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September 28, 2009
LyondellBasell on Friday submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy court a reorganization plan, which describes the company’s proposed corporate, legal and capital structure after the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-Files-Reorganization-Plan-Plans-New-Stock-Listing_21383.html September 21, 2009
Unipetrol (Prague), a subsidiary of PKN Orlen (Warsaw), says its steam cracker at Litvinov, Czech Republic, is down for about 9 days to allow for unscheduled maintenance due to a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Unipetrol-Closes-Cracker-for-Unscheduled-Maintenance_21550.html September 21, 2009
Solvay Indupa (Buenos Aires) says it has permanently closed its Brazilian polyethylene unit at Santo André, São Paulo state. The slurry, high density polyethylene (HDPE)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Solvay-Indupa-Shuts-Sao-Paulo-PE-Unit_21534.html September 17, 2009
Yanbu National Petrochemical Co., (YanSab; Yanbu, Saudi Arabia), a Sabic affiliate has begun production at its SR20 billion ($5.3 billion) petrochemical complex at Yanbu...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Sabic-Commissions-YanSab-Complex-at-Yanbu_20174.html September 17, 2009
The plant is operated by the Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene joint venture....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LDPE-Plant-Starts-up-in-Saudi-Arabia_20621.html September 17, 2009
Fluor Corp. says it has completed work on Olefins II, an expansion of Equate's existing complex at Shuaiba, Kuwait. Equate is a joint venture between Petrochemical Industries Co. (PIC...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Fluor-Completes-Work-on-Equates-Expansion_21056.html September 15, 2009
LyondellBasell says it will close a 185,000-m.t./year low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant at Carrington, U.K. by the end of this year. The company will focus its LDPE production...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-to-Close-LDPE-Plant-in-the-U-K-_21386.html September 8, 2009
It is not known when the complex will resume operations....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Production-Halted-at-Petchem-Complex-in-France-Following-Steam-Leak_21264.html September 4, 2009
LyondellBasell says it will not close its 480,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit at Chocolate Bayou, TX, despite an earlier decision to shut down the unit and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-Keeps-Chocolate-Bayou-HDPE-Unit-Open_21178.html September 2, 2009
LyondellBasell says it will not close its 480,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit at Chocolate Bayou, TX, despite an earlier decision to shut down the unit and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LyondellBasell-to-Keep-Chocolate-Bayou-HDPE-Unit-Open_21126.html August 23, 2009
PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical Co. (Dushanzi, China) has brought onstream two polyolefin plants at Dushanzi, China. The facilities are designed to produce 550,000 m.t./year of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/PetroChina-Commissions-Two-Polyolefin-Plants-at-Dushanzi_20970.html August 21, 2009
The London Metal Exchange (LME; London) continues efforts to broaden adoption of plastics futures, and brokers say there have been some recent signs of improvement. Markets in energy...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LME-Works-to-Brighten-PP-LLDPE-Futures_20695.html August 11, 2009
Braskem will delay plans for investing in Venezuela’s Jose complex due to the downturn in global plastics markets, according to Brazilian press reports. Braskem says it will push...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-Delays-Joint-Ventures-with-Pequiven_20717.html July 30, 2009
Braskem (São Paulo) says it has entered into an agreement with Brazilian plastics firm Acinplas for the supply of green polyethylene (PE). The resin will be used to manufacture...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Braskem-Signs-Deal-for-Supply-of-Green-PE_20526.html July 17, 2009
A decision by energy company ENI (Rome) to close temporarily a steam cracker run by the company's Polimeri Europa subsidiary at the Porto Torres complex on the island of Sardinia is...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/ENI-Cracker-Closure-Becomes-a-Political-Issue-in-Sardinia_20226.html July 14, 2009
The London Metal Exchange (LME) says it may change the trading platforms for its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) and polypropylene (PP) plastics futures contracts. If LME...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/LME-May-Change-Trading-Platforms_20140.html July 14, 2009
Sinopec says it has received official approval from the National Development and Reform Commission (Beijing) for the previously announced petrochemical joint venture with Sabic at...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Chinese-Government-Approves-Sinopec-Petchem-JV-with-Sabic_20139.html July 14, 2009
Ineos says that it will try to stop LyondellBasell’s 480,000-m.t./year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at Chocolate Bayou, TX from closure and demolition. LyondellBasell...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Ineos-Files-to-Stop-Closure-of-LyondellBasells-Chocolate-Bayou-HDPE-Plant_20163.html July 6, 2009
Borouge, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Borealis, says it has awarded the three main contracts for front end engineering design (FEED) for its Borouge 3...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Tecnimont-Awarded-Polyolefins-Plant-Contracts-by-Borouge_19986.html July 1, 2009
Iran's National Petrochemical Co. (NPC; Tehran) is seeking more foreign joint venture partners to invest in its huge development program. The company says it is in discussions with...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/plastics/polyethylene/Iran-in-JV-Talks-with-Russian-Turkish-and-Indian-Firms-Inaugurates-Mehr-Petrochemical-Complex_19905.html |
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