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NOVA Chemicals completes polyethylene and cracker expansion in Ontario, Canada

Jan 9, 2023

NOVA Chemicals, with production assets in Canada and in Louisiana, and owned by Mubadala Investment Co. from Abu Dhabi, announced in late December 2022 the “mechanical completion” of expanded polyethylene and cracking capacity in Sarnia, Ontario, some 65...

Braskem-Idesa´s mid-2022 production hit by power, ethane supply problems

Aug 21, 2022

The Braskem-Idesa ethane cracker and polyethylene plant in the Mexican state of Veracruz saw lower production and sales in the second quarter 2022 due to energy problems as well as lower-than-expected ethane shipments from Pemex.

Braskem set to start construction of $420-million ethane import terminal in Mexico´s biggest private investment project

Mar 21, 2022

Brazil-based Braskem, which owns a cracker and polyethylene plant in Mexico that started up over five years ago but has yet to run at full capacity, plans to begin in the second half of 2022 works contemplated for the past four years to build a $420-million...

North America to see 4 million tonnes of new polyethylene production in 2022, half of it for export

Feb 7, 2022

North America will see in 2022 startups of new annual production capacity for nearly four million tonnes of polyethylene, the plastic resin most commonly seen shaped as grocery bags or milk jugs that has multiple packaging applications.

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...

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...

Pemex, Braskem escalate dispute over ethane contract

Mar 10, 2020

Braskem weighs its options after its ethylene and polyethylene Mexican subsidiary Braskem-Idesa didn't receive agreed ethane volumes nor compensation from Pemex. Mexico replied it is investigating the contract.

Northeast petrochemical hub plans draw incentives but also opposition

Mar 10, 2020

Supporters of a new petrochemical hub in the Northeast appear just as determined as those opposing it due to environmental concerns.

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