2016/03/11 |
Crude price firmly rebound |
Crude oil prices are rebound significantly in last four weeks. We expected Brent prices will rebound and reach USD 50 per barrel in second q... |
2016/03/04 |
Asahimas Chemical Makes 1st Shipment Of PVC from Expanded Cilegon Facility |
Asahi Glass Co. announced that subsidiary Asahimas Chemical has shipped the first polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from an expansion of its Cilegon,... |
2016/02/17 |
No. 6 aromatics plant planned to be taken off-stream by CPC Corp |
CPC Corp is in plans to shut its No. 6 aromatics plant for a maintenance turnaround. The unit is likely to be taken off-stream in mid-Februa... |
2016/01/25 |
SM plant planned to be shut by Idemitsu SM Malaysia |
Idemitsu SM Malaysia is likely to shut its styrene monomer (SM) plant for a maintenance turnaround. The plant is scheduled to be taken off-s... |
2016/01/15 |
Naphtha cracker planned to be taken off-stream by Maruzen |
Maruzen Petrochemical is in plans to shut its naphtha cracker for a maintenance turnaround. The cracker is scheduled to be shut in early sec... |
2016/01/08 |
SCG Chemicals Seeking New Partners For Vietnam’s Long Son PC Complex |
Siam Cement Group's SCG Chemicals subsidiary is proceeding with plans for the Long Son petrochemical complex in Vietnam, but is seeking new... |
2015/12/17 |
Dow Chemical, DuPont Agree to Combine in Merger of Equals |
Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., two historic giants of U.S. industry, will join in an all-stock merger of equals that’s the first step in a... |
2015/12/10 |
Shell Declares Force Majeure in Bukom |
Shell has declared force majeure on base chemical products, effective 1 Dec., due to "a technical issue with the ethylene cracker complex" a... |
2015/11/26 |
PTA line taken off-stream by Hengli Petrochemical |
Hengli Petrochemical has taken off-stream a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) line. The line was shut on account of a technical glitch recent... |
2015/11/12 |
Qatar Petroleum Plans Withdrawal From Long Son Project in Vietnam |
Qatar Petroleum (QP), as part of a restructuring program, has announced plans to withdraw from the joint venture Long Son petrochemical comp... |