ethane

Dow and Shell team up to develop cleaner cracking technology; Air Products to build hydrogen plant in Alberta; Mexico’s petrochemical industry faces feedstock issue; U.S. recycling rate decline shows system needs support; U.S. gas production rises

Jun 22, 2021

News Briefs

Shell’s Pennsylvania cracker and polyethylene project to see completion in 2022 after Covid-19 delays

Feb 22, 2021

Covid-19 slowed down the construction of the Beaver County, Pennsylvania project that is fully owned by Shell and which includes a 1.6 million tonnes/year polyethylene plant, a cracker as well as pipelines to bring feedstock from shale formations in the...

Venture of Total, OMV-owned Borealis to start Texas cracker in Q1 2021, PE line in Q1 2022

Feb 9, 2021

Baystar, a Total and Borealis venture, will start by the end of March its new Port Arthur ethane cracker with over a million-tonnes-per-year capacity while the new 625,000-tonne per year polyethylene unit in Pasadena will start by March 2022, a spokeswoman...

Petrobras starts arbitration against Odebrecht over Braskem as sale process begins; Market for 'green' methanol still in early stages; Biopolymer PLA market to double in five years

Jan 12, 2021

News Briefs

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.

New polypropylene plant in Texas to relieve momentary shortage but later add to glut

Sep 15, 2020

Braskem announced on Sep. 10 the start of its new one-billion-pounds-per-year Texas polypropylene (PP) line that while it will relieve momentary tightness in the North American market, may aggravate longer-term conditions of oversupply and negative demand...

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

Aug 31, 2020

News Briefs

Braskem, Mexico hold talks on ethane as bribing probes take center stage

Aug 18, 2020

Pemex’s ethane output plunged since Braskem-Idesa started operations, slashing ethane deliveries and accumulating contractual fines that Braskem wants to collect. However, contract scrutiny intensified after the July 2020 extradition of a former Pemex CEO,...

Germany-based specialty chemicals producer LANXESS seeks acquisition targets in U.S.

Aug 4, 2020

The U.S. presence of specialty chemical company LANXESS AG includes 18 productions sites and five other locations. Its LANXESS Corporation subsidiary has headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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