Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP; Casablanca), the global leader in phosphate rock and derivatives market, and Jacobs Engineering have formed an equally owned joint venture, Jacobs Engineering SA (JESA). JESA will provide engineering, project management...
Ineos is in preliminary discussions about the possibility of bringing in joint venture partners for, or selling, some of the company's assets, U.K. press reports say. The reports, quoting Tom Crotty, CEO at Ineos Olefins, say the company is in discussions...
Linde says its Linde Gases division has expanded and upgraded its specialty gases production plant at Johannesburg, South Africa. The €1.12-million investment involved a complete re-engineering of the existing site, to better support the growing demands...
Operations at the Ras Laffan Olefins Co. (RLOC) ethylene unit in Ras Laffan, Qatar are expected to start this month, according to Chevron, parent of one of the joint venture partners in the project....
Dow Formulated Systems, a business unit of Dow Chemical that makes polyurethane and epoxy systems, says it plans to build and operate a plant at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia under a...
Huntsman and Zamil Group (Riyadh) say they have completed construction of a previously announced ethyleneamines joint-venture plant at Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The 27,000-m.t./year plant, which will be operated by Arabian Amines Co., a 50-50 jv, is undergoing...
Arch Chemicals has expanded to the scope of its service agreement with Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T; Danbury, CT) to include Arch's operations in Europe, the...
Reliance Industries has increased its bid by $1 billion to $14.5 billion for a controlling stake in LyondellBasell, local sources familiar with the situation say. Reliance declined to comment. The offer would give Reliance a minority stake in LyondellBasell...
The plants will form part of a major chemical complex....
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