All Chemicals
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…
Borouge awards Coperion its biggest ever contract
Added: 9 Mar 2011
Stuttgart, Germany – Coperion GmbH has landed its biggest ever single contract – a Euro100m deal wi…
Cefic boss maps recovery route for EU chemicals sector
Added: 28 Feb 2011
Brussels – Cefic president Giorgio Squinzi has warned that while 2010 was a strong year for the Eur…
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…
