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March 15, 2012
Shell Chemical says signed a land option agreement with Horsehead Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) to evaluate a site at Monaca, PA for a potential petrochemical complex. The company announced...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Shell-to-Evaluate-Site-at-Monaca-PA-for-Potential-Ethane-Cracker_42047.html March 14, 2012
The U.S. Senate has rejected an amendment that would have subsidized natural gas vehicles, a measure industry groups had opposed. The Senate vote, 51-47, fell short of the 60 votes...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/U-S-Senate-Rejects-Natural-Gas-Amendment_41986.html March 13, 2012
Poland at a ministerial level meeting on Friday vetoed a proposal by the European Union (EU) to introduce an 80-95% cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, from a baseline of...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Poland-Vetoes-EUs-Planned-Route-to-Low-Carbon-Economy_41960.html March 13, 2012
EPA says it will conduct more testing at Pavillion, WY where a recent draft report indicated water contamination was caused by hydraulic fracturing, the first time the agency had...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/EPA-to-Conduct-More-Water-Quality-Tests-at-Pavillion-WY_41921.html March 12, 2012
The U.S. Senate last week voted 52-46 to defeat an amendment that would have blocked EPA’s rules limiting air emissions from industrial boilers, a measure that had been backed by...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Senate-Votes-Down-Attempt-to-Block-Boiler-MACT-Rules_41927.html March 12, 2012
EPA says it will conduct more testing at Pavillion, WY where a recent draft report indicated water contamination was caused by hydraulic fracturing, the first time the agency had...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/EPA-to-Conduct-More-Testing-in-Wyoming-Hydraulic-Fracturing-Investigation_41925.html March 7, 2012
Westlake Chemical says planned investments to take advantage of shale gas will continue for chemical companies because of the affordability and abundance of shale-derived ethane...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/CERA-Week-2012-Shale-Derived-Feedstocks-Present-Long-Term-Opportunity-for-North-American-Chemical-Industry-Westlake-Says_41843.html March 6, 2012
The strength of the U.S. petrochemical industry’s infrastructure and its relation to shale gas developments was touted by industry experts at IHS CERA Week, held this week in...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/IHS-CERA-Week-2012-North-American-Infrastructure-to-Benefit-Shale-Gas_41830.html March 6, 2012
The European Commission has proposed that the region takes “decisive action” to accelerate innovation relating to key raw materials, and agricultural products, by...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/EU-Proposes-Innovation-Partnerships-for-the-Supply-of-Raw-Materials-Agricultural-Products_41822.html March 6, 2012
Enterprise Products Partners says it will partner with Anadarko Petroleum (The Woodlands, TX) and Enbridge Energy Partners (Calgary, AB) to build a new, 580-mile natural gas liquids...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Enterprise-Partners-for-NGL-Pipeline_41818.html March 2, 2012
This Week on CW: Some late earnings trickled in this week, and the news was mixed, though leaning negative. DSM’s fourth-quarter profits fell 43% due to flagging economic...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-March-2_41783.html February 27, 2012
Mosaic has reached an agreement with environmental groups that will allow the company to reopen and expand a phosphate mine at South Fort Meade, Florida. The agreement in part requires...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Mosaic-Settles-Lawsuit-over-Florida-Phosphate-Expansion_41536.html February 27, 2012
Formosa Plastics says it will invest about $1.7 billion at its Point Comfort, TX site to build a new, grassroots 800,000-m.t./year ethane cracker, an associated 600,000-m.t./year propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and a new 300,000-m.t./year low-density polyethylene (LDPE) resin plant. Start-up is expected in 2016, Formosa says. ...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Formosa-Updates-Plans-for-U-S-Expansion_41617.html February 24, 2012
BASF has set a series of new environmental, health and safety goals for the group. One of its new goals is to increase energy efficiency - defined as the amount of products sold in...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/BASF-Targets-35-percent-Hike-in-Energy-Efficiency-by-2020_41574.html February 22, 2012
Negotiations for a financing package for the Ethylene XXI complex planned by Braskem (São Paulo) and Grupo Idesa (Mexico City) for Coatzacoalcos, Mexico are “going...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Ethylene-XXI-Financing-Slated-for-Completion-by-End-of-April_41550.html February 15, 2012
Bayer has leased its 1,400-acre site at New Martinsville, WV to Gastar Exploration (Houston) for $30-million deal. Gastar will drill for gas at the site for 30 years, and plans to...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Bayer-Leases-WV-Land-to-Gastar-Exploration-for-$30-Million_41373.html February 14, 2012
Aither Chemicals (South Charleston, WV) and Pittsburgh’s Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG: Pittsburgh, PA) have signed a letter of engagement to invest about $750 million...http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/Start-up-Petrochemical-Company-Seeks-to-Build-Catalytic-Based-Ethane-Cracker-in-U-S-Northeast_41300.html February 13, 2012
Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha) and Qatar Petrochemical Co (Qapco; Doha) have reached agreement to build an integrated petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan, Qatar....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/QP-and-Qapco-to-Build-Petrochemical-Complex-at-Ras-Laffan_41304.html February 10, 2012
LyondellBasell reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $218 million, compared with a profit of $766 million in the year-ago quarter. Sales rose 11%, to $11.4 billion. Weaker results were attributed to customer destocking, a slowdown in Europe and Asia, poor refining margins, and one-time charges. LyondellBasell says earnings were negatively impacted by $448 million, or 79 cts/share, in charges relating primarily to refinancing costs and the suspension of operations at its Berre, France refinery. LyondellBasell enjoyed a net income benefit of $151 million in the year-ago quarter, due primarily to a favorable inventory adjustment....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/LyondellBasell-Swings-to-Loss-on-Destocking-Refinancing-Costs_41284.html February 7, 2012
ACC has launched an energy advocacy and awareness campaign called From Chemistry to Energy. The program will advocate for a comprehensive national energy strategy that maximizes domestic energy resources, with a focus on robust and responsible production of domestic shale gas; improved residential, commercial and industrial energy efficiency; and expanded adoption of energy recovery programs....http://www.chemweek.com/people_and_business/energy_and_feedstocks/ACC-Launches-Energy-Advocacy-Campaign_41075.html |
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