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ExxonMobil cuts 2021 capital expenditure but will finish Corpus Christi plants ahead of schedule

Feb 9, 2021

ExxonMobil slashed capital expenditures for 2021 but despite such massive cuts it has pushed forward its ethane cracker, polyethylene and mono-ethylene glycol chemical complex in Corpus Christi, Texas set to be ready before the end of the year, ahead of the...

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...

Project delayed by pandemic retaken in 2021 at higher cost, while others see indefinite delays

Jan 12, 2021

Covid-19 challenged the biggest petrochemical projects in North America, as it added costs and extended the timeline to works reconsidered last year for resumption in 2021, as well as created conditions that compromised feasibility to the point of forcing...

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...

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...

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.

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