HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbian resin maker halts production / Refinery at parent NIS off-line / US sanctions on Russian crude bite

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Ethylene: HIP Petrohemija declares force majeure

UKRAINE

Consequences of war: Karpatneftekhim closes plants / Transport affected / Oil, gas, naphtha all up sharply / Polymer prices likely to react / Little local petchem capacity

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbia ready to sell its shares – reports / Gazprom unit to be majority shareholder

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Pancevo cracker restarted / FM apparently still in effect / Talks ongoing for sale of company

PIE SPOT PRICE MONITOR

Little momentum for PE in September / PP prices strengthen with slight supply decline

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Fire at HIP Petrohemija's Pancevo facility in Serbia / Force majeure declared on ethylene

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbian resin maker nears return to profit

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Minority shareholder Gazprom is purportedly pushing the pace / Serbian government will again attempt to sell the polyolefin producer at the end of 2019

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Velimir Unkovic confirmed as managing director

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Debt cut brings Gazprom closer to a takeover / Polyolefins producer hopes for investment

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbian government planning the sale of its shares in petrochemicals producer

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Ethylene and PE production resumes following maintenance turnaround

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbian polyolefin producer holds maintenance turnaround at the same time as key feedstock supplier NIS / Operations to resume in November

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Serbian polyolefin player has its back to the wall / Limited feedstock supply / In need of EUR 200m investment / Searching for a strategic partner

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Following 3-year shutdown, Crepaja compounding line of Serbian petrochemical producer running again

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Modernised HPDE plant due on stream before year's end / Capacity upgrade to 90,000 t/y

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics in August 2012: Polyolefin producers regain margins as costs spiral / PVC and styrenics players restricted to passing on higher costs / Supply tight / Further price rises on the horizon

PEOPLE

HIP Petrohemija appoints new general manager

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Green light for capacity expansion / All plants to be idled until year's end / Ministerial working group intervenes

HIP PETROHEMIJA

CEO quits petrochemical group / Cracker and polyolefin lines to resume operations in August

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Plans to raise HDPE output in Pancevo / Line will be idled for three months in Q4 2012

HIP PETROHEMIJA

Frost-idled plants back to normal / Revamp should boost plant efficiency

POLYMER PRICES

Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2012: Polyolefin and PVC producers pursue margin improvement / Stable cost base for PS, EPS / Cracker outages tighten supply / Upward price pressure continues

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Serbia's HIP Petrohemija lifts FM for Pancevo / Site currently in maintenance turnaround