http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 7:57:35 EDT Gail India (New Delhi) plans to set up a ‘mega’ petrochemical plant in Colombia, and Reliance Industries could be a partner in the... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/14087.html Mon, 8 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Pequiven and Braskem (São Paulo) say they will decide within two months which technology they will select for a previously announced 1.3-million m.t./year... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/13110.html Mon, 21 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT Intensified Latin American M&A activity last year created a more streamlined regional petchem sector with remaining players better able to invest in upgrades and new facilities, experts say... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/11135.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT Further details on the many mega-crackers planned for Latin America are expected to emerge this year, although it will likely remain unclear which of those projects will go forward, analysts... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9767.html Mon, 14 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST KBR (Houston) says it has been awarded a $57-million contract by MAN Ferrostaal (MFS) to provide basic and detailed engineering... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9418.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST Braskem (São Paulo) and Pequiven (Caracas) say they have formed two 50-50 joint ventures—Prolipropileno del Sur and Polietilenos de America—for a previously announced... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/9443.html Fri, 14 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST A string of major chemical deals in the past year has established a new lineup of major producers in South America. The deals follow months of rising raw material costs as well as a scarcity of natural gas-based feedstocks in some countries, which have increased chemical imports. Overall business in South America is booming, analysts and executives say. Automobile factories in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela are running at record capacity, and chemical suppliers are keeping pace with planned expansions to serve that sector, executives say.... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8814.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST Argentina’s natural gas shortage has curtailed many chemical companies’ operations in the region, but Methanex’s Chilean methanol units are among the hardest hit, analysts say... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8815.html Wed, 14 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST Pequiven (Caracas) says it has developed a five-year growth plan designed to make it one of the world’s 10-largest chemical producers by 2013. The government-owned chemical maker will... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/8723.html Wed, 7 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST Arch Chemicals says it has sold its performance urethanes and organics subsidiary Arch Quimica Andina (Santa Rita, Venezuela) to Oxiteno (São Paulo), a subsidiary of Grupo Ultra... http://www.chemweek.com/regions/south_america/venezuela/7790.html Wed, 19 Sep 2007 0:00:00 EDT