ethane

Covid cases at Shell, Daelim backing out in Ohio slow Northeast chemical hub development

Jul 21, 2020

Only about 3,700 construction workers were at Shell’s site as of mid-July down from 8,000 in early March, and the timeline to add more workers looked uncertain. As for PTTGC, the Thai company will face very different market conditions compared to those that...

Alberta announces grants for chemical projects; Pennsylvania to approve incentives; chemical trade to shrink 16% in 2020

Jul 21, 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...

Braskem’s new hub helps consolidate southeast ports role to diversify resin supply chain risk

Jun 23, 2020

Braskem’s selection of Port Charleston for its new polypropylene export hub helps consolidate U.S. southeast ports as the alternative ocean shipping option for Gulf Coast resin producers that want to diversify supply-chain risk

Tight margins to speed up need for digitalization after Covid-19 proved value

Jun 22, 2020

The need for savings to face shrinking margins should speed up digitalization efforts by oil and petrochemical companies after Covid-19 helped prove the value of past investment.

Shell controls Covid-19 after restarting Pennsylvania construction but other risks loom

Jun 9, 2020

Shell interrupted on March 18 the construction of this complex where it has a 100% interest and begun a restart in stages on May 4. Once built, it will crack ethane from Northeast shale basins into ethylene to polymerize into 1.6 million tonnes of...

Alberta’s economic recovery plan to promote petrochemicals

Jun 9, 2020

Alberta is already home to Canada’s largest petrochemical manufacturing industry. Petrochemicals make up a C$16 billion industry in Alberta that directly or indirectly employs over 30,000 people, according to the province's Ministry of Natural Gas and...

Thailand's PTTGC indefinitely postpones Ohio project amid challenges

May 26, 2020

The postponement follows expectations built up over the past half decade. Confirmation of a project in which land was bought and air permits obtained, in addition to millions spent to ready the site, had seemed highly probable considering nearby availability...

U.S. ethane-based petrochemical plants challenged by low crude prices

May 12, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic turned the table for U.S. petrochemical companies that saw cost advantages erode for their ethane crackers in relation to those that use naphtha as feedstock.

Petrochemicals used to make medical devices see price hikes as coronavirus spreads

Mar 23, 2020

Demand for these intermediate chemicals is pulled by companies that produce finished products, which in turn face such a high number of orders that distributors were told they would remain unattended due to the urgent need to directly supply the healthcare...

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