STYROLUTION

First qualitative report on sustainability highlights styrenics' characteristics / Lifecycle approach and optimised use of resources

INEOS

21 new shale gas licenses acquired in the UK / Now country's “leading shale gas company”

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Eye on the world: A journey from Brazil to China, from Russia to Italy / Challenges experienced by most countries

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

AXIALL

Timothy Mann confirmed as CEO and president

OTTANA POLIMERI

Labour agreement renewed but no bets are on about the future of Sardinian PET production / Talks over feedstock supply at a stalemate / Rumours of an Indorama exit persist

PTT

Ineos licenses for new HDPE line in the US / Final decision on North American facility looming

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

HDPE: Ineos lifted FM from Lavera, Sarralbe and Rosignano

SHALE GAS

Ethane imports will soon feed Europe's ethylene crackers / Sunoco opens its terminal in Pennsylvania / Ineos to supply FEP's Mossmorran cracker from Grangemouth

INEOS

Controlling interest in Clipper gas field acquired / Fairfield divests 25% stake

SOCAR

Azerbaijani president lays foundation stone for Socar Polymer polyolefins hub in Sumgayit / One of the largest investments in the region

BASF

CEO lowers sales and earnings forecast for 2015 after weaker than expected Q3 / Declining demand from China and lower oil prices pressure / Plastics businesses perform well

INEOS

Acquisition of 12 North Sea gas fields planned / UK government mandates sale in national interest / Ratcliffe sees “great entry point” for upstream / Scotland extends fracking moratorium

POLYETHYLENE

Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report

INEOS AMERICAS

Acquisition of Axiall's aromatics businesses / Plans for further development

BASF

Back in the PS business after Styrolution exit / Marketing crystal clear GPPS packaging grades

TOTAL

Cracker in Carling to be shut down on 5 October

INEOS

ABS distribution agreement with Amco Polymers in USA and Canada

INEOS

Preparing Grangemouth for investors / New GBP 20m headquarters / Refinery posts GBP 16.4m loss in 2014

INOVYN

Plans to close German PVC production site in Schkopau / Failure to negotiate VCM supply contract

UNIPETROL

Technip appointed as contractor for new 270,000 t/y PE unit / Start-up in mid-2018

INEOS

Plans for new cracker in Norway? / Government declines to give bond / Excitement at Rafnes site

PLASTIC PIPES

PVC pipe makers target growth in China / Exhibition in Shanghai / New leadership roles at PVC4Pipes

TOTAL

Three new shale gas exploration licenses purchased in the UK / En route to becoming country's second largest oil and gas producer

INOVYN

Spanish authorities allege breach of electricity interruptibility deal at Martorell site / Demand back-payments / Decision could damage PVC hub's future viability