http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:35:38 EDT BASF says its polyurethanes (PU) subsidiary Elastogran will construct two PU systems houses in Central Europe. One of the new units will be located near Poznan, Poland; and the other near... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12855.html Mon, 7 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Equate Petrochemical Co., says it it has achieved mechanical completion of its 600,000 m.t./year ethylene glycol (EG) plant, built as part of the Olefins II Kuwait Program and handed over... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12856.html Mon, 7 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Tunisian Indian Fertilizers (Tifert; Tunis) says it will construct a sulfuric acid plant at La Skhira, Tunisia. The company has awarded a lumpsum engineering... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12834.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT BASF says it will add a combined 10,000 m.t./year of dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) capacity at Geismar, LA and Ludwigshafen by end 2008, to meet increased demand. The project will raise... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12837.html Thu, 3 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Wenning: Big growth region. Bayer plans to invest about €100 million ($155 million) at sites in Brazil, its biggest market in Latin America, through the end of 2009, says CEO Werner... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12715.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT The Egyptian Peoples Assembly, the country’s parliament, has recommended the relocation of EAgrium’s (Cairo) $1.4-billion fertilizer project at Damietta, Egypt. The Egyptian prime... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12726.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Air Liquide says it will invest about €160 million ($249 million) to build a hydrogen plant at Rotterdam for completion in 2011. The plant... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12729.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Paintmaker Becker Industrie (Montbrison, France) says it will open a €1-million ($1.6 million)... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12730.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Qatar Petroleum (QP; Doha), Shell China, and PetroChina say they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to “commence joint preliminary studies to assess the viability of building a refinery... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12732.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC; New Delhi) and its Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL; Mangalore, India) subsidiary say they have decided to exit a previously announced... http://www.chemweek.com/home/projects/12740.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT