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April 30, 2012
Nizhnekamskneftekhim (Nizhnekamsk, Russia), one of the largest petchems producers in Russia, has selected the Lummus ethylene and Linde alpha olefins processes for a major...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Nizhnekamsk-Signs-Contracts-with-Lummus-and-Linde-for-Petchems-Projects-in-Russia_43107.html April 27, 2012
TPC Group reported first-quarter net income of $18.0 million, up 58% from the year-ago quarter, on higher butadiene selling prices. Sales rose 9%, to $606 million, driven by higher...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Higher-Butadiene-Selling-Prices-Lift-TPC-Groups-Profits_43084.html April 5, 2012
Infracor Chemistry Services, an Evonik Industries affiliate, confirms that an explosion at Evonik's cyclododecatriene (CDT) plant at Marl, Germany on March 31, 2012 killed two...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Two-Employees-Dead-Following-Explosion-at-Evonik-Plant_42450.html October 7, 2011
North American butadiene prices have plunged in recent weeks, driven by lower demand and sluggish buying interest. Contracts for the month of October settled at a decrease of 30...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Butadiene-Prices-Slump-on-Sluggish-Demand_38092.html August 25, 2011
Invista says it has resolved its legal dispute against butanediol (BDO) licensor Frontech (Houston). Invista filed suit last year for misappropriation of trade secrets, theft, false...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Invista-Settles-BDO-Lawsuit_37177.html August 22, 2011
TPC Group (TPCG; Houston) has started planning for an on-purpose butadiene plant that would use one of two idled dehydrogenation units at the company’s Houston site. The plant...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/TPCG-Plans-On-Purpose-Butadiene-Unit-in-Houston_37003.html August 22, 2011
Genomatica, a San Diego-based developer of sustainable chemicals, says it has produced butadiene from biobased feedstocks. The company, which is currently advancing its first product...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Genomatica-Pursuing-Biobased-Butadiene_37055.html August 10, 2011
TPC Group reported second-quarter net income of $34.3 million ($2.12/share), up 138% from the year-ago quarter on strong margins and volumes in its C4 segment. Earnings were more than double the mean analyst estimate of 96 cts/share, as reported by Thomson Reuters....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/TPC-Group-Earnings-Surge-on-Strong-C4-Demand-and-Margins_36827.html August 8, 2011
Shell Chemicals has sold its 60% stake in the Sabina Petrochemicals butadiene joint venture at Port Arthur, TX, leaving BASF and Total Petrochemicals as the sole partners with 60-40...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Shell-Exits-Sabina-Butadiene-JV-Making-BASF-and-Total-Sole-Owners_36685.html August 2, 2011
BASF and Total Petrochemicals USA have announced a change in ownership of the Sabina Petrochemicals butadiene joint venture at Port Arthur, TX. Shell Chemicals will exit the jv...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Shell-Exits-Sabina-Butadiene-JV-Leaving-BASF-and-Total-as-Sole-Partners_36590.html June 13, 2011
Tightness in the North American butadiene market has driven up contract prices for the month of June to an all-time high. June contracts rose by 9 cts/lb on the low end and by a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Butadiene-Contracts-in-North-America-Hit-Record-High_35367.html June 10, 2011
Toyo Engineering (Narashino, Japan) says its Toyo Engineering Korea (Seoul) subsidiary has been awarded a contract by Petrokimia Butadiene Indonesia, a subsidiary of Chandra Asri...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Toyo-Engineering-Awarded-Contract-to-Build-Butadiene-Plant-in-Indonesia_35444.html June 1, 2011
U.S. olefins production rose sequentially in the first-quarter of 2011 by an average of 5.7%, according to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA; Washington). The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/First-Quarter-U-S-Olefins-Production-Rises_35215.html May 12, 2011
Marubeni (Tokyo) says it has entered into a long-term purchase agreement with Braskem for butadiene. This long-term contract is valued at about $550 million, Marubeni says. Braskem is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Marubeni-and-Braskem-Sign-Deal-for-Butadiene_34787.html May 2, 2011
LyondellBasell reported first quarter net income of $660 million, up from $8 million in the year-ago period, on stronger sales volumes and improved margins in most of its business...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/LyondellBasells-Earnings-Soar-on-Strong-Sales-and-Improved-Margins_34498.html April 14, 2011
Lanxess says it will invest €10 million ($14.4 million) to expand solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) and neodymium polybutadiene rubber (Nd-PBR) capacity at its Orange, TX...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Lanxess-to-Expand-Performance-Rubber-Capacity-at-Orange-TX_34112.html February 18, 2011
LyondellBasell reported fourth-quarter 2010 net income of $874 million ($1.54/share), compared to a net loss of $850 million for the year-ago quarter. Fourth-quarter EBITDA was $762...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/LyondellBasells-Earnings-Soar-on-Higher-Sales-Renewed-Demand_32932.html February 4, 2011
TPC Group says it will spend about $5 million restart one of its two idled dehydrogenation units at Houston. Commencement of construction is contingent on obtaining the necessary...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/TPC-Group-to-Restart-Dehydrogenation-Unit-at-Houston_32641.html January 7, 2011
Zeon Chemicals (Tokyo) is building a new Solution Polymerized Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) plant at Jurong Island, Singapore, the company announced...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/Zeon-to-Build-SBBR-Plant-in-Singapore_31955.html November 29, 2010
U.S. olefins production rose sequentially in the third-quarter of 2010 by an average of about 2.36%, according to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/butadiene/NPRA-Olefins-Production-Slightly-Increased-in-Third-Quarter_31216.html |
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