EVENTS

PRC Europe 2024 to be held in Amsterdam / Focus on downstream transformation in the Petchem sector

INVISTA

Global market leader in PA 6.6 breaks ground for ADN plant in Shanghai / EUR 880m investment

INEOS

VAM plant to be built at Hull / Over EUR 1.1 bn spending package for UK

MOL

Deal inked to build polyol plant in Hungary / Construction scheduled to start in Q4 2018

SOCAR

Azerbaijan's first PP plant opened / Construction ending on HDPE plant / Majority of output targeted to Europe and Turkey

INTER PIPELINE

Heartland PDH and PP project in Canada gains traction / Take-or-pay deals with buyers / Most of output earmarked for US / “Attractive profit margins”

M&G CHEMICALS

Italian PET group in great difficulty / US subsidiary collapsing due to liquidity problems / Production stopped / Construction work in Corpus Christi also halted

MOL

Evonik licence for propylene oxide plant / Precursor for planned polyol production

SHELL

Fluor wins engineering and design contract for Qatar cracker and MEG project

FLUOR

US contractor wins EPCM services contract for BASF's 300,000 t/y TDI plant / Start-up in 2014

WILLIAMS

Contract for Canada propylene plant awarded to Fluor

BRASKEM IDESA

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

SINOPEC

Eight engineering units merged into one / Potent challenger for Western petrochemical contractors