ADVANCED POLYOLEFINS

Saudi company secure financing for future C3/PP facilities / Construction likely to be delayed

LYONDELLBASELL

“Strategic options” for Houston refinery under review / Divestment most likely course / Analysts see “little interest” in fossil-fired facilities

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

ULTRAPOLYMERS

New LyondellBasell “Purell” HDPE grade added to distribution portfolio / Targeted at medical applications

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

South German ethylene pipeline in trial / All disputes settled / 240,000 t/y of C2 in first phase

LYONDELLBASELL

Change in logistics structure / Distributors to serve clients directly from European production sites / “Alastian” online sales service to shut up shop in November

LYONDELLBASELL

Berre refinery to be closed / Olefins and polyolefins unaffected / Workers in two-day strike

INDIAN OIL TECHNOLOGIES

Strengthening downstream units at Panipat petrochemical hub / Basell and Nova technologies

BASF

Styrenics division to be carved out as Styrolution / No news of a possible buyer / Copolymers included

DOMO

Rozenburg PP line sold to Carmel / Quitting the floor cover business / Separate division for PA compounds

LYONDELLBASELL

Exiting from Iran, Syria and Sudan / Polyolefin licences affected / Consequences remain unclear

VINYLS ITALIA

Croatia's Dioki interested in PVC, chlorine chain / New tender to be published at the end of August

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

LyondellBasell's FM for butadiene from Berre remains in place

LYONDELLBASELL

Latest Reliance offer rejected? / Polyolefins group sees sales crash, slight rise in operating profit in 2009