petrochemical

OPEC, non-OPEC to bring back 5.8 million barrel/day production by Sept. 2022; InterPipeline, Pembina shareholders set to vote on merger

Jul 20, 2021

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Chemical industry facing pressure for added tax burden to fund site remediation work

Jul 5, 2021

Petrochemical companies grouped under guild association American Chemistry Council oppose plans for a reinstatement in fiscal 2022 of Superfund chemical excise taxes that may bring back levies unseen in a quarter century saying that the added tax burden may...

U.S. trucking companies oppose new bill of lading tax; U.S. trade deficit widens in 2021; Global foam market to expand 4.8% annually; ACC supports U.S. infrastructure revamp; Brazil's chemical industry may face higher taxes; Braskem buys back bonds

Jul 5, 2021

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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

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BP sees improvement on 2021 margins but still below pre-Covid; ExxonMobil chemical division shows strong performance; Stepan’s CFO says Jan.-March period was best ever; Total’s first quarter net income already above pre-pandemic levels

May 10, 2021

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Inter Pipeline announces approval of Alberta incentives for PDH/PP project; Harsh February winter weather curbed U.S. chemical production; Nauticol says planned methanol project would also capture carbon dioxide; Face shields market to expand 10% annually

Apr 6, 2021

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Bolivia to restart fertilizer production capacity idled over a year; U.S. chemical industry supports confirmation of Katherine Tai; Inter Pipeline’s board chair retires early amid hostile bid; Oil market rebounded but still faces high uncertainty

Mar 23, 2021

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Mexico's cutoff of natural gas to Braskem Idesa forces shutdown; Formosa starts LDPE unit; Braskem announces development of sugar-based MEG; Total to produce renewable aviation fuel

Dec 13, 2020

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Owners share insight on ways to select, compare contractors and use technology in projects

Sep 29, 2020

Choosing the best contract model for tapping a contractor as well as getting them involved early in the first stages of projects can alongside with added transparency through digitalization and standard metrics improve chances of project success.

U.S. Plastic Pact sets more aggressive recyclability timescale than resin producers

Sep 15, 2020

Some of the U.S. biggest single-use plastic users such as beverage and retail companies joined the U.S. Plastic Pact to announce on Aug. 25 they will aim for 100% plastic recyclability by 2025, five years sooner than a similar announcement by resin producers.

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