NEWS FROM KI GROUP

Suspension of business relations with companies in Russia, Belarus

RUSSIA

Billions in petrochemicals investments seek to make country an export nation by 2025 / Nord Stream 2 as acid test / Domestic demand grows faster than polymer production

USA

Appointments to Trump cabinet have ties to industry / ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson to be secretary of state / Fracking proponents at the helm / “Foxes guarding henhouses”

ROSNEFT / BASHNEFT

Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev arrested over alleged bribe involving ownership change at Bashneft / Kremlin's controversial privatisation drive continues

ROSNEFT

ChemChina to acquire 40% stake in VNHK petrochemicals hub near Vladivostok / Feasibility study for petchems project with Sinopec

SIBUR / SINOPEC

Chinese state-owned group completes acquisition of minority stake in Russian petchems producer / Collaboration at proposed Amur hub?

ROSNEFT

Share in ChemChina acquired / Chinese group in turn enters into Nakhodka mega-project

SIBUR / SINOPEC

State-owned Chinese conglomerate acquires undisclosed stake in Russian petchems producer / Taking existing collaboration to a new level

SIBUR / SINOPEC

Mega players sign strategic cooperation agreement for gas processing, petrochemicals / Chinese and Russian presidents as witnesses

SHALE GAS

Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in

SIBUR

President Putin on hand to officially open PP production at Tobolsk

SIBUR

Commissioning of new TPE line in Voronezh