NCT news
25 Jun – Plants: Gail produces India’s first metallocene LLDPE; Ineos awards FEED contract to SK E&C

Source: plasticsandrubberasia India’s gas/petrochemical firm Gail India says it successfully produced metallocene linear-low density polyethylene (mLLDPE) on its world-class 400,000-tonne/year Unipol PE...
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25 Jun – Borouge boosts pre-compounded PE capacity for Asian pipe markets

Source: mrcplast Singapore-based polyolefin supplier Borouge Pte. Ltd. is making investments in specialized grades of polyethylene to meet demand for...
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25 Jun – Restart of two naphtha crackers in South Korea- Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co Ltd and LG Chem at Daesan

Source: plastemart South Korea’s Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co Ltd has restarted its naphtha cracker this week. The 1 mln tpa...
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25 Jun – Qatar Petroleum inks deal with CP Chem for new petchem complex

Source: Chemorbis According to a press release, Qatar Petroleum and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CP Chem) have signed an agreement...
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24 Jun – CP Chem bidding for Nova in major petrochemical deal

Source: Plasticsnews Deal would confirm the trend of Big Oil diversifying downstream Other PE suppliers may be interested in Nova...
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21 Jun – LyondellBasell, Neste making bio-based LDPE, PP

source PlasticsNewsEurope Global polyolefins leader LyondellBasell Industries and oil refiner Neste Corp. have made commercial-scale quantities of bio-based polypropylene (PP)...
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21 Jun – SABIC introduces new polymer product derived from rPET

source Chemorbis According to a press release, Saudi SABIC has introduced a new portfolio of PBT compounded resins derived from...
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19 Jun – Iraq rocket attack: two injured in Basra compound housing foreign oil companies

Source: The Guardian Reports Exxon is preparing to evacuate foreign staff after rocket lands in area also used by Shell...
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18 Jun – GAIL becomes first mLLDPE producer in India

Source: ChemOrbis According to an official press release unveiled on June 17, India’s GAIL has successfully produced mLLDPE on its...
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14 Jun – Sumika Polymer inks deal to acquire Turkish EMAS Group

source Chemorbis According to an official press release, Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe, a subsidiary of Japanese Sumitomo Chemical, has signed...
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14 Jun – ExxonMobil and SABIC to proceed with new petchem project in US

source Chemorbis According to a press release, the joint venture between ExxonMobil and SABIC, called Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, received...
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05 Jun – Shin Etsu’s PVC production at Pernis affected on tighter ethylene

source Chemorbis  A source from the company clarified that their PVC plant in Pernis, the Netherlands has not been shut,...
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04 Jun – LyondellBasell and Odebrecht S.A. End Discussions Regarding Braskem Acquisition

Source: Lyondell Basell LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it...
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03 Jun – INEOS signs deal with Aramco, Total for new plants in Saudi Arabia

Source: Chemorbis According to a press release, the UK-based INEOS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Aramco and...
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31 May – European monomer prices settle at rollover

Monomer contracts Europe agreed both at rollover level: Ethylene C2    rollover 1075/mt  Propylene C3 rollover   990/mt