LYONDELLBASELL

50% stake in SunAllomer PP joint venture sold to Japanese partners Showa Denko and JX Nippon

SK GLOBAL

Joint venture with JX Nippon Oil for large-scale PX line in Ulsan

JAPAN

The post-quake reality: One-third of ethylene capacities offline / Petrochemical industry crippled by electricity shortages / European and US companies appear largely unaffected / Numerous plants idled as a cautionary measure