Saudi Arabia >> 4/11/2016 - Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. restarted a plant that produces ethylene glycol and oxide ethylene after scheduled maintenance and some technical repairs, the company said. ... |
Saudi Arabia >> 4/3/2016 - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) said that it had started trial operations at a new rubber plant it has built as a joint venture with a unit of Exxon Mobil. ... |
Qatar >> 2/24/2016 - Industries Qatar (IQ) subsidiary Qatar Petrochemicals Company (Qapco) is close to finalising an ethane-based expansion project, according to its top official. ... |
Iran >> 2/20/2016 - Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has planned to raise the country's petrochemical production capacity to 130 million tons per year. The Planning and Development Bureau of NPC has announced ... |
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Egypt >> 2/20/2016 - Eng. Tarek El-Molla, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and Mr. Arturo Avello, the Spanish Ambassador in Cairo, witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Egyptian Na... |
Oman >> 2/20/2016 - A joint venture (JV) between Omani investors and an Indian entrepreneur plans to build the world’s biggest plant for Sebacic acid in the Duqm free zone. Work on the state-of-the-art export-oriented pr... |
Saudi Arabia >> 2/17/2016 - Four years after they gave the green light to develop the Sadara joint venture, the boards of directors of Saudi Aramco and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) visited Sadara Chemical Company’s (Sadara) in... |
Italy >> 2/16/2016 - Versalis (Eni), a European producer in the polymers and elastomers industry, and Genomatica, a leader in bioengineering solutions, announced that they have successfully advanced to pilot-scale product... |
Oman >> 2/16/2016 - Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the majority government-owned oil and gas producer, is investing in cutting-edge sulphur extraction and recovery facilities as part of its efforts to harness the hydr... |
Iran >> 2/8/2016 - Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said Iran and Kazakhstan have signed several deals in recent years which could not be implemented by the sanctions, voicing Iran's... |
Venezuela >> 1/28/2016 - Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A .(PDVSA) through its gas affiliate PDVSA Gas, signed a cooperation agreement with Petroquimica de Venezuela, S.A. (Pequiven) under the People’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mi... |
Russia >> 1/22/2016 - Gazpromneft Bitumen Materials, operator of the Gazprom Neft bitumens business, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Federal state unitary enterprise Administration of civil airports on regulati... |
China >> 1/19/2016 - Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced that it has been awarded a contract by Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd to develop an extensive propane and butane dehydrogenat... |
Saudi Arabia >> 1/14/2016 - Saudi Arabian petrochemical firms felt the full impact of lower oil prices in results posted on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia Fertilizers Co (SAFCO) reporting its fourth-quarter net profit fell by more ... |
Saudi Arabia >> 1/14/2016 - Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. reported a net loss in the fourth-quarter, the fourth straight quarter it failed to achieve a profit, hurt by product prices that have tumbled along with feedstock oil. ... |
China >> 1/12/2016 - CNPC and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. CNPC Chairman Wang Yilin and CASC Chairman Lei Fanpei had a meeting before the s... |
Russia >> 12/28/2015 - NIS (Naftna Indusrija Srbije), a subsidiary company of Gazprom Neft, supported by specialists at its research and development (R&D) centres (the Gazprom Neft Scientific and Research Centre, and the NI... |
Russia >> 12/22/2015 - Gazpromneft Bitumen Materials, operator of the Gazprom Neft bitumens business, has made its first deliveries of Russian-produced bitumen materials to Israel and Bulgaria. ... |
Oman >> 12/18/2015 - Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract for the realizationof a Polyethylene Plant (HDPE/LLDPE) and a Polypropylene plant (PP) on an EPC basis for a value of approximately USD 895 million by Oman... |
China >> 12/16/2015 - China's state-run energy giant Sinopec and a Taiwanese firm started construction this week on a petrochemical plant in Fujian province, a Sinopec newspaper said. ... |