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Dow starts commercial operation of MDI plant in Texas; U.S. chemical production index rises in August; International Conference on Chemical Management sets chemical-related targets; Canada’s polymer producer NOVA Chemicals restructures management

Oct 6, 2023

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Dow Canada seeks partners, subsidies in second half 2023 as it readies $10-billion expansion FID

Aug 7, 2023

Dow, the biggest U.S.-based petrochemical company, plans to clinch enough accords and incentives for its Canadian operations during the second half of 2023 to help support a decision on whether to start in 2024 a six-year construction of an expanded ethylene-...

Mexico-based Orbia plans to build integrated chlor alkali PVC capacity in Texas as it anticipates tightening supply

Jul 22, 2023

Orbia, a Mexico City-based firm with global operations that makes goods including specialty PVC and plastic resins, will do its own research to understand the true supply outlook for this resin heavily used in home fixtures and water pipes, and mull the...

Polymers weakness leads Mexico-based Orbia to revenue decline in first quarter 2023; CPChem´s propylene splitting plant, hexene unit set to start in second half; Labor supply for U.S. manufacturing seen as tight in April

May 10, 2023

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Worker availability for new petrochemical projects tight with some construction materials in short supply

Apr 24, 2023

The availability of workers to help build new petrochemical plants or participate in maintenance work is seen early in the second quarter of 2023 as tight, with some key construction materials also in short supply.

Mexico´s Pemex aims for gasoline self sufficiency in 2024 after reverting declines

Mar 21, 2023

Mexican state oil refiner and petrochemical producer Pemex has reverted a decade of plunging gasoline production and plans to reach self sufficiency to meet all future motor fuel needs for the country with its own assets by 2024, the general director of Pemex...

Guyana makes clarification in tender for construction of 30,000-bpd refinery; Monterrey-based Alpek confirms resumption of construction of PTA-PET site in Texas; Mexico City-based Orbia, Solvay to invest $850 million in U.S. to supply PVDF to EV producers

Nov 9, 2022

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U.S. biggest LNG exporter Cheniere raises earnings guidance; Freeport LNG advances work to resume operations; Venture Global readies new project; Dow promotes silicones products; Braskem to give $150 million for innovation startups

Sep 27, 2022

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Mexico´s Pemex to upgrade its six refineries after completing 340,000 bpd new plant construction

Jul 20, 2022

Octavio Romero, director of Mexican state oil Pemex, said the company will work in the second half of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador´s term on improving its six refineries after completing during the first half of the six-year period the...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to deliver compressor to CPChem´s propylene unit in Texas; U.S. chemical guild applauds government bill to oversee ocean shipping; Dow invests to serve mobility, transportation; Canada may offer credits for carbon capture

Apr 11, 2022

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