
The company put the cost of repair at under $2.5 million....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/PetroLogistics-restarts-PDH-plant_52905.html June 18, 2013
BP and its partner Zhuhai Port Co. (Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China) today received final approvals from the Chinese government for the construction of a previously announced, third...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/terephthalic_acid/BP-receives-Chinese-governments-go-ahead-for-Zhuhai-PTA-plant_52883.html June 17, 2013
European benzene supply is expected to remain tight as use of lighter feedstocks limits production of benzene coproduct, according to the latest IHS Chemical Market Advisory...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/benzene/Tight-European-benzene-supply_52863.html June 17, 2013
CF Industries reports that on 14 June an incident occurred at its 4.5-million ton/year nitrogen complex at Donaldsonville, LA—North America’s largest nitrogen...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Accident-at-CF-Industries-nitrogen-plant-kills-one-injures-others_52862.html June 17, 2013
Karnalyte (Okotoks, AB) has engaged BNP Paribas and Natixis (New York) to act as lead arrangers to underwrite a project finance credit facility of up to $300 million to help fund a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Karnalyte-secures-$300-million-credit-facility-to-fund-potash-project_52855.html June 17, 2013
OCI Partners, established in February by Orascom Construction Industries (OCI; Sittard, Netherlands) on Friday filed with the SEC to raise up to $480 million in apreviously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/OCI-Partners-to-raise-$480-million-through-an-IPO_52856.html June 14, 2013
Williams officials said Friday afternoon that a second employee has died following Thursday's propylene explosion and fire at the company's Geismar, LA, olefins plant. Williams...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Williams-confirms-second-death-from-Geismar-explosion_52850.html June 14, 2013
Williams immediately shut down the facility, which has 646,000 m.t./year of ethylene capacity -- 2.4% of the 27 million m.t./year of ethylene capacity in the US....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Impact-of-Williams-explosion-on-ethylene-market-uncertain-IHS-Chemical_52848.html June 14, 2013
Momentive Performance Materials announced today that it is expanding two production facilities in the US and Germany. The company says it is adding manufacturing capacity to its...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/silicones/Momentive-Performance-Materials-to-expand-two-silicone-production-sites_52849.html June 14, 2013
Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha) has invited companies to carry out feasibility studies for propylene- and benzene-derivative complexes to be built at Ras Laffan, Qatar, near existing...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/benzene/Qatar-plans-propylene-and-benzene-derivatives-projects-as-part-of-major-petchems-push_52834.html June 14, 2013
Oil India (Noida) will acquire a 49% stake in Assam Petrochemicals' expansion project planned at Namrup, in the Indian state of Assam. The government of Assam holds a majority stake in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/acetic_acid/Oil-India-to-take-49-percent-stake-in-Assam-Petrochemicals-Namrup-project_52832.html June 14, 2013
Yara International (Oslo) is postponing its planned expansion project at Belle Plaine, SK, the company announced today. Yara says it views the Belle Plaine site as an optimal location...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Yara-postpones-Canadian-fertilizer-project-on-cost-and-overcapacity-concerns_52830.html June 13, 2013
The cracker has ethylene capacity of 646,000 m.t./year and coproduct propylene capacity of 43,000 m.t./year, according to IHS Chemical. An ongoing $450–500-million expansion project will increase ethylene capacity by 272,000 m.t./year, according to Williams, which had targeted completion of the project for the second half of 2013. Williams also operates a 270,000-m.t./year propylene splitter at the site....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/Update-Explosion-at-Williamss-Geismar-cracker-kills-one-injures-73_52817.html June 13, 2013
Sinopec Engineering, China’s largest engineering and construction firm, has signed a $1.85-billion engineering, procurement, and construction contract with Kazakhstan...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/propylene/Sinopec-Engineering-signs-EPC-contract-for-Kazakhstan-PP-project_52808.html June 13, 2013
UhdeNora (Milan), an equally owned joint venture between ThyssenKrupp Uhde and Industrie De Nora, has been awarded a contract from Trans Carolina Products to supply an electrolyzer at...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Trans-Carolina-Products-hikes-chlor-alkali-capacity-at-Hamlet-NC_52803.html June 13, 2013
Two companies remain in the race for the acquisition of Innova (São Paulo), the styrene unit of state-owned Petrobras, based at Triunfo, Brazil, according to Valor...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylbenzene/Reports-Elekeiroz-and-Videolar-competing-to-acquire-Petrobrass-styrene-assets_52805.html June 13, 2013
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) and ThyssenKrupp Unde have begun marketing BMS's previously announced oxygen depolarized cathode (ODC) technology worldwide, the companies announced today...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/chloralkali/Bayer-ThyssenKrupp-launch-breakthrough-ODC-chlor-alkali-technology_52772.html June 10, 2013
China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom; Beijing) says that it began, on 8 June, a final review of antidumping measures on acetone imported from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. China...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/acetone/China-reviews-antidumping-measures-on-acetone-from-Japan-Korea-Singapore-and-Taiwan_52713.html June 10, 2013
Verde Potash (Toronto) announced at its annual meeting on 5 June that it had appointed Leonardo Moertzsohn chairman and Jose Fernando Coura a director. The appointments bring Verde's...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/inorganic_chemicals/fertilizers/Verde-Potash-names-new-chairman_52703.html June 7, 2013
Methanex is considering Medicine Hat, AB, as one of the sites to expand methanol capacity in North America to supply the fast-growing Asia/Pacific market. The project outlined to the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/methanol/Methanex-mulls-tripling-of-Medicine-Hat-methanol-capacity_52697.html |
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