Feb 9, 2021
Baystar, a Total and Borealis venture, will start by the end of March its new Port Arthur ethane cracker with over a million-tonnes-per-year capacity while the new 625,000-tonne per...
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...
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...
Jan 26, 2021
DuPont, Chemours and Cortiva, once all part of one company that for several decades made chemicals that have since originated a myriad of lawsuits over health impacts and other losses...
Jan 12, 2021
Demand in 2021 for plastic resins including polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene may see support from low inventories in the first months and from a broader economy reopening later in...
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...
Dec 13, 2020
Production of bioplastics is still growing at a much lower rate compared with petrochemicals. However, carbon emission taxation and single-use, fossil-based plastic bans may help...
