PTT

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

UNIPETROL

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

JBF

KKR to invest USD 150m in Indian PET producer / Funds will contribute to completion of petrochemical complex in Mangalore

BP

Phase 3 PTA plant starts up at Zhuhai / Chinese site first to use UK group's newest technology

TECHNIP

Agreement to buy Air Liquide's Zimmer Polymer Technologies business / Strengthening downstream activities

SASOL

South African group finalises US Gulf petchems investment / USD 8 bn cracker will produce 1.5m t/y of ethylene / Two PE plants also part of Louisiana complex

CHEVRON PHILLIPS

Groundbreaking ceremonies held for 1.5m t/y Cedar Bayou ethane cracker / Ethylene largely for domestic consumption / Two 500,000 t/y PE plants part of USGC project

WESTLAKE

Profits boosted by lower feedstock costs and increased sales volumes / US vinyls business improving / Projects underway to improve future profitability

BP

China gives green light for PTA plant at Zhuhai / New energy-saving technology

NOVA CHEMICALS

Canada LLDPE project to start up in late 2015 / Technip wins detailed engineering contract

WESTLAKE

Technip receives engineering contract to switch Calvert City cracker to light feed

JBF PETROCHEMICALS

Technip wins engineering contract for India PTA project / Start-up scheduled for H1 2015

BRASKEM IDESA

Construction of PE complex progressing on schedule / Start-up expected mid-2015

OMAN

Plans to build third petrochemical hub in Duqm / Creating an entirely new city from scratch

RELIANCE

Licensing contracts for Jamnagar ethylene cracker and PX line awarded / Mega-hub scheduled to go on stream in 2015

SIBUR

Linde to build new C2 cracker in Tobolsk / ZapSibNeftekhim subsidiary will turn out 2m t/y of polymer once completed

TECHNIP

Agreement to acquire Shaw Group's Energy & Chemicals business / USD 225m deal expected to close in H2 2012

BRASKEM IDESA

Mexico PE complex more expensive than planned / Start up in 2015 / Ethane feedstock from Pemex

RUSVINYL

EUR 750m in financing secured for new integrated PVC hub / State-of-the-art European technologies and equipment