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BP to expand petrochemicals ops in China

Added: 16 Feb 2011

London – BP is to increase purified terephthalic acid (PTA) production capacity at the BP Zhuhai Ch…

Carbon price could floor UK chemicals and steel makers

Added: 14 Feb 2011

London – The UK government Electricity Market Reforms and ”Floor Price’ policy for carbon could ser…

McAfee reports cyber attacks on oil, energy, petrochemical majors

Added: 11 Feb 2011

Santa Clara, California – Global oil, energy, and petrochemical companies have been the targets of …

Chemical sector apprentices tell it like it is

Added: 11 Feb 2011

London – At a recent meeting of the Chemical Industry All Party Parliamentary Group, industry appre…

£100 million waste-to-chemicals plant for Teesside

Added: 31 Jan 2011

London – A renewable chemical sector entrepreneur has unveiled ambitious plans to develop “the UK’s…

Chemicals firm scoops UK accolade

Added: 19 Jan 2011

London – Warwick Chemicals is the UK winner of the National Training Award for 2010. The award refl…

Phoenix Chemicals plans to add fifth Siemens control system

Added: 15 Dec 2010

Bromborough, UK – Wirral-based chemical and pharmaceutical intermediates manufacturer Phoenix Chemi…

Shell's sure again about chemicals

Added: 8 Dec 2010

London – After years of exiting many of its downstream chemicals and polymers activities, Shell Gro…

Cefic expects EU chemicals growth to slow

Added: 7 Dec 2010

Brussels - European chemicals producers will face a slowdown in demand for their products during 20…

UK cuts push chemical industry groups to join forces

Added: 2 Dec 2010

London – Regional chemicals trade body Chemicals North West (CNW) is set to become part of the Chem…

Total to build coal-based petrochemical plant in China

Added: 8 Nov 2010

Paris - Total and the Chinese energy group China Power Investment Corp. (CPI) plan to build a coal-…

Process sector reaction to UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review

Added: 26 Oct 2010

Environment:

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA):

The 2010 Spending Review se…

Elga chemicals for Veolia energy recovery facility

Added: 6 Oct 2010

When Veolia Environmental Services has recently turned to ELGA Process Water to supply a specialist…

Chemicals boss: Government hand-outs will not help growth

Added: 21 Sep 2010

London – Government hand-outs to business will not sustain growth in the economy, Steve Elliot, chi…

SRF advances chemical expansion plans in India

Added: 21 Sep 2010


Gurgaon, India – SRF Ltd of India is to carry out three R&D driven projects at a total estimated co…

Skills Academy, chemicals industry link to improve process safety management

Added: 17 Aug 2010

London – The National Skills Academy Process Industries and the Chemical Industries Association (CI…

Aramco, Dow pinpoint petrochemical project location

Added: 4 Aug 2010

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co, have confirmed Jubail Industrial City as …

APC guides Czech chemical plant to Euro2m energy savings

Added: 26 Jul 2010

Litvinov, Czech Republic – Unipetrol is achieving energy savings of Euro2m/year following the imple…

US advances six projects to turn captured carbon into chemicals

Added: 23 Jul 2010

Washington – US energy secretary Steven Chu has announced funding for six projects to convert captu…

Electric cars drive Süd-Chemie to build new chemical plant

Added: 13 Jul 2010

Munich, Germany – Speciality chemicals maker Süd-Chemie AG is investing around Euro60 millionto bui…