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Dow Chemical to spend $294 million to reduce air pollution in Louisiana, Texas after settlement

Jan 26, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) said they reached a settlement with Dow Chemical and two subsidiaries that will lead to $294 million in spending to...

Shell sees its future with fewer, more integrated refineries yielding renewable fuels, hydrogen

Nov 18, 2020

Royal Dutch Shell, hit by a $17.7 billion loss in the first nine-months of 2020 as Covid-19 slashed demand, will downsize to six refining-chemical integrated “parks” as part of a transition to lower carbon emission products.

LyondellBasell gets to buy from Sasol 50% of cracker, two PE plants at two-thirds of value

Oct 13, 2020

LyondellBasell left aside the financial caution it adhered to since the start of the pandemic to seize an opportunity provided by deteriorated market conditions to buy for two-thirds of the estimated real value a 50% stake in an ethane cracker and two...

Rising demand for hydrogen attracts interest of U.S. Gulf Coast petrochemical companies

Oct 13, 2020

U.S. petrochemical companies that already produce hydrogen as a by-product in processes like ethane cracking or while making chlorine are exploring new revenue possibilities.

INEOS, AmSty to build recycling plant; Sasol to start LDPE unit after power restored; Inter Pipeline sells assets for $535 million; Specialty chemical volumes fell in August

Sep 29, 2020

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Hurricane causes fire, shutdowns, lower output; Huntsman sells Venator stake to SK; Mexico lost $683M on ethane contract

Aug 31, 2020

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Long delayed polyethylene units in U.S. Gulf Coast set to start up but timing won't help

Jul 7, 2020

South Africa-based Sasol will put online by September a 420,000-tonne long-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit in Lake Charles, Louisiana while Taiwan-based Formosa should be on the final stages of completion of a 400,000-tonne LDPE plant it had intended to...

Methanex idles plants due to low demand, U.S. ethanol producers seek help, Braskem reports end of anti-corruption audit

Mar 23, 2020

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Shell advances plans for $1.2 billion La plant, ExxonMobil to expand in Baytown, Venezuela oil hits 16-year lows

May 27, 2019

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US project updates, Evonik to sell methacrylates business, ACC urges CFATS extension

Mar 13, 2019

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