http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:46:18 EST The timing of the latest wave of Mideast capacity could be better. Global petrochemical demand is tumbling, dragging pricing and margins with it, just as Mideast producers are set to increase... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15534.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Delamine (Delfzijl, the Netherlands), an equally owned joint venture between AkzoNobel and Tosoh, has confirmed CW’s exclusive report that it will expand its ethylene amines complex at... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15393.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Latin American countries are bracing for a difficult 2009 as  regional GDP growth is expected to be far lower than earlier predictions, according to speakers at the Latin American... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15421.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST LyondellBasell will reduce its global workforce by 15% over the next 12-18 months, affecting roughly 2,500 positions, as part of “a substantial cost reduction program in anticipation of a potentially deeper economic downturn.”... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15419.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Shanghai Secco Petrochemical Co., a joint venture between BP and Sinopec, will carry out a recently confirmed ethylene expansion at Caojing, China in the second quarter of 2009 (CW, Oct. 27, p... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15217.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST LyondellBasell says it will idle its Equistar La Porte, TX cracker until early 2009 due to declining market and economic conditions. Natural gas liquids-based ethylene producers are experiencing... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15227.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The global economic slowdown and financial turbulence could cause China’s leading petrochemical producers to delay major ethylene projects, says Li Xihong, president of Sinopec’s... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15234.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST The Shaw Group says that its Stone & Webster energy and chemicals unit has secured contracts to provide proprietary ethylene technology for a previously announced 1-million m.t./year plant... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15237.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Up to six plants could be affected, Sinopec says.... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15095.html Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The size of the project will be "massive."... http://www.chemweek.com/markets/basic_chemicals/petrochemicals/ethylene/15097.html Thu, 30 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT