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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…

Bayer names 'Factory of the Future' boss
Added: 20 May 2011
Leverkusen, Germany – Dr. Thomas Bieringer is to take over as managing director of the INVITE GmbH …

Carbon budget could 'wipe out' UK chemicals industry
Added: 18 May 2011
London – The UK’s £60 billion chemical industry could be decimated unless measures are taken to cus…

Sinopec orders Burckhardt compressors
Added: 18 May 2011
Winterthur, Switzerland - Sinopec Wuhan Co. has awarded Burckhardt Compression two orders to delive…

BASF FINA roadmaps wireless at petrochemicals site
Added: 16 May 2011
Mountain View, California – BASF FINA Petrochemicals LP has established a wireless application site…

Wireless in at Shell Houdini
Added: 16 May 2011
Technology meets hazardous area requirements at Singapore petrochemicals facility

Cogent strikes chemicals 'gold' in Europe
Added: 28 Apr 2011
Brussels – The European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy …

Shale gas fuels Dow expansion plans
Added: 27 Apr 2011
Midland, Michigan - Dow Chemical Co. plans to increase its ethylene and propylene production and to…

UK refineries under new ownership
Added: 15 Apr 2011
London – Asian-based companies are snapping up refining operations in the UK and other western coun…

Nexans nets major cable contract for Brazil petrochemical complex
Added: 14 Apr 2011
Paris – Nexans has won a ’multi-million Euros’ turnkey contract at the new COMPERJ petrochemical co…

CSB maintenance warning marks fatal Tesoro accident
Added: 8 Apr 2011
Washington DC – Marking the one year anniversary of the tragic accident at the Tesoro Refinery in A…

Software helps CNPC Jilin Petrochemical to cut energy costs
Added: 4 Apr 2011
Singapore - China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) Jilin Petrochemical Co., northeast China’s larges…

Energy efficiency: Chemicals industry entering challenging new phase
Added: 30 Mar 2011
The likely position of chemical plant operators by 2020 should be considered in the context of the …

Polymers from CO2
Added: 22 Mar 2011
Bayer has started up a pilot plant at its Chempark Leverkusen site to turn CO2 emissions into feeds…

Valve controls keep variables on a leash
Added: 22 Mar 2011
INEOS Chlor has reduced process variability by 5% at its Runcorn chlor-alkali and chlorine derivati…

Uhde building 'first ever' skid-mounted chlor-alkali plant
Added: 18 Mar 2011
Leuna, Germany – Uhde GmbH has started construction of what, it believes, will be the world’s first…

Brunner Mond improves staff safety at UK chemical plants
Added: 17 Mar 2011
Northwich, UK – Brunner Mond, part of Tata Chemicals, is to roll out Crown Computing’s workforce ma…

Bayer tracks down hidden efficiencies
Added: 15 Mar 2011
Bayer Technology Services (BTS) has developed a process optimisation programme that is being applie…

RWE, BASF, Linde in clean coal power advance
Added: 11 Mar 2011
Ludwigshafen, Germany – RWE Power, BASF and Linde have advanced a CO2 scrubbing solvent, which they…