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Reports: Freight train derailment in Russia causes chemical leak
A train transporting chemical and nonchemical products derailed in the town of Belaya Kalitva, in the Rostov-on-Don Region, Russia, about 1,000 kilometers from Moscow, on 9 May, various Russian news sources report. As a result of the accident that involved 50...

Reports: Rosneft interested in acquiring indebted rubber producer in Armenia
Rosneft (Moscow) and Itera (Moscow) have expressed an interest in acquiring Nairit (Yerevan, Armenia), a synthetic rubber manufacturer in Armenia that is currently not in production, according to various Armenian and Russian media reports. Nairit is...

Report: Azerbaijan's Socar to raise funds to build PP plant
State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan (Socar; Baku) will produce polypropylene (PP) at a new site to be established by its Azerikimya Production Union (Baku) subsidiary, Socar has announced. The project will be financed from funds raised from the issue of...

Foster Wheeler awarded contract to upgrade Gazpromneft's Moscow refinery
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by OJSC Gazpromneft Moscow Refinery to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) and design documentation for a major investment, the Combined Oil Refinery Unit (CORU) project, at the Moscow refinery. The project...

Report: Belarus cuts export duty on aromatics
Belarus has reduced export duties on oil and derived products effective 1 May 2013. Petrochemical products affected include benzene, toluene, and xylenes, according to a report from Belarus press agency BelTA. The unified export duty on the three aromatics...

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