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OMAN Oman plans steam cracker and polyethylene plant at Ṣuḥār Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic; Muscat) plans to build an olefins complex and a polyethylene plant at the Port of Ṣuḥār, Oman at a cost of about $3 billion, according to the Oman Daily Observer. With investments previously... GCC petchems capacity to rise by 50% by 2020 Petrochemicals and chemicals capacity in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states is forecast to reach 191.2 million m.t./year by 2020, a 50% increase from the 127.8 million m.t./year in 2012, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association... ICCA: UN report fails to meet 'scientific work standards' The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA; Brussels) has objected to the findings of the recently published World Health Organization-United Nations Environment Programme (WHO-UNEP) report on endocrine disruptors and disease. "The WHO-UNEP... Report: Hanwha breaks ground on Saltic chlor-alkali plant in Oman Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corp. (Seoul) has started work on a chlor-alkali and ethylene dichloride (EDC) complex in Salalah Free Zone, Oman on behalf of Saltic (Muscat), according to the Oman Daily Observer. Hanwha was awarded the engineering... Oman Oil and LG International sign agreement to develop PTA and PET complex at Sohar Oman Oil Co. (OOC; Masqat) and LG International (Seoul) have signed an agreement to jointly develop a previously announced world-scale complex to produce purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin at the Port of Ṣuḥār... More Stories »
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