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June 12, 2013
Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha) and Qatar Petrochemical Co. (Qapco), joint venture partners in a major petrochemical project planned at Ras Laffan, Qatar, have selected technologies for the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Qatar-selects-Univation-and-Dow-technologies-for-Al-Sejeel-project_52775.html June 12, 2013
Nova Chemicals has broken ground on a previously announced expansion project at its Joffre, AB, complex, the company announced today. A ground-breaking celebration was held to mark the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Nova-Chemicals-breaks-ground-on-Joffre-PE-expansion-project_52770.html June 11, 2013
The key theme for Borealis, Borouge, and Nova Chemicals at the K 2013 plastics and rubber trade fair at Düsseldorf later this year will be Open your mind, Borealis said at a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Borealis-Borouge-and-Nova-outline-plans-at-pre-K-event_52712.html May 29, 2013
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Co. (Orpic; Muscat), plans to invest $3.6 billion to develop a petrochemicals complex near the Ṣuḥār, Oman, refinery, which will provide raw...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Oman-details-$3-6-billion-investment-in-petchems-at-ur_52355.html May 23, 2013
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic; Muscat) plans to build an olefins complex and a polyethylene plant at the port of Suhār, Oman, at a cost of about $3 billion...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Oman-plans-cracker-and-polyethylene-plant-at-Suhr_51674.html May 23, 2013
Braskem (São Paulo) has launched its line of biobased low-density polyethylene (LDPE) derived from sugarcane ethanol, the company has announced. Annual production of biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-launches-biobased-LDPE-line_52262.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/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Total-plans-&euro1-billion-modernization-of-Antwerp-facilities_52247.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/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Technip-awarded-Nova-Joffre-PE-expansion_52115.html May 21, 2013
LyondellBasell Industries says it will close a 100,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit at Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-to-close-HDPE-unit-in-Germany_52099.html May 21, 2013
A fire at Formosa Plastics’ Point Comfort, TX, on 2 May injured 16 people and shut down the PE-1 high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, which produces Formolene...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Formosa-Point-Comfort-fire-impacts-US-HDPE-supplies_52096.html May 15, 2013
“At this point, it is estimated that the remaining production line will start up by late June,” Ken Mounger, v.p. and general manager/polyolefins, tells customers....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Two-of-three-lines-operational-at-Formosas-fire-damaged-HDPE-unit_52021.html May 15, 2013
LyondellBasell will shut down a 100,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit in Wesseling, Germany, in the third quarter....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-to-close-HDPE-Unit-in-Germany_52037.html May 9, 2013
Braskem's first quarter earnings totaled R$227 million ($113 million), up 49% year-over-year (YOY) from R$152 million, but down 18% sequentially from R$275 million in the fourth quarter of 2012....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-first-quarter-net-income-up-49-percent_51886.html May 8, 2013
The fire does not appear to have significantly damaged production equipment....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Formosa-Plastics-provides-update-on-fire-investigation_51823.html May 7, 2013
Increased margins in the olefins/polyolefins business unit offset a $22 million write-off....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Nova-posts-first-quarter-earnings-of-$185-million-down-1-6-percent-YOY_51822.html May 3, 2013
A fire at an ethylene purification unit at Formosa Plastics’ complex at Point Comfort, TX yesterday, injured 14 people. Eight of the injured have been treated and released as of Friday morning, according to a company spokesperson. The fire occurred in an ethylene purification area near the site’s “PE 1” high-density polyethylene (HDPE) production unit. ...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Fire-injures-14-at-Formosas-Point-Comfort-TX-site_51743.html May 3, 2013
Private equity firm Sun Capital (Boca Raton, FL) says it will combine five of the packaging companies its owns under its Exopack Holdings (Spartanburg, SC) investment. The...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Sun-Capital-to-combine-packaging-investments-under-Exopack_51745.html May 2, 2013
Odebrecht (Salvador, Brazil) is planning to invest heavily in Latin America across various industries including petrochemicals, according to various media reports. Projects the company...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Odebrecht-bids-for-gas-pipeline-in-Peru-to-supply-Pacific-coast-petchem-complex_51665.html April 29, 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...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Rosneft-Mitsui-sign-MOU-to-develop-petchem-project-in-Russian-far-east_51563.html April 29, 2013
The Bourgogne Développement Industrie Group (BDI; Paris) has acquired Semoflex (Ogeu-les-Bains, France), the companies have announced. The takeover results in BDI, which also...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Frances-BDI-Group-takes-over-Semoflex-becomes-third-largest-PE-converter-in-France_51547.html |
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