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Air Liquide names Dow executive as head of US industrial gas business
Air Liquide has realigned its executive management team in the US, including the recent hire of former Dow Chemical executive Jeff Buckley to lead the company's US industrial gas business. Michael Graff remains chairman and CEO of American Air Liquide, and...

Pacific NorthWest awards FEED contracts to 3 consortia for shale gas processing into LNG
Pacific NorthWest LNG, a joint venture in which Petronas (Kuala Lumpur) holds 90% and Japan Petroleum Exploration (Tokyo) 10%, has awarded lump-sum contracts to 3 separate contracting groups to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) and early...

Technip awarded Nova Joffre PE expansion
Technip says it has been awarded the detailed engineering and procurement services contract for by Nova Chemicals’ previously announced polyethylene (PE) expansion project at Joffre, AB. The project includes the installation of a 431,000-m.t./year...

First-quarter profits pressured despite strong ethylene margins
Financial results from commodity and diversified firms continue to reflect persistent weakness in the global economy, although expanding ethylene margins have helped many stave off steep declines. Nova Chemicals reports first-quarter earnings of $185 million...

Mosaic delays Saskatchewan potash expansion on poor markets
Mosaic has decided to delay, by one to two years, the expansion of its Saskatchewan potash mines, CFO Lawrence Stranghoener said recently. The company is deferring the final 2-million m.t./year potash expansion because of unfavorable market conditions and...

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