All Chemicals
UK plastics leader questions "shocking" energy cost rises
Added: 1 Sep 2011
London - The British Plastics Federation’s (BPF) president Philip Watkins made a strong attack on t…
New UK refinery?
Added: 1 Sep 2011
GE Oil & Gas is planning to build a new oil refinery on Teesside in the north east of England, acco…
Invensys control system for Saudi refinery
Added: 16 Aug 2011
London – Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Co. (SATORP) — a JV between Saudi Aramco and T…
Government 'cuts' UK chemical industry costs
Added: 3 Aug 2011
London – Chemical industry leaders are on the warpath over the UK government’s latest assessment of…
Renewable ethanol for fuel additives, rubber and solvents
Added: 3 Aug 2011
Richland, Washington – US researchers claim to have developed catalysts that could replace chemical…
UK firm puts BASF site on the path to world-class performance
Added: 3 Aug 2011
Warrington, UK – BASF has started an ’operational excellence’ programme with Reliable Manufacturing…
BASF moves polyacrylamide production to UK plant
Added: 1 Aug 2011
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF is to consolidate the production of polyacrylamide (PAM) beads into it…
Bayer advances energy-saving chlorine production technology
Added: 29 Jul 2011
Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience has started up a 20ktpa demonstration plant for the pro…
Bechtel, Linde target N American cracker projects
Added: 28 Jul 2011
San Francisco – Bechtel Corp. and Linde AG are to work together to expand and build ethylene cracke…
Dow, Saudi Aramco to build major chemicals complex
Added: 25 Jul 2011
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Aramco are establishing a joint venture to build and…
ASCO units to control valves at Russia refinery
Added: 22 Jul 2011
St Petersburg, Russia – Surgutneftegas is to use actuator control systems from ASCO Numatics to con…
Industry concerns mount over UK 'triple whammy'
Added: 22 Jul 2011
A series of government initiatives on taxation and carbon reduction is causing significant concern …
BASF Fina facility plans for wireless
Added: 18 Jul 2011
BASF Fina Petrochemicals LP a joint venture between BASF and Total Petrochemicals USA Inc has estab…
Saudi Aramco contract for Foster Wheeler SOFCON
Added: 5 Jul 2011
Reading, UK – Saudi Aramco has awardedFoster Wheeler SOFCON a contract for the front-end engineerin…
CBI: Carbon floor price could "push industry over the edge"
Added: 14 Jun 2011
London – UK energy and tax policies are putting too much cost pressure on energy-intensive sectors,…
Absolute Energy adds Emerson technology
Added: 9 Jun 2011
Lyle, US – Absolute Energy LLC has installed Emerson guided wave radar (GWR) and chamber technology…
Four workers killed in oil refinery explosion in Wales
Added: 3 Jun 2011
Pembroke Dock, UK – Four workers have lost their lives following an explosion at an oil refinery in…
AkzoNobel warms to wireless
Added: 31 May 2011
Ghlin, Belgium – Paints and coatings major AkzoNobel has adopted wireless technology at its Ghlin s…
BASF to build "world's largest" TDI plant in Europe
Added: 26 May 2011
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has announced plans to build the world’s largest single-train TDI (tol…
Chemical industries welcome review into health and safety regulations
Added: 25 May 2011
London – The Chemical Industries Association has welcomed the Lofstedt Review into health and safet…
