SAUDI POLYMERS

Polystyrene production in Saudi Arabia to shut down

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

CHEVRON PHILLIPS

Texas-based 1-hexene plant starts up / Claimed to be world's largest facility / Key feedstock for LLDPE stretch film

STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS

Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec

SAUDI POLYMERS

Follow-up: Al Jubail hub starts commercial production

SAUDI POLYMERS

Start up of ethylene complex in Al Jubail / Downstream units include PE, PP and PS

CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL

Plans to build world's largest 1-hexene plant in Texas

CHEVRON PHILIPS CHEMICAL

Saudi Polymers jv project to start up in Q1 2012 / Output includes PE, PP and PS

CHEVRON PHILLIPS

Phillips Sumika PP plant to close / Joint venture to be dissolved

CHEVRON PHILLIPS

Plans for new C6 plant in Texas