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Archives :: Regions :: South America :: Venezuela

Displaying 1 - 14 of 14 stories.

July 21, 2008

Pequiven and Braskem to Decide on Cracker Technology

Pequiven and Braskem (São Paulo) say they will decide within two months which technology they will select for a previously announced 1.3-million m.t./year...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/13110.html

March 31, 2008

Latin America Streamlines; Firms Forge Stronger Links to Refining

Intensified Latin American M&A activity last year created a more streamlined regional petchem sector with remaining players better able to invest in upgrades and new facilities...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/11135.html

January 14, 2008

Latin America

Further details on the many mega-crackers planned for Latin America are expected to emerge this year, although it will likely remain unclear which of those projects will go forward...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9767.html

December 19, 2007

KBR Awarded Contract For Pequiven Ammonia Plant

KBR (Houston) says it has been awarded a $57-million contract by MAN Ferrostaal (MFS) to provide basic and detailed engineering...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9418.html

December 14, 2007

Braskem and Pequiven Form JVs for Petchem Projects in Venezuela

Braskem (São Paulo) and Pequiven (Caracas) say they have formed two 50-50 joint ventures—Prolipropileno del Sur and Polietilenos de America—for a previously...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9443.html

November 14, 2007

South America: A New Lineup Takes the Field

A string of major chemical deals in the past year has established a new lineup of major producers in South America. The deals follow months of rising raw material costs as well as a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8814.html

November 14, 2007

Natural Gas Shortage Pinches Methanex Profits

Argentina’s natural gas shortage has curtailed many chemical companies’ operations in the region, but Methanex’s Chilean methanol units are among the hardest hit...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8815.html

November 7, 2007

Pequiven Eyes Massive Chemical Expansion

Pequiven (Caracas) says it has developed a five-year growth plan designed to make it one of the world’s 10-largest chemical producers by 2013. The government-owned chemical maker...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8723.html

September 19, 2007

Oxiteno Buys Arch’s Venezuelan Urethanes Business

Arch Chemicals says it has sold its performance urethanes and organics subsidiary Arch Quimica Andina (Santa Rita, Venezuela) to Oxiteno (São Paulo), a subsidiary of Grupo Ultra...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/7790.html

June 27, 2007

Toyo Lands Big Fertilizer Contract in Venezuela

Toyo Engineering says it has won a major lump-sum, turn-key contract from Pequiven to build a large fertilizer complex at Moron, Venezuela. Toyo is part of a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/6705.html

June 13, 2007

Braskem and Pequiven Pick Basell PP Process

Pequiven (Caracas) and Braskem (Sao Paulo), 50-50 partners in a planned petrochemical complex at...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/6554.html

May 23, 2007

Pequiven Officials Charged with ‘Web of Corruption’

Venezuela’s Interior Minister Pedro Carreno says federal intelligence officials have dismantled an alleged “web of corruption” within state petrochemical company...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/6429.html

April 25, 2007

Braskem Signs JV with Pequiven for Venezuela Projects

Braskem (São Paulo) says it has signed an agreement to form a previously announced 50-50 joint venture with Venezuelan state chemical company Pequiven (Caracas) to build an...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/6163.html

April 18, 2007

Basell’s Process Chosen For Venezuela LDPE Plant

Basell says its Lupotech T technology has been selected by Poliolefinas Internacionales, an affiliate of Petroquímica de Venezuela and a group of private shareholders, for a...
http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/6125.html

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