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• Obama Admin Delays Decision on Keystone XL
• New Cyber Attack Targets Chemical Firms - Symantec
• EDITORIAL: The Biofuels Mess
• US House Bill Would Force EPA to Test Science of E-15 Ruling
• Ramirez Confirms Petrocaribe's Refinery Plans
• The Importance of Government Subsidies to the Solar Energy Market
• Study Looks at Plastics as Fuel
• Congressmen Charge Scientific Misconduct at EPA
• Commodity Corner: Oil Plummets to Lowest in More Than a Year
• Dow Sells Polypropylene Unit to Braskem
• BASF-Ineos Styrenics JV Commences Business
• Chad's New Refinery Suspends Production Following Price Dispute
• US Refining Suffering Painful But Necessary Restructuring
• Calumet Boosts Refinery Throughput Capacity by 50%
• Valero completes acquisition of Meraux refinery
• Officials optimistic about deals on Pa. refineries
• Air Liquide Breaks Ground on Texas Plant Expansion
• Valero to Invest in Corn Oil Extraction at Ethanol Plants
• ConocoPhillips to Idle Pa. Refinery; Seeks Buyer
• La. High School's Refinery Training Rekindles Debate over Vocational Ed
• Questioning the Math on Biofuel Use
• Ky. Senator Puts Hold on Pipeline Safety Bill
• Wyoming gas plant shutdown crimps US helium supply
• Honeywell breaks ground on $25M integrated biorefinery in Hawaii
• Sunoco US refineries may become ethylene plants, terminals
• Sasol Hones In On US Natural Gas As Road Fuel
• Sasol Launches Study for GTL Facility in SW La.
• NPRA: Obama Should Follow His Own Advice
• Hess expands reach in Utica Shale
• Eastman Announces Second Plasticizer Capacity Expansion at Estonia Site
• Sunoco to sell refineries
• Flint Hills Names Plant Manager for Joliet, Peru Chemical Ops
• UK Power Market Encounters True Cost of Green Energy
• Valero buying refinery in $625 million deal
• Solutia Increases High-Tech Film Manufacturing Capacity in Asia
• Cabot to Divest Its Supermetals Business for $400 Million
• Eastman Acquires Scandiflex to Expand Plasticizer Business
• OPINION: Say Yes to Oil Sands
• KBR Wins Contract for SE Texas Nitrile Rubber Plant Expansion
• Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production Set to Soar
• Worldwide Market for Specialty Chemicals to Reach $483.7 billion in 2011
• Operations Restarted at Green Star Products' State-of-the-Art Wa. Plant
• Valero Restarts Units at Memphis Refinery
• OPINION: NAT GAS Act a Step Toward Energy Independence
• Earnings Grow For Fertilizers And Specialty Chemicals - Edlain Rodriguez - Gleacher And Company, Inc.
• Kraton Polymers Cariflex Isoprene Rubber Production Receives Substantial Capacity Boost
• Ecolab agrees to buy Nalco for about $5.4 billion
• Air Products, Motiva Enter Deal (revised)
• Olin Chlor Alkali Breaks Ground on Tenn. Plant
• Pa. Legislator Proposes Bill to Take Ethanol Out of State's Gasoline
• Tesoro: HTHA Led to Fatal 2010 Anacortes Incident
• Kraton, Formosa Plan to Build Taiwan HSBC Plant
• ConocoPhillips to Spin-off Downstream Business
• Release of Oil from US Strategic Reserve Questioned
• Texas Bristles At Late Inclusion In US Emissions Rule
• Politics of Oil Rises to a New Level with Oil Release
• HollyFrontier Corporation (HFC): Zacks Rank Buy
• Mosaic to Continue to Supply Potash to PotashCorp Until Trial Begins
• Praxair to Supply Hydrogen to Motiva Louisiana Refinery
• Sunoco Expands into Alabama
• Aviation Biofuels About to Take Off
• Refinery, Petchem Construction Costs Hit New High - IHS
• Detroit Refinery Construction to Hit Peak This Fall
• Eastman Chemical to buy Sterling Chemical
• Officials approve Monsanto phosphate mine in Idaho
• Farmers, ethanol makers likely OK with no subsidy
• Dow Invests $10B in China
• Air Products Acquires Poly-Flow Engineering LLC
• Celanese Accelerates Plan to Begin Ethanol Production in China by Mid-2013; Opening New Ethanol Technology Development and Research Facilities in the U.S.
• BASF to Add Compounding Capacity for Engineering Plastics
• Ethanol: Great for NASCAR, Not So for Others?
• Solutia to Expand Diphenyl Oxide Production
• Kraton Performance Polymers Ranks #2 in Houston Chronicle Top 100
• Lima Refinery Marks 125 Years
• Shell Eyes Derivative Choices for Appalachia Ethylene Cracker
• Exxon's Big Chemical Unit Stands Out Amid Low Natural Gas Prices
• JV Secures Financing for La. Renewable Diesel Facility
• Ashland to Acquire Specialty Chemicals Maker
• Marathon's Board Okays Spin-off
• Endicott, Holly Partner on SE Texas Biorefinery
• Albemarle Boosts Its Biofuels Catalyst Portfolio
• Western Pa. May Become Home to More Cracking Plants
• Texas, La., Miss. Vie for New PET Plant
• Pickens, Kennedy Share Energy Views
• Dow Bets Big on Natural Gas
• Albemarle Reaches Record Quarterly Earnings in 2011
• Westlake Launches Ethylene Capacity Expansion Program
• News Focus: ExxonMobil Chemical president Pryor anchors stability in a volatile business
• Petrochemicals’ U.S. Growth Spurt
• Solvay looks to emerging markets in $4.8 billion Rhodia Buy
• Texas Billionaire Builds Giant Nuclear Waste Dump
• Next Step Is Hazy in Battle Over the Poison Pill
• Huntsman Acquires Chemicals Business of Laffans Petrochemicals Ltd.
• Cargill Acquires Iowa Ethanol Plant
• Fuel-efficient Auto Sales Stall Despite High Gas Prices
• Biofuels Policy: Deadly for the Third World?
• Williams to Expand Alberta Facilities to Support Nova Ethane/Ethylene Deal
• Chevron Phillips May Build World-scale Ethane Cracker on Gulf Coast
• ExxonMobil Reopens Terminal in NE Japan
• DOE to Fund Corn-to-Cellulosic Pilot Biorefinery
• Oil-Linked Currencies Poised for Rise
• ConocoPhillips' Refining Capacity Could Be 900K b/d Lower by 2013
• Biofuel Refinery Planned for S. Virginia
• The Unfolding Japan Crisis and What It Means to Energy
• WoodMac Sees More Uncertainty for US Refining
• Organizations Seek Reversal of EPA Partial Waiver for E15
• Tesoro Shares Rise After Tsunami Shuts Japanese Refineries
• Valero Agrees to Buy an Oil Refinery in Wales
• Tesoro Shares Rise After Tsunami Shuts Japanese Refineries
• Valero Agrees to Buy an Oil Refinery in Wales
• Mosaic's 'Phos-Fate': Florida Mine Battle Looms
• Plastics to Rise After Quake Shuts Plants, Alembic Says
• Equisol Establishes New Division Focused on Marcellus Shale
• Holly, Frontier Agree to 'Merger of Equals'
• Flint Hills Acquires Iowa Ethanol Plant
• Profits for Refiners: More Than A Pipe Dream
• Ineos Breaks Ground on US Waste-to-Fuel Biorefinery
• EDITORIAL: Chem Plants Could Follow Ethane Cracker to W. Va.
• Dow's Liveris Sees US Industry Position Improving
• BP Plans to Sell Texas City, Carson Refineries
• Chevron to Build $1.4B Lubricants Plant in Pascagoula
• Valero Swings to Profit for Q4, 2010
• Marathon Oil to spin off its refining business
• DAK Nears Purchase of Eastman Plant in S.C.
• Air Products, Linde Form Anhydrous HCl JV
• DuPont to purchase Danisco for $5.8 billion
• Court Blocks EPA Plan to Take Over Texas GHG Permits
• EPA Mandates Testing of 19 HPV Chemicals
• Total Invests in Renewable Oils Conversion Start-up
• Several US Refiners Decline to Sell E15 Blend
• Changing Times: What's Next for US Refiners?
• Sasol to Build Ethylene Tetramerization Unit in Lake Charles
• Sunoco to Sell Toledo Refinery to PBF
• Marathon Sells Minn. Refinery
• Arkema Plans $110M of Acrylics Projects
• Oil, Coal Sectors: EPA is 'Railroading' GHG Comment Period
• Braskem, Ineos Form PE Tech Partnership
• China, US Distillate Use Key to Crude Outlook
• Texas Officials Stand Firm Against New Federal GHG Policy
• DuPont to Acquire Sulfuric Acid Provider
• New Celanese Industrial Ethanol Tech Uses Coal, Natural Gas
• West Coast Refiners Ponder Next Steps After Prop. 23 Loss
• Olin moving East Alton, Ill., plant to Mississippi
• Eastman Chemical raising production at Tenn. site
• EIA: Refiners Face Changing Gasoline, Middle Distillate Outlook
• NOAA Predicts Another Winter of Extremes
• ExxonMobil Commissions ULSD Units at Baytown, Baton Rouge
• 'EPA' Now Stands for 'Ethanol Protection Agency'—NPRA
• EPA Grants SPCC Plan Extension to Refiners, Chem Facilities
• US Courts to Have Growing Role in Climate Change Debate
• Marathon to Divest Minn. Refinery in $900M Deal
• Hexion to Merge with Momentive Performance Materials Holding
• Arkema, Purac to Jointly Develop Block Copolymers
• Western Shuts Down Yorktown Refining Ops
• Sempra: Keep Calif. Global Warming Law
• Feds May Grade Cars' Fuel Economy
• Biofuels: Alternative fuels fail to live up to the hype
• Is China in the Market for POT?
• Summary Box: Airgas board rejects Air Products bid
• Dow Solar to Begin Hiring for Midland Plant
• Fiorina backs delaying Calif. global warming law
• Canadians See Red Over Chinese Potash Takeover
• Verenium Closes Sale of Cellulosic Biofuels Business to BP
• VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment
• China Approached Canadian Fund on Rival Potash Bid
• Ind. scientist accused of stealing trade secrets
  Edmonton Biofuels Plant to Use Municipal Waste as Feedstock
• Westlake to Begin Geismar Plant Construction
• Tesoro: Hydrogen Attack Caused Anacortes Blast
• Total Celebrates Milestone in Port Arthur Project
• Refiners in Europe, N. America May Shut 11% Capacity By 2013
• Range Fuels Produces Cellulosic Methanol at Ga. Plant
• Flint Hills to Acquire Iowa Ethanol Plants
• The New Pressure on Natural Gas
• Proposed EPA Regs Could Stifle Business, Eliminate Jobs - API
• Latest Bailout Cuts Subsidies for Renewables
• Nationwide LCFS Would Increase Global GHG Emissions - Study
• Energy Legislation and the Cost of Cap-and-Trade
• API: Energy Bill Threatens Jobs, Econ Growth
• EDITORIAL: On Ethanol: Enough Already
• Murphy Oil announces plans to sell 3 refineries
• Exousia Announces Its Biodiesel Facility Revving Up for Business
• Ashland, Sud-Chemie to form joint venture
• Air Products to Build 1.5MW Solar Farm at Its US Headquarters
• LyondellBasell Restarts Houston Refinery CDU
• Dow-Mitsui JV to Build Chlor-Alkali Plant at Freeport
• Dow and Mitsui Form Joint Venture for Chlor-Alkali Production
• Air Products to Build New ASU at Granite City, Illinois
• Hess Corp. plans to ship ND crude oil by rail
• BASF to buy Cognis in $3.8 billion deal
• Criterion Catalysts Opens Plant Near Baton Rouge
• New Chevron Pascagoula Manager Has Big Plans
• Akzo Nobel sells starches arm for $1.3 billion
• Hofmeister Predicts 'Energy Abyss' for US
• Mideast to Become 'World's Petrochemical Hub' - Dow Exec
• DuPont Accelerating Alternative Energy R&D, Commercialization
• PBF Expects to Restart Delaware Refinery Next Year
• Marathon Plans to Divest Minn. Refinery
• Pfizer to trim 6,000 jobs, shut 8 plants worldwide
• Fire Nearly Halts Ops at Houston Refinery
• ConocoPhillips to Upgrade Coker at Montana Refinery
• Investors Raise Concerns About Yorktown's Future
• Eastman Opens Copolyester Plant
• Mitsui Targets Methanol Output from CO2
• Senators at Hearing Focus on Well Pressure
• Heavy Crude Refining Economics Improve - Report
• Celanese Acquires DuPont Product Lines
• Valero Signs Another Deal with Algae-based Fuel Firm
• Chemtura Divests PVC Additives Business
• API Briefs Oil Spill Task Forces
• Fire Damages Ga. Chem. Plant
• Dow Chemical 1Q profit climbs as demand rebounds
• Albemarle Reports Quarterly Earning Growth
• Kraton to Manufacture Latex Alternative at Ohio Plant
• DuPont 1Q profit more than doubles
• ClearFuels Receives Federal Grant for Biomass Gasifier
• Refinery Investor Seeks A Hat Trick
• Tesoro Confirms Three Deaths from Anacortes Fire
• Ethanol's Discount To Gasoline Could Pressure Refiners
• US Biodiesel Industry Gets Govt Boost
• The Marcellus: So Much Gas, But Where To Put It?
• Albemarle To Raise Antioxidant Prices for Fuels, Lubricants
• Can Micro-management Boost Refinery Performance?
• Great Plains, Accelergy To Produce Biojet Fuel
• Sugar-based Fuel Has Pep, Backers Say
• ConocoPhillips To Shed Refining Capacity
• Virent, Shell Start Maiden Biogasoline Plant
• Oil Sands Exporters Set Sights On Gulf Coast
• Study: LLDPE Market on the Rebound
• PSM: Learning from the Past to Reduce Risks
• Power Companies May Be Forced To Embrace Shale-Gas Boom
• Imperium Resumes Biodiesel Production
• Lanxess To Expand Global Nd-PBR Capacity
• Albemarle Joins Biofuels R&D Endeavor
• Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs, sell some assets
• Flint Hills Refinery Plays Important Role In Midwest
• Platts: Global Petchem Prices Rose Again In Feb.
• Alon Reiterates Calif. Refinery Plans
• BP Focuses On Refining for $3B Profitability Boost
• CF issues new $4.74 billion offer for Terra
• Dow Chemical to sell Styron unit for $1.63 billion
• Q&A: Frontier Oil Likes Middle Ground
• Westake Swings To Profit for Q4, Full Year
• BlueFire Seeks Federal Loan Guarantee for Miss. Ethanol Project
• LyondellBasell Sees Clearer Path Toward Chapter 11 Emergence
• Widespread Refinery Closures Not Needed To Cut Excess Capacity - BP
• Norway's Yara to buy Terra Industries for $4.1B
• Verenium: New Enzyme To Improve Ethanol Economics
• Motiva Marks Milestone for Port Arthur Expansion
• Refinery Outlook Bearish Through 2011 - IEA
• Air Products & Chemicals Spouting a Lot of Hot Air
• Praxair Wins ASU Contract from ExxonMobil
• Unitel's Randhava: The Catalyst Race
• Big West's Creditors Hopeful They'll Be Paid
• Air Products Makes Offer for Airgas
• Braskem To Enter US Market with Sunoco Chemicals Buy
• Eastman Chemical closes deal in China
• Health agencies call for more study on bisphenol-A
• CF Industries Ends Terra Pursuit
• Valero completes buy-out of ethanol plants
• Valero confirms talks for Aruba complex sale
• DSM Acquires Full Ownership of Ga. Facility
• Marathon Completes Garyville Expansion
• Reliance ups offer for Lyondell, valuing it at $13.5 billion
• Calgon Carbon Awarded Contracts for Mercury Removal
• Solutia's Therminol(R) Heat Transfer Fluid Selected for a New Solar Power Plant in Spain
• Bad year for biofuel ends on a dour note
• Exxon's Chemical Romance
• Tronox cancels asset sale to Huntsman
• PolyOne Announces Specialty Healthcare Acquisition
• No sign of 'major' commercial biofuels investment
• Iowa firm seeks to block Jefferson ethanol plant sale
• Hess Makes Strategic Asset Trade with Shell
• Albemarle Announces Phase-Out of Decabrom
• Fitch sees chemicals industry poised for recovery
• Valero Renewables to Purchase Three Ethanol Plants
• Terra rejects CF's latest hostile takeover bid
• Hacking The Industrial SCADA Network
• EDITORIAL: Endangering The Economy To Pass Cap-and-Trade
• BlueFire, Archer Daniels to Benefit from Federal Biorefinery Millions
• Marathon sells Angola stake to Sonangol for $1.3B
• Grace Plans Expansion to Meet Demand for Polypropylene Catalysts
• Albemarle(R) Announces Breakthrough in Flame Retardant Materials Technology
• CF Industries Raises Its Bid for Terra
• OPINION: The Global Warming Fraud Is Melting
• Air Products Divests Polyurethane Pre-Polymers Business
• Fight Over Ethanol Blend To Last Another Round
• Department of Defense awards Valero foreign military fuel contract
• Solutia to halt production at German plant
• Prodded by Agrium, CF Pushes Terra for a Deal
• Group Asks Huntsman to Cease Operations in Iran
• Compass Minerals Blends Sugars with Salt to Create Advanced Highway Deicing Product
• Valero To Mothball Delaware City Refinery
• Climate Czar Throws Cold Water On More Modest 'Plan B'
• Praxair to Build and Operate Hydrogen & Nitrogen System for New Indian Oil Refinery
• Solutia Selected as One of the Top 50 Businesses in St. Louis
• DuPont sees U.S. economic recovery taking hold
• Eat My Carbon
• CF raises bid for Terra, adds cash portion
• Air Products to Build New World-Scale Air Separation Unit in Texas
• Air Products To Build Hydrogen Plant Near New Orleans
• DuPont Merges Chemical Solutions, Fluoropolymers Businesses
• Wacker Opens US Tech Center for Polymer Apps
• EPA To Revisit Tighter Refinery Emissions Rules
• Senators: Cap-and-Trade Is $3.6T Gas Tax
• Report Equates Cap & Trade with Bait & Switch
• Motiva Expansion In SE Texas Will Eventually Employ 6,500
• EDITORIAL: Facing The Global Warming Realities
• Will China Spur a 2010 Potash Rally?
• PolyOne Sells Investment in Colombia Joint Venture
• Ineos Reports Nitriles Breakthrough
• Murphy Oil Acquires Ethanol Plant
• Sunoco idles refinery, furloughs 400; dividend cut
• Huntsman Goes Into Production With One of the World's Largest Industrial Wireless Applications
• Dais Fluorocarbon-Free Technology Helps Resolve Copenhagen-15 Dilemma
• Dow Chemical introduces solar roof shingles
• Calumet to Expand Specialty Products Presence Through Alliance with LyondellBasell
• Terra Industries Rejects CF Industries' Latest Bid Proposal
• Sunoco Completes Sale of Retail Heating Oil and Propane Distribution Business
• Dow Chemical gets permission to sell Morton Salt
• Obama Plan Would Tighten Rules on Toxic Chemicals
• Study: Working Class Will Bear Brunt of Cap-and-Trade
• Senate Dems Block Attempt to Consider EPA CO2 Amendment
• Potash: Suffering from an Unrelenting Price Squeeze
• Dorgan announces funding for ND refinery study
• CBO Study Reveals Large Climate Bill Cost for Americans - API
• Dow Opens Texas Elastomers Lab; Completing La. EPDM Project
• Bankruptcy Judge Sides with Solutia In Chocolate Bayou Dispute
• Trade, jobless claims figures show recession fades
• OMNOVA to Buy Hollow Sphere Plastic Pigment Product Line from Dow
• Study: US Oil and Gas Industry Accounts for 7.5% of GDP
• French Carbon Tax Going Into Effect Jan. 1; Large Emitters Exempt
• Total CEO: Refining Demand Weak; Too Much Capacity
• Global Warming Lawsuit May Raise Temperatures
• Electric Vehicles And Their Role In Our Energy Future
• EPA Chief: Agency Keeps Eye on Whiting
• Sunoco to sell retail heating oil unit for $82.5M
• Air Products Acquires New Texas Hydrogen Production Facility from MarkWest Energy Partners
• CF Industries files lawsuit over acquisition bid
• Huntsman makes $415M bid for Tronox assets
• Ashland Inc. Completes Sale of Drew Marine to J.F. Lehman & Co.
• Dow Sells Interest In Dutch Refinery
• USW Calls for Phase-out of HF in Alkylation Units
• White House Eyes CO2 'Bludgeon'
• Olin Completes La. Chlor Alkali Project
• Waste Management Joins Valero In Waste-to-Fuel Venture
• DME: From Spray Cans To Fuel Tanks
• Ohio Researchers Hike Butanol Production
• S.D. Panel Grants Air Permit for Refinery
• Every Energy Action Causes A Counter Reaction
• Gulf Coast Vulnerable As Refiners Hit Hard Times
• Gas Industry Girds To Fight In the Senate Over Climate
• DuPont to Invest $120 Million to Increase Capacity for Tedlar(R) Photovoltaic Module Materials
• Agrium extends CF Industries offer
• 18 cattle die near Idaho mine; selenium suspected
• Bumper Corn Crop Puts More Pressure on Potash Industry
• Waxman-Markey Could Eliminate Nearly 350K Texas Jobs - API
• NGVAmerica's Kolodziej: Bridging the Hydrogen Gap
• Fire-damaged Alaska Refinery To Reopen In Oct.
• Valero Wins Aviation Fuel Contract
• Monsanto Is on the Verge of a Technology Explosion, Executives Tell Investors at Annual Field Event
• Waxman-Markey Study Reveals Dour Outlook for Economy
• Ethanol Looks for Right Formula
• US returns $2.4M in stolen oil money to Mexico
• Antitrust Enforcers Begin Visiting Farm Belt
• Enterprise To Expand NGL Fractionation Capacity At Mont Belvieu
• Mitsubishi Chem To Exit Polystyrene Business
• Celanese Shutting Plants
• API: Senate Should 'Start Over' with Climate Change Issue
• EDITORIAL: Will 'Green Energy' Trickle Down?
• CF Industries willing to raise its Terra offer
• Arkema to Buy Certain Acrylates and Latex Assets From Dow in North America
• Union Carbide says exec not to blame for Bhopal
• Koppers To Expand Petroleum Pitch Business In North America
• Terrabon To Build 'Green Gasoline' Plant In SE Texas
• 'Cash for Clunkers' Short on Fuel Economy Benefits - Analysts
• NPRA's Drevna: Climate Bill Would Have Profound Implications
• UOP To Offer Albemarle Catalyst for ULSD Production
• The Achilles Heel of Renewable Energy - The Cost
• Albemarle to Offer NEBULA(R) Catalyst Through Hydroprocessing Alliance
• NPRA Opposes Growth Energy Ethanol Petition
  
• Jury Verdict Rendered Against NL and Certain Officers and Directors
• Marathon's Heminger: Readying for Recovery
• New Generation Biofuels Signs Sales Contract with Chaney Enterprises L.P. to Supply Renewable Biofuel
• Lubrizol issues strong 2Q outlook; shares climb
• Wis. high court gives victory to lead paint makers
• Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Commences Operations at Ord, Nebraska Ethanol Plant
• Dow Chemical to close 3 Louisiana plants
• OPINION: Obama, The Greens And Big Oil
• Agrium says CF Industries resisting still
• Hovensa refinery in USVI dismisses 270 workers
• Dow To Shut Down Ethylene Units In La., Texas
• Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Claim EPA Suppressed CO2 Comments
• OPINION: Obama, The Greens And Big Oil
• Do Global Warming Models Have A Key Assumption Wrong?
• NPRA: Climate Bill Will Fail Consumers, Economic Recovery
• Climate Bill Clears House; Eight GOP Reps Cross Party Lines
• BASF To Cut Europe Polystyrene Capacity By 15%
• Celanese Unveils EVA Polymers Business Unit
• Huntsman Acquires Baroda Division of Metrochem Industries
• Valero closes Aruba refinery for at least 2 months
• Oil companies shop for discounted ethanol plants
• Venezuela boosts control over petrochemicals
• Cereplast to Introduce New Bioplastics Resins
• Nova Chemicals receives approvals for takeover
• Huntsman Appoints New President for Performance Products Division
• Mitsubishi to Build $1.5B Petrochem Plant in Indonesia
• ExxonMobil Chemical Introduces 3 New Vistamaxx Elastomers
• Shell First to Sell Gasoline Blended with Advanced Biofuel
• US Refinery Status: Delek US Shuts Texas Refinery SCOT Unit
• ConocoPhillips' CEO Says Climate Bill 'Unfair' to Refiners
• CO2 Offsets Face Uncertainty
• U.S. State of Texas Charges BP with Pollution Violations
• US Refinery Status: Chevron Starts Turnaround at Calif Refinery
• Valero Puts $1.7B Port Arthur Project on Indefinite Hold
• Cytec Announces Update to Operating Segments
• Refining stocks fall on 2Q worries, cash concerns
• Albemarle's New 'Go-Ultra(TM)' Catalyst Significantly Boosts Gasoline Yields
• US Refinery Status: Valero Restarts Corpus Christi Butamer Unit
• One FCCU at Sunoco's Refinery in Philadelphia Restarted after Snag
• Crude Hits 6-Month High as OPEC Sees Demand Recovery
• EPA announces dioxin review, plans for Dow cleanup
• CF Industries extends offer for Terra Industries
• Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. to Acquire Two Ethanol Plants in Nebraska
• Judge approves Sunoco purchase of NY ethanol plant
• Air Products & Chemicals sells 3 businesses
• Venezuelan Government Takes Control of Gas Plants
• House Panel Passes Limit on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
• British Efforts for Renewable Energy Proving Too Costly
• W.R. Grace, 3 execs aquitted in asbestos case
• On The Road To Recovery?
• Memphis Refinery Could Close with Ethanol Changes - Valero Exec
• LyondellBasell Adds Non-operating Entities To Chapter 11
• Still scrambling, DuPont cuts 2,000 jobs
• Praxair sets up joint venture with Sinopec
• Oil execs seen rough path for alternative energy
• Dioxin study near Mich. Dow plant draws scrutiny
• Celanese to sell polyvinyl alcohol unit for $173M
• Dirty Crude In, Cleaner Fuel Out
• LyondellBasell Ups Cost Reduction Target; 17% of Jobs To Be Cut
• Valero Expects To Reopen Shuttered Ethanol Plants Next Month
• Praxair Wins Shell Hydrogen Contract
• VeraSun Closes On Asset Sale with Valero
• New Generation Biofuels Completes First Truckload Delivery from Baltimore Facility
• Dow Chemical sells Morton Salt to Germany's K+S
• Pacific Ethanol running low on cash
• Dow Completes Rohm and Haas Acquisition
• Pa. pesticide maker vows steps to protect lions
• Solutia Agrees to Sell Nylon Business
• Ineos Wins LL/HDPE Contract In India
• Status of Terminal Near Alaska Volcano Uncertain
• Dominion Puts Cove Point Expansion Into Full Commercial Service
• Sun Pharmaceutical Extends Tender Offer for Taro
• Kuwait tells Fluor to stop refinery work
• CF Industries to refile premerger notice
• Court Okays Valero's VeraSun Bid
• Motiva Affirms It Will Continue Port Arthur Project
• Chemtura, US units file for Chapter 11
• DuPont unveils next generation of Nomex product
• FDIC says it may raise guarantee fees: report
• Terra Industries Rejects CF Industries' Latest Bid Proposal
• Ten Sunoco workers hospitalized after refinery leak
• EPA freezes talks with Dow on Mich. river cleanup
• Air Products Signs LOI with Best Solar to Supply its New Nanchang, China PV facility
• Dow moves forward on buyout of Rohm & Haas
• Huntsman Launches New Bio-Based Glycerine Carbonate Product
• CF Industries Rejects Agrium's Proposal as Grossly Inadequate and Reaffirms Intent to Pursue Business Combination with Terra Industries
• Solutia surges after maintaining 2009 forecasts
• PetroChina Held Talks On Aruba Refinery - Aide
• Coalition: Review Ethanol Industry's Bid for Higher Blend Levels
• Dow, Rohm In Talks on Disputed Deal
• New BASF and Dow HPPO Plant in Antwerp Completes Start-Up Phase
• Valero to idle Delaware City refinery for repairs
• Terra Restarts Donaldsonville Facility
• Dow agrees to dioxin cleanup in Michigan area
• Hopeful signs for agri-business
• Air Products' Hydrogen Pipeline Extension Strengthens Gulf Coast Network
• UPDATE: Sunoco Averts Pa. Refinery Strike with Labor Deals
• Palin Unveils Plan for $4B 'Bullet Line'
• Ore. DEQ Suspends Permitting on Bradwood Landing
• Air Products Completes Hydrogen Pipeline Extension
• Supply Glut Ahead for Oil Refiners
• German solar company to build $1B plant in Tenn.
• Stimulus could boost ailing chemical industry
• Agrium makes $3.6B offer for CF Industries
• Air Products Strikes Gold with Equipment Sale to Lihir
• Colo. biofuel company taps contractor for refinery
• Nova Chemicals agrees to Int'l Petroleum buyout
• New Generation Biofuels to Provide Delta Chemical Corporation With Renewable Biofuel for Cleaver-Brooks Boiler Test
• Designing The New Global Chemical Engineer
• EH&S Performance A Bright Spot for Chemistry Business
• Danish Biotech Firm Unveils 'New Ethanol'
• Climate Czar Browner: CO2 Ruling Coming Soon
• NJ Wins Round In Exxon Mobil Lawsuit
• BP Agrees To Nearly $180M CAA Settlement
• BP, Verenium Plan Fla. Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
• New Generation Biofuels Completes Construction of Baltimore Facility
• Terra Industries resumes work at Okla. plant
• Union: Refiner Wants To Trim Workforce In Philly
• EPA Nearing Decision on ND Refinery
• Huntsman, Sasol JV for German plant gets financing
• What Does Valero See In Ethanol Plants?
• Valero Signs Deal To Buy VeraSun Assets
• Sherwin-Williams buys Polish wood coatings company
• ACC Chief: Job Cuts May Be Over
• OUTLOOK: Floating Arctic Laboratory
• Air Products, Alter NRG Sign Renewable Energy JDA
• Rentech: Miss. Synfuels Plant Will Produce Fewer GHGs Than Refinery
• Contract Worker Charged In Miss. Refinery Hoax
• Valero Bullish On Distillates; Eyes Acquisitions
• Rohm and Haas: Dow Should Close Merger Deal
• USW, Shell Reach Tentative Deal
• Germany's Evonik Eyes Saudi Chemical Investments
• Drums Sound Progress In Total Plant Project
• ConocoPhillips Sees Heavy Q1 Refinery Work
• Albemarle Manufactures Zymes' PTS, the Lead Compound in a Breakthrough Solubilization Technology
• Terra Industries rejects $2.1B takeover offer
• Huntsman Announces Progress on Saudi Ethyleneamines Plant
• OMNOVA Solutions Sells Dupo, Illinois Extrusion Assets; Reduces Fixed Cost
• Nexen Produces Synthetic Oil from Long Lake
• FTC Says Dow Agrees To Sell Assets In Rohm Deal
• RI judge: Lead paint companies owed restitution
• Celanese mulls production halts at 2 plants
• Chemtura to realign company
• Verenium Plans Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Plant In Fla.
• Frontier Plans FCC Work At Kan., Wyo. Refineries
• Conoco and Exxon: PDVSA-supplied Refineries Normal
• LyondellBasell: Houston Refinery Ops Normal Despite Bankruptcy
• OUTLOOK: Paying The Price
• Verenium Announces First Commercial Cellulosic Ethanol Project
• Motiva Moves Forward with Port Arthur Expansion Despite Layoffs
• Texas Petrochemicals Continues Cost-reduction Measures
• Allegedly Drunken Stripper Spurred Gas Leak
• Biofuel producers hope to rebound after tough year
• Huntsman Achieves Company Record for Low Injury Rate
• Sunoco To Close Texas Plant
• Monsanto 1Q profit doubles, outlook strong
• Enerkem Begins Biofuels Plant Start-up
• Makers Of Sulfuric Acid Agree To Pollution Controls
• Eight Injured In Utah Refinery Blast
• LyondellBasell Secures Access To Financing
• Climate Rules Cloud Outlook for Refiners
• Doubling Alternative Energy Production A Tall Order - ExxonMobil CEO
• Albemarle, OptiFuel To Offer Coker Additive Tech
• Calif. Firm Files Patent for Rapid Modification of Crude Oil
• Oil Sands Project Delays Could Be Boon for US Refiners
• Dow purchase of Rohm and Haas gets EU clearance
• Air Products, partner building Japanese plant
• UPDATE: Dow To Seek More Than $2.5B for Failed Kuwait Deal
• ExxonMobil Taps Jacobs for Baytown, Baton Rouge Projects
• Lubrizol acquires Dow polyurethane business
• Alaska Refinery's Struggles Cause for Concern
• Valero: St. Charles, Corpus FCCs Down Indefinitely
• Albemarle subsidiary sells France facility
• Hexion pays Huntsman final $425M in settlement
• Reliant Energy completes sale of assets to Hess
• Merrill sues Reliant over canceled $300M facility
• Gasification Advances
• Kuwait Backs Out of Venture with Dow Chemical
• Calif. Refinery Expansion To Go Forward Despite Bankruptcy
• EPA: Spent Oil Shale Unlikely To Be A Hazardous Waste
• Pioneering Liquefaction Project Wins Approval
• Marathon Oil sells Irish subsidiary for $180M
• Solutia Appoints Celanese as New Marketing Partner for Ethyl Acetate
• Huntsman Terminates Merger Agreement and Settles With Hexion and Apollo for $1 Billion
• East Texas Refinery Should Be Back Online In May 2009
• Valero: Del City CDU Restarted, Hydrotreater Down
• Global LNG Supply To Surge To 2012, Crunch Later - BG
• Garyville Expansion On Schedule - Heminger
• Terra Industries idles Louisiana plant for repairs
• Valero Energy: Bidders Vanish, Pulls Two Refineries from Market
• W.R. Grace to pay up to $140M in asbestos case
• DuPont CEO: Unique Opportunity for Transformation in U.S.
• Air Products Signs Contract with China's Best Solar
  
• Delek says key areas of refinery spared in fire
• Jon M. Huntsman Receives American Cancer Society Medal of Honor
• Exxon Restarting Coker At Baytown
• Pirates Snatch Supertanker, Crew, $100M In Oil
• BP Restarting Texas City Ultraformer
• Valero: Houston FCC Restarted Over Weekend
• Ashland completes $2.4 billion Hercules buyout
• Scotts Miracle-Gro steps into fertilizer void
• Ferro Introduces New Filled and Reinforced Polypropylene Compounds, Plastic Color Concentrates and Anti-Microbial Additive Packages
• Asphalt shortage delays road repairs nationwide
• Motiva Reaches Milestone In Port Arthur Expansion
• Sunoco Shelves Tulsa Upgrade
• VeraSun Delays Start-up of Minn. Biorefinery
• DuPont Opens Shop In Abu Dhabi
• ADM, Cabrera To Produce Ethanol from Sugarcane
• VeraSun seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
• Chevron Phillips To Close Orange Technology Center
• Equistar To Idle Olefin Unit Until Early 2009
• Hess gets more than $16.6M Pentagon deal
• Large Fire Reported At La. Refinery; No Injuries Reported
• Rentech Reports Milestone At Colo. Synfuels Plant
• Construction Begins On Tenn. Cellulosic Ethanol Demo Plant
• Marathon: Detroit Heavy Oil Project To Be Slowed
• Chevron Replaces BP As Third-Biggest Oil Major
• Solutia Celebrates Production, Sales Milestone From New Saflex(R) Manufacturing Line in Ghent, Belgium
• Renewed Interest In LNG Engines
• New Hydrogen Plant To Serve Baton Rouge Refinery
• Air Products Signs Supply Deal for Baytown Refinery
• Catalyst R&D Facility To Open In Garden State
• Hovensa Refinery Reopens
• New Generation Biofuels Applauds Enactment of Federal Energy Tax Extender Package
• Crude oil, gasoline stockpiles surged last week
• Tenn., DuPont break ground on biofuels refinery
• Marathon Announces Discovery in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
• Ineos Plan Includes Ethylene Plant Closure
• Tennessee Aspires To Be 'Saudi Arabia of Switchgrass'
• VeraSun shares rise after Invesco share purchase
• Huntsman Continues Legal Victories
• Aventine delays opening of Neb. ethanol plant
• Lubrizol Expands Estane(R) Engineered Polymers Product Offerings
• East Coast Ethanol plans 4 Southeast plants
• Proposed Houston Refinery Would Use Gasification Plant
• Refinery Corrosion Reveals $12B Lost Profit - NACE
• Penford Cedar Rapids Flood Recovery Update
• Summary: Hexion gets $540M to aid Huntsman buyout
• Alternative fuel plant to be built in La.
• Are Houston's petrochemicals safe from hurricanes?
• LyondellBasell Launches New PE Resin for Pipe Coatings
• Jacobs Wins Contract for Alberta Coal Gasification Project
• Nova Biosource Fuels Provides Update About Fire at Clinton Biodiesel Refinery
• Cows may hold secret for unleashing energy in corn
• Ferro selling fine chemicals business
• Hexion gets antitrust approval to buy Huntsman
• Dow Chemical accused of violations in Conn.
• Linde Acquires Remainder of Australian LPG Venture
• ExxonMobil Chemical Completes Expansion In Singapore
• UPDATE: Five Storm-affected Gas Plants Still Shut Down
• UOP, Albemarle, Petrobras To Commercialize Upgrading Tech
• Total Unveils Methanol-to-Olefins Demo Unit
• Ethanol producers learn downside of hedging
• Judge holds Hexion to Huntsman buyout proposal
• Converted Organics boosts capacity at facility
• Chemtura to increase lubricant capacity at plant
• Afton Chemical Buys Fuel Additives Business from GE
• Houston Mayor Takes On Refinery
• Wellman, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Sell Its Engineering Resins Business to an Investor Group Specializing in Renewable Energy and Environmentally Friendly Businesses as well as Turnarounds
• Celanese announces Gulf plants reopened
• Alon USA Announces Restart of Big Spring Refinery Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
• EPA Plans To 'Reset' TSCA Chemicals Inventory
• UPDATE: Majority of Storm-affected Gas Plants Operational
• UPDATE: Baytown Refinery Now Running At Reduced Rates
• EnCana, ConocoPhillips Kick Off Wood River Expansion
• Self-styled 'Maoist' Chavez Nurtures Refinery, Tanker Deals with China
• BP Restarts FCCU At Texas City - Filing
• Hess Corporation Donates $3 Million To Gulf Coast Ike Relief Fund
• Archer Daniels Midland Company and PolyOne Corporation Announce Alliance to Develop Bio-based Plasticizer Technologies
• ExxonMobil Reports Water Damage At Beaumont Refinery
• UPDATE: ConocoPhillips Restores Normal Ops At Westlake
• Half of Gulf Coast Gas Plants Operating
• Arkema: No Major Damage At Three Texas Facilities
• Huntsman finance chief testifies in Hexion lawsuit
• Pirates Hijack Chemical Tanker Offshore Somalia
• Majority of Ike-affected Refineries Back Up This Week - Analyst
• BP Canada Signs Long-term Deal with Ill. Gasification Plant Operator
• DOE: Gulf Coast Refining Capacity Increases
• Huntsman Preparations Prevent Significant Damage to Texas Gulf Coast Plants
• New Generation Biofuels Announces First Commercial Scale Plant
• Illinois Gives Green Light for Wood River Expansion
• Double-digit Oil Prices Return
• Dow: No Major Damage At Texas Gulf Coast Sites
• Coast Guard Begins Re-opening Texas Waterways
• Enbridge: Force Majeure Still On Six Gas Pipelines
• Oil rises as Ike bears down on Texas coast
• Huntsman CEO supports deal with Hexion
• Monsanto develops genetic blueprint for corn lines
• KBR unit gets $232 million contract for plant
• Iran Seeks To Be Alternative Route for Caspian Oil
• Dow May Divest Clear Lake Ops, North American UCAR Business
• Only One Refinery Now Shut After Gustav - DOE
• Dubai Mulls Oil Canal To Bypass Iran's Hormuz Threat
• Hexion rejects another Huntsman financing offer
• ACC: Chemical Facilities Weather Gustav without Incident
• Enterprise Completes Initial Assessment of Onshore Facilities
• ExxonMobil: Baytown, Beaumont Refineries Back To Normal
• UPDATE: LOOP To Restart Ops By Weekend
• Total Restarts Port Arthur Refinery
• Coast Guard: Flyover Shows No Visible Damage To LOOP
• Fingers crossed in U.S. oil sector as storm passes
• Rockwood and Kemira Close TiO(2) Joint Venture
• Hexion declines financing from Huntsman holders
• Westlake Chemical to build Louisiana plant
• Buffalo-area Plant Would Convert Coal, Petcoke Into Natural Gas
• Penford Resumes Starch Production in Cedar Rapids
• Texas Levies $6.5M In Fines for Releases
• US-Swiss Consortium To Own Majority Stake In Albania Refinery
• NY-led Refinery Suit Could Hinder Expansions Nationwide
• Eastman Licenses Reduced Sulfur Start-up Tech
• Synfuels International Garners Patent for Liquid Phase Hydrogenation
• NPRA Cautions Pelosi, Boehner On Energy Policy
• DuPont unveils new European research facilities
• BP Settles Final Civil Cases In Texas City Suit - Attorneys
• Formosa To Cut 2008 Capex By 30%
• Ky. attorney general issues subpoena to oil firm
• Air Products Acquires Harvest Energy Technology to Enhance Global Hydrogen Product Offerings
• Solutia Inc. to Supply Therminol VP-1 to Solar Thermal Power Plant in Egypt
• FMC Corporation Completes Acquisition of Hydrocolloid Ingredients Business from International Specialty Products
• BASF Takes Further Step In Styrenic Activities Divestment
• Enterprise Announces Texas Offshore Oil Port, Pipeline System
• Valero Kicks Off Port Arthur Expansion
• FDA says chemical found in plastic bottles is safe
• Converted Organics Receives Approvals in Rhode Island for the Development of a Third Manufacturing Facility
• FTC Proposes Rule On Petroleum Market Manipulation
• Czech President Vetoes EU Chemicals Rule
• Valero To Kick Off $2.4B Expansion At Port Arthur
• BP To Provide $90M for Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization
• Monsanto to Pursue Divestiture of POSILAC
• Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Produces First Million Gallons of Ethanol at Superior Plant
• ExxonMobil Chemical Completes Halobutyl Expansion At Baytown
• LyondellBasell Divests Sarnia Site
• Fire Breaks Out At Houston Refinery
• Albemarle acquires Sorbent Technologies for $22.5M
• Environmental groups sue over phosphate mining
• FMC to buy China's CoLiving Food Ingredients
• PolyOne to close plants, cut jobs
• Consol enters joint venture on gasification plant
• BASF Mulls Acquisition Of W.R. Grace - Report
• LyondellBasell Starts Up Compounding Plant In Mexico
• Valero Positions Itself As 'Lean, Mean' Refiner - Klesse
• BP Presses Forward with Whiting Expansion
• Judge: Group Has No Legal Standing To Fight S.D. Refinery
• Brazil, Trinidad-Tobago To Assess Refinery Projects
• Effort To Release Oil from SPR Dies In House
• OPINION: Chavez Falls for Chinese Ploy
• Oil Futures Market Settles Into Lower Range
• HydroDec Starts First Oil Feed At Ohio Refinery
• Albemarle Unveils New Catalyst for ULSD Production
• For Caribbean, Rum More Interesting Than Ethanol
• Husky Readies Plans for Refinery
• Four Die In Houston Refinery Accident
• API: US Oil Demand Fell 'Significantly' In First Half of 2008
• Richmond Council Approves $1B Chevron Refinery Upgrade
• Acrylonitrile Pioneer Sees Bright Future In Lima Plant
• More Takeovers Are Expected In US Chemical Sector
• Judge To Determine If BP Fine Is Sufficient
• Mitsubishi To Use Plant Resins for Plastics
• Solutia's Saflex Photovoltaic Business Provides Encapsulation Technology for World's Largest Thin-Film Solar Modules
• Praxair to Expand Production in Germany
• Valero to Receive Canadian Crude Oil for Its Gulf Coast Refining System
• Dearborn's Arab flavor a draw for Dow-Kuwaiti HQ
• Venezuela, Ecuador Plan Pacific Coast Refinery Complex
• Venezuela Plans $4.3B Refinery In Cuba - Report
• Gulf Ethanol Opens R&D Facility
• Russia Registers Heavy Crude Upgrading Patent - Pemex
• Ashland to acquire Hercules in $3.3 billion deal
• Russia Cuts Oil Supply To Czech Republic
• Vietnam, Venezuela May Build Refinery - Official
• BP, ConocoPhillips Tout Denali JV
• Monsanto patent fight ensnares Missouri farm town
• Albemarle Bayport Site Awarded 'Best in Texas Safety'
• PetroChina Awards UOP Contract for Integrated Complex
• Iraq: Two New Refinery Deals Close
• Dow Chemical agrees to buy rival Rohm and Haas
• S&P mulls possible downgrade of Dow Chemical
• ABB Signs $61M Frame Agreement for Petrobras Refineries
• CSB Issues Final Report On 2007 McKee Fire
• Gazprom, Libya To Form Refining JV
• NPRA Applauds Temp Treasury Rule for Refinery Expansion Tax Credits
• Shell Scraps Sarnia Refinery Plans
• Albemarle Enters Ibuprofen Agreement with Dr. Reddy's
• Super Atoms May Revise The Periodic Table
• Krotz Springs Addition To Boost Alon's Capacity By 50%
• Petrobras Expects Brazil Refinery Deal Soon - Report
• Three Suffer Burns In La. Refinery Accident
• Marathon and Partners Achieve First Oil and Gas Production From Neptune Development in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
• Former Refinery Official: Budget Cuts Had Role In Blast
• Snubbing Saudi Plans, Oil Prices Climb Anew
• Fuels of the Future
• R.I. high court overturns lead paint verdict
• NOVA Chemicals Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
• European Commission Approves Merger With Hexion
• Ashland Closes Adhesives Deal With Air Products
• Ethanol producer VeraSun Energy gets new chairman
• BP Buys Power Plant for Whiting Refinery
• Huntsman holder may pursue strategic alternatives
• Plans for $350M ethanol plant in Mich. announced
• Delek US In $1B Acquisition Talks
• Shell Seeks Partners for New Chemical Plant - Report
• Cuba To Boost Refining Capacity
• CB&I To Supply Hydrogen Plant for Calif. Refinery
• Equistar To Stop LDPE Production At Pasadena Plant
• Midwest Floods Leave US Ethanol Industry Waterlogged
• Exxon-Alaska Relationship Tenses Up Over Pipeline
• Albemarle Unveils New Magnesium Alkyl Process At Pasadena Plant
• Texas City Plaintiffs Petition Supreme Court On Suit
• KNPC To Invest $30B In Kuwait Refining Sector
• Maker Of Specialty Chemicals Sees Demand Soar For Its Products
• Huntsman Sues Apollo, Two Partners for Fraud
• Sunoco: Marcus Hook FCC Back To Normal By Weekend
• Kreido Suspends Construction of Its Flagship Wilmington Plant
• Sunoco unit to return to normal operations
• Marathon Oil begins Detroit refinery upgrade
• Mosaic's Canadian nitrogen fertilizer unit on sale
• Refiners Struggle To Cover Costs
• No Merger For Hexion, Huntsman
• Huntsman Rejects Apollo Attempt to Back Out of Merger Agreement
• Ashland, Sud-Chemie to form metal castings JV
• Hexion deal to buy Huntsman on verge of collapse
• LyondellBasell To Boost Polypropylene Compounding Capabilities
• Chemists Find New Way To Make Amines
• Sabic To Expand China Ethylene Investments
• JV To Build Algae To Biofuel Plant In Israel
• Midwest Floods Spur Interest In Brazilian Ethanol
• Ecuador, Venezuela To Break Ground On Refinery Next Month
• Petrobras May Build 600,000-b/d Refinery In Maranhao
• Neste, Bapco To Build Base Oil Plant In Bahrain
• Giant Drums Safe from Flooding - WRB
• Abu Dhabi's IPIC Approves $5B Morocco Refinery
• DuPont announces new Kevlar technology
• Suncor To Expand Canada's Largest Ethanol Plant
• One Worker Killed, Six Injured In Houston Plant Explosion
• New EU Chemical Law Affects US
• Poll: Florida Voters Express 'Strong Support' for Calypso
• Cellulosic Ethanol for Less Than $1 Per Gallon?
• Refiners Face Obstacles To Processing Cheaper Crudes
• Air Products sells units to Ashland for $92M
• Supreme Court May Be Next In BP Case
• Refinery Wish List Overwhelms Pemex
• Various Groups Urge Congress To Revisit Food-to-fuel Policies
• Wood River Expansion Hits A Snag
• Two Die In Blast At Reliance Plant
• Dow Declares Force Majeure for Caustic Soda
• Albemarle to buy Sorbent Technologies for $20M
• LyondellBasell To Streamline North America Polypropylene Business
• Gabrielli: $20B Price Tag for New Refineries
• Citgo CEO: Gas Price Bill Makes No Sense
• Nova Commissions Second Train At Ill. Biodiesel Refinery
• Saudi Aramco: Fujian Complex 75% Complete
• Neste To Build New Isomerization Unit At Porvoo
• Converted Organics to Expand Manufacturing Capacity at Gonzales Plant
• S.D. county approves 400,000-barrel refinery project
• Westlake Recognized by NPRA and OSHA for Safety
• Air Products Donates $100,000 for Children Impacted By Earthquake In China
• Verenium starting up La. cellulosic ethanol plant
• Private groups said to be discussing Chemtura deal
• Monsanto expects gross profit to double by 2012
• Rohm and Haas to Build Plant in Vietnam
• Rockwood, Kemira form pigments venture in Europe
• Solutia to shut down Welsh facility
• Air Products to Build New ASU and Liquefier at Nanticoke in Canada
• FMC buys unit of International Specialty Products
• Air Products Complements Refinery Offerings with Goar, Allison Acquisition
• Holly New Mexico refinery unit shut down
• Albemarle to open bromine venture in China
• Judge rejects Imperial Oil request for permit
• Monsanto Leverages Strategy, Innovation Extending Its Leadership
• DuPont, Genencor form $140M ethanol venture
• Kreido Biofuels Obtains Permits for Flagship Wilmington, North Carolina Biodiesel Facility
• Terra Announces Upgrading Project at Woodward Facility
• Valero to sell Louisiana refinery to Alon for $333 million
• Refiners amp up diesel output, limit gasoline flows
• DuPont Invests $150 Million in Key Growth Markets for Ethylene Copolymers
• Senators call for EPA to reconsider ethanol output mandate
• Eastman Announces Completion of Specialty Copolyester Expansion
• Nova Chemicals 1st-quarter up 14 percent on strong sales
• Dow Corning Opens Silicone Rubber Plant in China to Support Asia Growth
• New, Smart Resins Improve Indoor Air Quality
• Air Products sees 2008 profit above Wall Street estimates
• SES and CONSOL Energy's Coal Gasification Project Advances
• Ethanol pumped in all states but not everyone sold on it
• Nova Biosource Fuels Updates Progress on Biodiesel Refineries
• Calgon Carbon gets $2.3 million water treatment contract
• Syngenta to build research center in China; will invest $65M
• China agrees to double what it pays for Canadian fertilizer
• PolyOne Introduces Geon Performance Polymers Segment
• Albemarle Affirms EU's Positive Assessment of TBBPA
• Converted Organics Inc. to Recycle Fish Waste from Pacific Choice Seafood Company into Organic Fertilizer
• Monsanto Partners With Bayer CropScience
• Cabot Closes W.Va. Carbon Black Plant
• Jacobs Engineering Wins Nova Contract
• Texas Refinery Reopens, Fire Breaks Out
• Grace Announces Settlement of Asbestos Personal Injury Claims
• Hexion Extends Huntsman Buyout Offer
• Fertilizer Producers Harvest Big Profits
• Rohm and Haas Company Divests its Equity Stake in UP Chemical Company
• Mosaic Expands Potash Capacity
• Corn Hits $6 a Bushel on Tight Supplies
• Valero to Sell Refinery in Aruba, an Industrial Info News Alert
• Dow Pittsburg Site Sets All-Time Safety Record
• Church & Dwight to Buy Orajel Maker
• Monsanto Investing in Louisiana Facility
• Albemarle Launches New Curing Agent for Spray Coating Systems
• A Milestone Eclipsed: Air Products Surpasses 50,000th Hydrogen Fueling
• Huntsman Venture to Expand Capacity
• Dr. Reddy's Buys Part of Dowpharma Unit
• VeraSun Energy to Pass One Billion Gallons of Ethanol Production Capacity with Startup of Bloomingburg, Ohio Biorefinery
• Eastman Sells PET, PTA Assets in Europe
• Pioneer Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Facility Expected to Be Down Two to Three Weeks Following Incident
• Former Lubrizol Employee Charged
• DuPont Opens New Seed Production Plant to Meet Increasing Demand for Pioneer(R) Brand Canola
• Ethanol from Wood Chips—via Termites?
• Invista Sues DuPont for Plant Conditions
• Oil Inventories Steady Last Week
• SES and YIMA Establish Project Office at Planned Coal Gasification to Chemicals Plant Site
• PolyOne Introduces the Specialty Engineered Materials Segment
• Arch Chemicals Expanding Global Biocides Manufacturing Capacity
• Westlake Unit to Open PVC Plant for $30M
• Marathon to Boost Ethanol Fuel Use
• Valero may sell U.S. plants in hard refinery times
• R.I. Court Weighs Lead Paint Verdict
• CF Industries Brings Second Ammonia Plant Back Into Production At Medicine Hat, Alberta Nitrogen Complex
• Cleanup Near Dow Chemical Plant Overdue
• DuPont Starts Up Clean Technologies Facilities to Help Refineries Reduce Their Environmental Footprints
• Eastman Expanding Eastman Tritan(TM) Copolyester Capacity
• Grace to Pay Feds for Montana Cleanup
• US BioEnergy Begins Production at Marion, South Dakota Ethanol Facility
• Praxair to Supply Oxygen for Olympics
• Cabot Specialty Fluids' Cesium Formate Brine Sets New Record in 437 Degrees F/225 Degrees C Well Kill and Suspension Operation
• Westlake Founder and Former Chairman, T.T. Chao, Dies at 86
• Calgon Carbon Awarded $55 Million Contract for Mercury Removal
• VeraSun, Enterprise Team Up on Ethanol
• W.R. Grace to Expand La. Aluminas Plant
• Chemtura Completes Sale of Oleochemicals Business to PMC Group NA Inc.
• Chemtura Increases Ownership of Baxenden Chemicals to 100 Percent
• Albemarle to Expand Antioxidant Production in China
• Ethanol: Corn Hits New High, Verenium Wins Grant
• Ethanol: Three Developments to Watch
• Solutia Inc. Emerges From Chapter 11 as a Market-leading Specialty Chemicals Company With Global Leadership Positions in Each of Its Business Segments
• BP May Go Back to Petroleum
• Dow Sharpens Focus on Portfolio Optimization
• MeadWestvaco Buys Eastman Pine Chemicals
• MeadWestvaco Specialty Chemicals to Expand Performance Chemicals Business
• New Rohm and Haas Processing Aid Improves Cellular PVC Melt Properties for Innovative Product Categories
• DuPont, BP Reach 16 Pct Biobutanol Blend
• DuPont Plans New Agriculture Products
• Air Products' Advanced Oxyfuel Process Cited as Key CO2 Capture Technology
• Sherwin-Williams Buys Asia Coating Unit
• FMC Announces Plans to Recommission Soda Ash Capacity at Granger
• Exxon wins freeze on $12 billion of Venezuelan assets
• World's Longest Transoceanic Bridge Coated With Huntsman Hardener
• Nalco Reports Continued Strong Sales Growth, Earnings Up 30 Percent
• Cellulosic Ethanol: The Next Biofuel Boom?
• DuPont Buys Chemtura Fluorine Unit
• Air Products Completes Sale of Polymers Business to Wacker Chemie
• OMNOVA Solutions Reduces Latex Capacity at Mogadore, Ohio Plant
• Albemarle Enters Agreement to Produce Active Ingredient of Potential New Heart Drug
• Ashland to build manufacturing plant in India
• Grants Given for Cellulosic Ethanol
• Air Products Introduces Bio-based Tomadol Surfactants
• DuPont Opens Fluoropolymer Production Plant in China
• Chemtura Announces Agreement to Sell Oleochemicals Business to PMC Group NA Inc.
• Solutia Provides Update Regarding Chapter 11 Emergence and Exit Financing
• Sasol Resumes Normal Transportation Fuel Production
• Linde Helps Pharma and Specialty Chemical Makers Boost Quality and Performance
• Dow Plans Major Capital Investment to Support Continued Growth in Performance Businesses
• Air Products Introduces Bio-based Tomadol Surfactants
• ExxonMobil Chemical Introduces New Cold Insert Nylon Bonding Santoprene TPVs
• Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Closes on Acquisition of Penreco
• Jacobs Strengthens Engineering Capabilities by Acquiring Rintekno in Finland
• PPG Completes Acquisition of SigmaKalon Group
• An Affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. Sells Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. and Searles Valley Minerals Inc., a Leading Producer of Soda Ash, Sodium Borates, Boric Acid, and Sodium Sulfate
• Air Products Completes Sale of High Purity Process Chemicals to KMG Chemicals
• PRWT Acquires Chemical Manufacturing Facility from Merck & Co., Inc.
• GenTek Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Bay Chemical and Supply Company
• Proposed Evolution of Arkema's Crosby Site (Texas)
• New Solutia Stock Begins Trading On the New York Stock Exchange On a When Issued Basis
• Basell and Lyondell Complete Merger Creating LyondellBasell Industries
• Chemical Week to Provide Answers on the New Homeland Security Rules for Chemical Facilities
• PPG Sets Aggressive Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals
• Arkema plans to acquire Repsol YPF's PMMA business
• INEOS NOVA and SEEA Polymers Announce Plans for New EPS Plant
• Oxea Optimizes Product Portfolio and Increases Production Capacity
• Kraton Polymers Opens New Doors for TPE-S Compounds in High Temperature Applications
• ExxonMobil is Calumet's Choice for a Lube Project at Louisiana Facility
• Innophos to Add Capacity at its Waterway (Chicago) Production Facility
• Lyondell Announces Merger to Close on Dec. 20
• Canada clears Akzo-ICI deal, with conditions
• EU clears purchase of Britain's ICI by Akzo Nobel
• Fitch: Solid Profitability, Some Consolidation Ahead for Global Chemical Industry in 2008
• Koppers to Expand Capacity at Joint Venture in China
• Hunton Energy Locates Innovative Gasification Plant in Texas
• Dow, Kuwait Petroleum to form plastics venture
• GS Caltex adds capacity, becomes No.3 refinery
• EU court breaks new ground, raises BASF cartel fine
• Huntsman agrees chemical venture with Saudi partner
• Economic Growth to Continue in 2008
• Ferro Completes Electronic Materials Restructuring Program; Sells Niagara Falls Manufacturing Facility
• Air Products to Sell Interest in Polymers Joint Ventures to Wacker
• Cereplast Expands Bio-Plastic Production with a New, Half-Billion Pound Capacity Indiana Facility
• High costs to squeeze U.S. ethanol makers in 2008
• PolyOne Opens New Design Center in France
• Gulf Ethanol Reveals Breakthrough Cellulose Technology
• Driving Forces for the Russian Chemical Industry
• Air Products Continues to Advance Its PDEMS(TM) ILD Process
• DuPont divests Terbacil herbicide business
• Total performing planned work on Port Arthur units-filing
• EU fines rubber cartel firms 243 mln euros
• Dow Chemical to shut plants, cut jobs, take charge
• Georgia Gulf Enhances PVC Resin Production Efficiency
• Albemarle to Open New Production Facility for NcendX(R) P-30 Flame Retardant
• Henkel Expands Trial of Bonderite New Generation Coating into Ford Production Facility
• Eastman Sells Latin American PET Polymers Production Facilities to ALFA
• Gulf Ethanol to Fund Final Commercialization of Cellulose Technology
• CPI Card Group Powered Through Wind Electricity
• PPG Completes Divestiture of Fine Chemicals Business
• Bio Solutions Manufacturing Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire Fuel Additive Manufacturer
• Nova to take charge on polystyrene plant shutdown
• Solvay to sell polypropelene activities to Basell
• VeraSun to buy US BioEnergy in ethanol combination
• Court Confirms Solutia Plan of Reorganization
• News From USW: USW Refinery Survey Shows Causes of BP Explosion Prevalent Throughout Industry
• Norit Americas Announcing Major Capacity Expansion
• Iceland opens hydrogen filling station to public
• World's First 'Food Grade' Organic Weed Killer
• DSM NeoResins+ completes new factory for waterborne alkyd resins in Hoek van Holland, the Netherlands
• Chevron says evaluating options on Reliance Petroleum
• Akzo Nobel to sell assets to get EU approval for ICI buy
• H.B. Fuller Closes on Sale of Automotive Joint Venture
• Boats Built with HEXCEL Composites take 1st and 2nd Place in Transatlantic Jacques Vabre Sailing Race
• Georgia Gulf Confirms Incident at Lake Charles VCM Facility
• Linde Keeps Macy's Parade Flying High on Thanksgiving
• Sasol Issues 2007 Sustainable Development Report Outlining, Amongst Others, an Environmental Roadmap
• CARBO Ceramics to idle production at Louisiana plant
• Renewable Fuels, Environmental Concerns Drive Rapid Advances in Biotechnology
• Rhodia to Construct New High Performance Silica Plant in China
• Sterling Chemicals to cut jobs over styrene business exit
• Turkmenistan to tender for new petrochemical plant
• Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Announces Project to Close its Le Havre, France plant
• Sterling Chemicals Announces Styrene Business Exit to Pursue Other Strategic Initiatives
• Rhodia on the Road to Sustainable Mobility
• GPC Biotech slashes 44 pct of workforce to survive
• Chemical Companies Find New Ways to Expand and Streamline Their Operations Online
• ExxonMobil Chemical Invests for Specialty Elastomer Growth in China and Asia Pacific
• Albemarle to Expand Specialty Polymer Catalyst Capacity
• Air Products' Hydrogen Technology Now Operating in Chevron Hydrogen Company's Michigan Demonstration Fueling Station
• U.S. exploring fuels with higher ethanol content
• Biofuels Are a Sustainable Solution to Address Energy Security and Climate Change Concerns, Leading Experts Say
• INEOS NOVA Acquisition of Sterling Capacity Clears FTC Review
• EPA notifies Dow Chemical of likely violations
• Cambrex to close North Brunswick facility, take $2 mln charges
• General Chemical Industrial Products Inc. Announces Acquisition of Certain Extractive Mineral Assets from Zemex Industrial Minerals Inc.
• Wacker Chemie in talks to boost polymer business
• Air Products in Advanced Discussions With Wacker Over Polymers Business
• Anti-Microbial Solution Aimed At Killing MRSA to be Supplied by Universal Detection Technology
• Bayer to cut 1,500 plastics jobs despite good Q3
• Huntsman and Flint Hills Resources Close on Sale of Base Chemicals Business
• Air Liquide finalizes the acquisition of Scott Specialty Gases
• Momentive Performance Materials Announces Introduction of Fully Fluorinated Silicone Liquid Elastomers (FFSLs)
• Lubrizol Completes Acquisition of Croda's Refrigeration Lubricants Business
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals Completes Acquisition of German Resins Business From Arkema
• Chemtura's Optical Monomers Business Sold to Acomon AG
• LyondellBasell Industries to be New Company Name
• UOP Selected by Japan's Mitsubishi Gas Chemical for UOP MX SorbexTM Process Unit
• Huntsman Launches New World Scale JEFFAMINE(R) Polyetheramine Plant to Serve Asia Pacific
• Solvay Pharma sells fine chemicals, vitamin D ops
• VeraSun's ethanol capacity rises about 25 pct with new plant
• Braskem plans polythene plant running on ethanol
• Lyondell Houston refinery cuts rates after Fri fire
• Westlake Chemical to Expand Vinyls Business
• Solvay Advanced Polymers Completes First Phase of Major Sulfone Polymers Expansion Plan
• DSM completes new factory for waterborne resins in Meppen, Germany
• Hungary's bioethanol projects hit by high grain price
• KMG Chemicals to Acquire High-Purity Process Chemicals Business from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
• Linde Expands Carbon Dioxide Capacity in U.S. Northeast
• UOP Technology Selected for New Jurong Aromatics Plant in Singapore
• Tennant Company Unveils Green Technology That Makes Water Behave Like a Powerful Detergent, Without Adding Chemicals
• Rhodia Researchers Launch Experiments in Classrooms During National Chemistry Week
• DEALTALK-After failed auction, Chemtura may remain in play
• BioEnergy International Facility Opens in Bay State
• Gilead HIV drugs drive profit after year-ago loss
• King Pharma to cut costs, 20 percent of work force
• Dow Chemical Port Arthur, Tex, ethylene pipe explodes
• PPG Acquires Coatings Resource Corporation
• Struggling Polystyrene Industry Catalyzes Restructuring While Expandable Polystyrene Continues Ahead
• Huntsman Stockholders Approve Merger With Hexion
• Air Products and Matheson Tri-Gas to Form Joint Venture to Build and Operate New Wyoming Helium Plant
• Sasol Orders New Reactor as Part of Synfuels Expansion to Meet SA Growing Demand for Fuel
• Global Alumina Discloses Discussions Regarding Sale of Company
• Pfizer, Sanofi, J&J may be among Biogen bidders
• Chevron Announces Refinery Project to Increase U.S. Gasoline Production
• IIT Alum Charles W. Pierce Recognized as First African-American Chemical Engineer in the United States
• Polymer Group, Inc. Announces Expansion in Mexico To Serve North American Hygiene Market
• Leading European Recycling Company NTR Announces the Establishment of Greenstar North America
• Air Products to Design and Build NASA's New $16.8 Million Liquid Nitrogen Plant
• GenTek Inc. Receives Proposal to be Acquired
• PPG and Bain Capital Sign Agreement for Sale of SigmaKalon
• Threat of Global Warming Continues to Drive Support for Nuclear Power
• In the Forthcoming Five Years, China's PVC Resin Demand Will Maintain an Average Annual Growth Rate of over 12%
• Middle East Expected To Be Major Player In Polyolefins Industry In Next Five Years
• Cargill, Teijin Form Joint Venture for NatureWorks
• Expanded INEOS NOVA Joint Venture Launched
• BioExx Announces 40,000,000 Kg Extraction Facility
• Arkema Has Finalized the Acquisition of Coatex
• BOC Gases and Linde Gas rebrand in North America as Linde
• Closure of Fluorochemicals Production Base in U.S. (Bayonne, NJ Plant)
• Air Liquide Agrees to Purchase US Company Scott Specialty Gases
• DSM announces new breakthrough polymer PA4T
• Agrium Announces Closure of Kenai Nitrogen Facility
• Ferro Commissions New Plant in Castellon, Spain
• Albemarle to Launch New Generation of Fine Precipitated ATH
• Solvay's SolVin to expand PVDC output in France
• PPG poised for growth as it transforms - Barron's
• DSM invests in purification technology company
• DSM to build new factory for waterborne emulsion resins (NeoCryl) in Waalwijk, the Netherlands
• Solutia Expands Presence in China by Opening New Saflex Manufacturing Plant in Suzhou
• Arkema and Daikin Join Forces to Produce and Market New Generation Refrigerant Fluids in Asia-Pacific, Creating the Region's Leader for Fluorinated Gas
• Celanese Opens Integrated Chemical Complex in Nanjing; Marks Significant Milestones of Company's Presence in Asia
• The Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing Industry's Revenue for the Year 2006 Was Approximately $27,300,000,000
• DuPont Plans to Invest $500 Million to Increase Capacity for Kevlar(R)
• Potash Corp expects robust demand through 2008
• INEOS NOVA Joint Venture Will Acquire Rights to Sterling Styrene Production
• Biopolymers Offering a Unique Set of Advantages Witness Expanding Scope in Varied End Segment Applications
• Albemarle to Expand Production of Popular SAYTEX(R) 8010 Flame Retardant
• PPG to Sell Fine Chemicals Business for Approximately $65 Million
• Praxair to Build Specialty Gases Center in Nanjing, China
• Texas Petrochemicals Successfully Resumes Operations Following Hurricane Humberto Landfall
• Completion of UK Joint Venture between Terra Industries Inc. and Kemira GrowHow Oyj
• Dow's Liveris expects soft landing for US economy
• Dow Chemical in deals to grow epoxy systems unit
• Green Star Products Delivers Biodiesel Reactor to Odessa, Washington
• FUJIFILM To Acquire Specialty Chemical Business from Air Products
• Dow Epoxy Announces Three Strategic Acquisitions to Grow Systems Business
• Strong South African Chemical Sector Steers the ACS Market towards High Growth
• BASF CEO says expects more industry consolidation
• Solvay plans new chemicals facility in Thailand
• Arkema Successfully Starts up the World's Largest HFC-32 Production Plant at Calvert City, Kentucky, USA
• ExxonMobil Makes Final Decision to Build and Awards Major Contracts for Second World-Scale Steam-Cracking Complex in Singapore
• Valspar Acquires Teknos Nova Coil TNC Oy
• Rockwood Acquires Global Pigments Business of Elementis
• Lubrizol to Purchase Croda's Refrigeration Lubricants Business
• Olin and Pioneer Announce Acquisition of Pioneer by Olin
• GE Completes Sale of Plastics Business to SABIC
• Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces Initial Production of Ethanol at Its Shenandoah, Iowa Plant
• Shell and Dow in talks on Iraq chemical plant
• Hercules Acquires Specialty Surfactants Business of Dexter Chemical L.L.C.
• Indorama to Construct 432,000 Ton/Year Plant in Decatur, Alabama
• Vertellus Specialties Completes Major Expansion of its Pyridine/Picolines Production Facility
• Lyondell to Launch Isopropyl Alcohol in January 2008
• Babcock & Brown to Acquire Celanese Pampa Facility for Development of Pampa Energy Center
• BASF awarded $170 mln claim against Lyondell in US
• ICL Completes Acquisition of Supresta
• The Number of Projects Identified With Selections for Major Contractors and E&C Firms in the Chemical Processing Industry Continues to Rise
• Enterprise Begins Service at New Hobbs Fractionator
• Akzo Nobel secures world paint lead with ICI deal
• Polymer Group, Inc. Announces Planned Capacity Expansion in North America
• ICI agrees to takeover by Akzo: report
• ICI tentatively agrees to sweetened Akzo offer--WSJ
• Innospec Announces Opening of Personal Care Specialty Chemicals Ester Plant At Ellesmere Port, U.K.
• Chevron Completes Sale of Benelux Fuels Marketing Business to Delek
• EU clears SABIC's buy of GE Plastics
• Brazil's Petrobras says to buy Suzano petrochem firm
• Chemtura Completes Sale of Organic Peroxides Business to PERGAN
• Huntsman and Flint Hills Resources Close on Sale of U.S. Polymers Business
• Emerson to Digitally Automate China's Largest Integrated Refining/Petrochemical Facility
• SAfrica strike shuts PetroSA, affects other firms
• Dow Chemical may make counterbid for ICI: source
• ICI rejects improved $16 bln Akzo bid
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals Donates $500,000 To Children's Hospital
• Air Products to Participate with Eastman Chemical in Gulf Coast Gasification Project
• Huntsman Acquires Global Fluorochemical Product Line for Nonwovens from DuPont
• CORRECTED-Huntsman unit to buy part of DuPont's fluorochemical business
• NOVA Chemicals and Williams Announce Letter of Intent for Project to Extract Ethane from Alberta Oil Sands
• BASF's Freeport Site to Install New Crystallizer System, Converts By-Product Into Key Plant Fertilizer Component
• Federal Regulations Raise the Bar for Security for All of the Nation's Essential Chemical Facilities
• U.S. Demand for Nanotechnology in Construction Applications to Approach $100 Million in 2011
• PotashCorp Announces New Potash Mine and Mill Expansion at New Brunswick
• U.S. fines Du Pont $4.125 mln over plant emissions
• DealTalk: Fewer big fish means fewer large chemical deals
• Terra Executes Option Agreement for Beaumont Facility Sale
• Flexsys Completes Acquisition of Chemetall's Rubber Chemicals Business
• Huntsman Signs Agreement to Host New Biodiesel Plant with Option to Take Glycerin By-product
• Celanese Acetic Acid Production Outage at Clear Lake, Texas Facility Extended
• EPA, Dow Reach Agreement for Dioxin Cleanup
• CTTD in Final Stages for Purchase of Rights to New Chlorine-Free Fertilizer Production Process
• Apollo to buy Huntsman, trumps Basell
• Huntsman Agrees to Be Acquired By Hexion for $28.00 Per Share
• Air Products Fuels New Hydrogen Submarine for Hellenic Navy
• Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers Restarts Production Facility
• Basell to Acquire Lyondell Chemical Company for $48 Per Share
• FACTBOX-Top 10 chemicals deals
• Texas Petrochemicals Commissions Baytown Operations
• Akzo Nobel given August deadline for ICI bid
• Hexion Increases Offer for Huntsman Corporation to $28.00 Per Share
• Arch Chemicals Purchases Remaining 51 Percent Share in Koppers-Arch Wood Protection Joint Venture in Australia
• PolyOne Sells Interest in Oxy Vinyls, LP for $261 Million
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals Confirms Proposal to Acquire Huntsman Corporation for $27.25 Per Share in Cash
• DAIKIN and Dow Corning Introduce Unidyne(TM) TG-5521 for Fabric Repellency and Softness
• DSM acquires cosmetic active ingredient specialist Pentapharm
• A. Schulman reorganizes North American operations
• BASF and Monsanto join forces on fungicide
• Dow Chemical buys Bayer unit for $725 mln
• CVC to buy chemical firm Taminco for $1.1 bln
• Sasol Commences Olefins & Surfactants (O&S) Restructuring By Consolidating Its Linear Alkyl Benzene (Lab) Production Plants and Closing of Its Head Office In Bad Homburg, German
• D1 Oils and BP set up biofuels joint venture
• Exxon shuts Singapore refinery for maintenance
• Sherwin-Williams and BioQuest Technologies to Create a Private Label Antimicrobial Paint for the Lynd Company
• Air Products Reaches Microbulk Solutions Milestone with 10,000th Installation
• Basell to buy Huntsman for about $5.6 bln
• Energy crunch hits Argentina's farming sector
• ExxonMobil Introduces Next Generation Natural Gas Engine Oil
• Chemicals from Acetylene: Back to the Future?
• Exxon, ConocoPhillips say no to Chavez
• ICL to Acquire Supresta, the World's Largest Producer of Phosphorus Flame Retardants
• Strong Fertilizer Prices Sustain Revenues, and Profits Begin to Rise
• BASF Agrees to Sell its Minority Ownership Interest in Geismar, LA Ethane Cracker and Associated Facilities
• Proposed Future of Arkema Vlissingen Site (Netherlands)
• Albemarle and Partners Develop Breakthrough Catalyst for Refinery Olefin Alkylation Process
• ExxonMobil Announces Successful Start-up of PxMax Technology at S-Oil's Onsan Refinery
• Braskem Has the First Certified Green Polyethylene in the World
• ExxonMobil Chemical Increases Production Capacity of Synesstic(TM) Blendstocks by 40 Percent
• ExxonMobil Chemical Company Announces Manufacturing Facility for New Specialty Compounds for Tires
• ARKEMA: Proposed Plan for the Future of the Pierre-Bénite Plant (France)
• Huntsman eyes Clariant, Ciba takeovers - report
• Cabot to close carbon black plant in West Virginia
• Celanese Temporarily Ceases Acetic Acid Production at Clear Lake, Texas Facility; Company Reaffirms Full Year Guidance
• Saudi Aramco building 400,000 bpd refinery-MEED
• Huntsman Takes Majority Share in Saudi Polyurethanes Joint Venture
• DuPont Breaks Ground for New Titanium Tetrachloride Unit in Tennessee
• BASF to Establish the World's Largest MDI Factory in Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China
• WinCup Completes Sale of Non-Core Specialty Chemical Assets in Finland
• Applikon Biotechnology Announces Important Breakthrough for the BioProcessing Market
• BOC Begins Supplying Hydrogen to Chevron and Holly Oil Refineries
• Gulf investors eyeing US despite Dubai Ports - IIF
• Henkel's Schwarzkopf sees more big hair days ahead
• Chemtura to shut some plants in Europe, cut jobs
• Saudi share of world chemical output may double
• Potash Corp CEO says looking to buy, not for buyer
• NOVA Chemicals and INEOS Provide Update on Proposed Expanded Joint Venture
• AstraZeneca acquires DSM Biologics manufacturing facility in Canada
• Plant Oil Pesticide Takes on Market Leaders in Wal-Mart
• Shin-Etsu to build Texas PVC plant, wean off Dow
• Increased Biofuel Production to Propel New Chemical Businesses
• Huntsman Poised to Open New Polyetheramines Plant in Third Quarter
• The US Chemical Industry is the World's Largest Producer with a Balance of Trade Surplus in Excess of $15 Billion
• CCMP Completes Acquisition of BOC Edwards from The Linde Group
• Polymer Group, Inc. Announces European Plant Consolidation to Improve Profitability
• REX Stores' Interest in Millennium Ethanol, LLC to Be Acquired by U.S. BioEnergy Corporation
• Praxair Acquires Wilson Welding of Warren, Michigan
• Wellman, Inc. Sells Its European PET Resins Business to an Affiliate of Sun European Partners, LLP
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals To Acquire German Resins Business From ARKEMA
• Five Rising Young Women Scientists Honored with 2007 L'Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science
• U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. and Sustainable Power Corp. Announce Joint Venture With Illinois Biofuel Group, LLC
• BP Shuts Down Gasoline Producing Unit to Reduce Sulfur Dioxides at Texas City Refinery
• Air Products Forms Joint Venture with CNOOC Oil Base Group Ltd. to Serve China's Fast-Growing Fujian Province
• 'Global' supply chains often aren't global, BDP International study reveals
• Mitsubishi Chemical Functional Products, Inc. Announces Newly Built Production Line for ALPOLIC(R)/fr
• Celanese Announces Revitalization Plans for its Emulsions & PVOH Business
• Nation's Focus Is on Ohio for Growth and Investment in Fuel Cell Industry
• Olin to Acquire Pioneer
• Tronox Provides Update on Sale of Uerdingen Plant
• China food scare threatens exports as test costs soar
• Albemarle to Consolidate Some cGMP Operations to South Haven, Mich.
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals and OAO Shchekinoazot Form Joint Venture To Produce Resins For Forest Products & Construction in Russia
• Cristal Completes Acquisition of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
• Celanese Temporarily Ceases Acetic Acid Production at Clear Lake, Texas Facility
• Elementis sells Global Pigments for $140 mln
• Russian investor gets right to buy Lyondell stake
• Natural gas price a concern for US business -panel
• Solvay sells U.S. unit to ANI Pharmaceuticals
• Ashland and Cargill to Combine Talents for Bio-Based Chemical Joint Venture
• India's Soda Ash Manufacturing Capacity From Synthetic Process Is At 2.7 Million Tonnes, Equivalent To 6.7% Of World's Capacity
• Clariant Sells Custom Manufacturing Business to International Chemical Investors Group
• Solutia Completes Flexsys Acquisition
• PotashCorp Announces Major Project at Cory Potash Facility
• Chemtura Announces Expected Sale of Its Organic Peroxides Business to PERGAN GmbH
• Agrium to Proceed With Construction of World Scale Nitrogen Facility
• Stepan Announces Sale of Specialty Esters Product Line and Acquisition of an Agricultural Chemical
• Balchem Completes Acquisition of Akzo Nobel's European-Based Choline Chloride and Methylamines Businesses At Marano Ticino, Italy
• Air Products Nitrogen Generator On-Stream at Samsung's New 300mm Texas Fab
• Gulf Ethanol Plans for First Ethanol Blending Facility near the Port of Houston
• Ceres AND Rohm and Haas to Study Plant-Based BioPRODUCTS
• Huntsman Scales Up Process to Convert a Biodiesel By-product to Propylene Glycol
• Altairnano and Sherwin-Williams Form AlSher Titania, Joint Venture Company for Pigment Market
• UOP Selected by China's Sinopec for New Aromatics Project
• Akzo Nobel to invest EUR 250 million in Chinese chemicals plants
• U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. and Sustainable Power Corp. Announce Joint Venture With Illinois Biofuel Group, LLC
• NOVA Chemicals and INEOS Name Senior Officers for Expanded Joint Venture
• Biobutanol Performance Similar to Unleaded Gasoline, According to New Fuel Testing
• Gulf Ethanol Announces LOI to Purchase Production Facility
• PQ Corp for sale, could fetch $1 billion--sources
• FDA Grants Kraton Polymers Petition to use SEBS Polymers With Foods Containing Free Fats and Oils
• National Survey Reveals More than 70% of Americans Don't Know Plastic is Made from Oil
• Bemis Chooses Ixef(R) Plastic from Solvay Advanced Polymers for Co-injection Molding
• Metabolix and ADM to Produce Mirel(TM), the World's First Biobased and Fully Biodegradable Plastic
• Honeywell Technology Selected for World's Largest Paraxylene Plant
• UPDATE 1-GE targets sale of plastics unit in 3rd quarter
• Dow Chemical firings seen leaving leadership gap
• NOVA Chemicals Expects Strengthening Performance in 2007
• Gulf Ethanol Opens New Headquarters
• Solutia Bolsters Manufacturing Capacity for Polyamide 66 Resins
• Dow, Chevron Phillips to link plastics operations
• Dow CEO sees '07 economy on track to help demand
• Saudi Basic seeks chemical deals with Saudi Aramco
• Dow and Chevron Phillips Chemical Announce Plans to Form Styrenics Joint Venture in the Americas
• ConocoPhillips Establishes $22.5 Million Biofuels Research Program at Iowa State
• Group eyes $50bln bid for Dow Chem
• March job growth strong, jobless rate falls
• Lyondell Houston Refinery Unit to Take 10-Day Outage
• Chemtura Announces Restructuring to Improve Performance, Accelerate Growth, Better Serve Customers
• ExxonMobil's New Olgone Aromatic Treatment Technology Proves Successful at NPRC's Muroran Refinery
• Kemira Expands Its Cosmetics Industry Presence Through Acquisition of U.S.-Based Tri-K Industries
• Florida wins second straight NCAA crown
• Balchem Corporation to Purchase the Marano Ticino Choline Chloride and Methylamines Business of Akzo Nobel
• Air Products to Build New Hydrogen Production Facility Linked to Pipeline Network to Supply Marathon's Garyville, La. Refinery Expansion
• Solutia Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit With FMC Corporation
• Refinery Building Boom in China Aimed at 450 Million Ton Target
• UK experts demand more research on nanotech risks
• U.S. chemical rail shipments rise -report
• SAfrica's Sasol says will not sell chemicals unit
• BASF exits lysine business; shuts Korean plant
• New Report Analyzes the Worldwide Markets for Adipic Acid
• ExxonMobil Chemical Increases Production Capacity of SpectraSyn(TM) Polyalphaolefins
• Four College Fans Get The Shot Of a Lifetime ... Shooting Basketballs From The Goodyear Blimp
• 3 Firms Announce Petrochemical Venture
• Linde Sells Parts of Its US Packaged Gases Business to Airgas
• DSM to Build New Engineering Plastics Plant in India
• PotashCorp to Bring Back Idled Capacity at Patience Lake Facility
• Solutia Breaks Ground at Plant in Ghent, Belgium, for New Manufacturing Line for Saflex Interlayer
• Air Products Brings New Nitrogen Plant in China On-Stream
• UPDATE 3-Shin-Etsu needs Dow for paint chemical shipments
• NOVA Chemicals and Aux Sable Reach Agreement on Alberta Ethane Extraction Plant
• PQ Corporation Announces Expansion of Silica-Chrome Catalyst Capacity
• Linde Gas to Fuel All Hydrogen Vehicles at NHA Conference
• Dow Chemical deal talk no surprise -analysts
• Alternative Sweeteners Demand to Reach $1.1 Billion in 2010
• Kraton Polymers Announces New SIBS Polymer Grade For Hot Melt Adhesive Labels
• Akzo sells PVC additives unit to GIL Investments
• ExxonMobil Chemical to Expand Hydrocarbon Fluids Capacity in Antwerp, Belgium
• Huntsman Breaks Ground for New Maleic Anhydride Plant
• DuPont Leader Reviews Strategy to Bring Next Generation Biofuels to Market
• UCB has sold successfully its stake in Cytec Industries
• Exxon sees 60 pct rise in Asia, Mideast chemicals business
• Exxon sees spending of $20 billion a year through 2011
• Successful Start of International Chemical Company Oxea
• Genentech's $1 Bln. Calif. Biologicals Plant to Complete Construction
• Lubrizol to Expand Presence in China with Shanghai Facility
• Solutia: Purchase Akzo Nobel's 50% Stake in Flexsys Joint Venture
• Migao Corporation Announces New Production Location in China
• SABIC says may move China petchem plant elsewhere
• UPDATE 1-Murphy Oil wins Malaysian gas supply deal
• UPDATE 1-Lyondell to sell unit to Saudi firm for $1.2 bln
• Fertilizer prices seen rising with U.S. corn acres
• Bolivia says Braskem wants to build $1.4 bln plant
• Record Year for Benzene Prices; CMAI Analyzes the Future Effect
• Innospec Partners With Huntsman to Launch TAURANOL SCMI-85
• UPDATE 3-Huntsman posts Q4 profit, sells base chemicals units
• DSM continues to invest in emerging biomedical companies
• Deere Agrees To Acquire LESCO, Inc., Leader In Landscape Consumables
• Lyondell Approval for New Chemical Facility in Ningbo, China
• Wellman, Inc. Streamlines Organization
• Chemtura Announces Signing of Asset Purchase Agreement
• Air Products to Expand Production Capacity at Facilities in KY/NC
• Chemical companies face new EU import barriers
• Pioneer Announces Expansion of Chlor-Alkali Plant in St. Gabriel, LA
• Celanese Completes Acquisition of Acetate Products Limited
• DSM to build DSM China Campus in Shanghai for R&D
• Lyondell sees unit sale proceedings, refinery impact
• German unions vow to push for big wage gains
• Kline Analysts: Growth of Chinese Synthetic Latex Polymer
• UOP Selected by PetroChina for New Aromatics Project
• USSEC Ready for Green Fuel Production
• BOC Gases Begins Supplying Hydrogen to Valero Refinery in OH
• Rhodia Completes Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade
• SC Johnson Recognized Again as One of the Top US Companies
• Syngenta and Diversa in biofuels R&D deal
• Governors Call for Near Doubling of Ethanol Use by 2010
• Cytec Completes Second Phase of Sale of Two Product Lines
• Multi-Chem Acquires Cobra Chemicals
• U.S. Demand for Cosmeceutical Products to Exceed $8 Billion in 2010
• SPX Cooling Technologies To Supply Dry Cooling System at Qatar Petrochemical Facility
• Polymer Group, Inc. Announces U.S. Plant Consolidations to Improve Cost Structure and Performance
• DSM Biologics and Crucell Announce PER.C6(R) Licensing Agreement with Biotecnol SA for Antibody Production
• Venezuela says will nationalize whole energy sector
• Honduras temporarily grabs Exxon, Chevron terminals
• India's Reliance may bid for GE plastics unit-paper
• Shell says may sell French refineries
• Air Products to Acquire Polish Industrial Gas Business from Linde
• Huntsman Completes Sale of Australian Polyester Resin Assets
• As Demand Rises, Chlor-Alkali Industry Responds With Growth in Capacity
• Remove Holiday Carpet Stains - And Never Have Them Come Back
• German Merck eyes $5.3 bln generic drugs sale-source
• Huntsman Completes Sale of European Commodities Business
• Hydrogen Power Begins Trading on OTC Bulletin Board Under Symbol HYDP as Hydrogen Power, Inc.
• Technip Awarded Contract by BP for the Extension of a Purified Terephthalic Acid Plant in Belgium
• Nexant Forecasts Evolving Diversity in Biofuel Feedstocks and Technologies
• Air Products' New Texas Hydrogen Plant On-Stream and Supplying Customers
• International Paper Agrees to Sell Beverage Packaging, Arizona Chemical Businesses; Sales Valued at $985 Million
• Clorox to Purchase Colgate's Canada and Latin America Bleach Businesses
• U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. Acquires 35 Acre Industrial Facility as the Cornerstone for Biofuels Revolution
• Celanese Signs Agreement to Sell Oxo Products and Derivatives Businesses to Advent International
• European Parliament approves new chemicals law
• Authentix(R) Awarded Largest Fuel Adulterant Marking Contract in History
• Hexion Receives Regulatory Approval To Proceed With Acquisition of Resin & Adhesives Business of Orica Limited
• Grassroot Chemical Plant Startups Forecast to Increase by 34% in 2007, an Industrial Info News Alert
• Synthetic marijuana helps cancer patients - study
• Solutia Reaches Agreement in Principle to Purchase Akzo Nobel's 50 Percent Stake in Flexsys Joint Venture
• Sales in the UK's Chemicals Industry Increased by 12.6% to Reach GBP 55.1bn.
• U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. Acquires 35 Acre 447,800 Square Ft. Natchez, Mississippi Manufacturing Facility
• Construction Begins in China on SES' First Coal Gasification Facility
• Ecolab Gains U.S. EPA Registrations for First Commercial Sterilant for Low-Acid Aseptic Packaging
• Kraton Introduces New UV Reactive Technology for Low Density Foamed Adhesive Systems
• DuPont to Sell Protective Coatings Business
• U.S. Sustainable Energy Corp. to Acquire Controlling Interest in Alcar Chemicals Group, Inc.
• New Study: One in Three Illinois Legislators Test With Unsafe Levels of Mercury
• Fluor Corp. Wins $2.2 Billion Contract for Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Complex
• U.S. Biocompatible Material Demand to Approach $3.7 Billion in 2010
• Biodiesel Heats Up: Demand Remains Cool
• DuPont Agrees to Sell Special Adhesives Business to Bostik
• Westlake Chemical Closes Purchase of Eastman's Polyethylene Business
• Valspar Completes Acquisition of H.B. Fuller Company's Powder Coatings Business
• BASF: Acquisitions Strengthen Profitable Growth
• EU extends dumping duties for U.S. ethanolamines
• VeraSun Announces Innovative Process for Biodiesel Production
• Gilead Sciences Completes Acquisition of Raylo Chemicals Inc.
• Rhodia Reports Strong Results for the Third Quarter 2006
• Chemtura Announces Lion Chemical Capital as Buyer in Expected Sale of EPDM and Certain Rubber Chemicals Businesses
• ExxonMobil Chemical Announces Halobutyl Expansion at Baytown, Texas
• Chevron Seeks Permit for Refinery Expansion to Increase U.S. Gasoline Production
• Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Closes Sale of PhosLo(R) to Fresenius Medical Care
• Huntsman Advances With New Maleic Anhydride Plant
• Air Products Introduces New Surfactants for the Coatings Industry
• Leading Fertilizer Producers Show Record Profitability
• Air Products Brings Hydrogen Production Facility On-Stream to Supply ExxonMobil's Joliet, Illinois Refinery
• LANXESS Executive's $10,000 Haircut Tops the Charts
• Huntsman Ramps Operation at Shanghai MDI Plants
• To Keep Trucking, Cleaner Diesel Will Require Natural Gas, Policy Change
• Altra Inc. Breaks Ground on Advanced-Stage Ethanol Production Facility in Carleton, Nebraska
• Millipore and Stem Cell Sciences Announce Agreement To Provide Human Embryonic Stem Cell Media
• BASF Announces Full Engelhard Integration
• Chemtura Announces Expected Sale of EPDM and Certain Rubber Chemicals Businesses
• Ashland Inc. To Acquire Northwest Coatings
• Eastman Completes Sale of Arkansas Operations
• BASF expects to cut 800 jobs, mostly in U.S.
• DSM sells pharmaceutical production site in Michigan (USA) to Albemarle
• ExxonMobil Chemical Introduces a New Food Contact, FDA-Compliant, Santoprene(TM) TPV Which Bonds with ETPs
• Rhodia to sell silicones unit to China's Blue Star
• Lonza buys Cambrex biotech units, raises guidance
• Huntsman Restructures New Textile Effects Business
• Mosaic Updates Status on Damage to Louisiana Ammonia Plant; Reduces Phosphates Volume Guidance
• Solutia Recognized by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Innovative, Biodegradable Chemistry
• Technology to Battle ''Dead Zones'' Closer To Reality
• Protecting America From Pickups to the Pentagon
• What Has the Chemical Industry Done to Improve Security Since the Terrorist Attacks of 9/11?
• Kraton Polymers Announces New Developments in High Performance Barrier Packaging for the Food Industry
• Pacific Ethanol Acquires 42% of Front Range Energy, LLC and Extends Marketing Contract
• Valspar to Acquire Powder Coatings Business From H.B. Fuller Company
• Chemtura to Increase Capacity for Epoxy Soybean Oil
• Ecolab Expands U.S. Protein Market Leadership
• Tibetan City Opens World's Highest Bottling Plant
• Insect Repellents Continue to Lead Growth in Consumer Pesticides and Fertilizers Market
• The Great Pumpkin Returns to ConocoPhillips' Wilmington Refinery
• Mosaic Reports Minor Explosion at Louisiana Ammonia Plant
• Solutia Inventors Receive Patent on Manufacturing Process for Temperature-Sensitive Polymers
• U.S. Government Imposes Preliminary Duties on Activated Carbon From China
• Eastman Agrees to Sell Polyethylene Business to Westlake
• Georgia Gulf Enters into VCM Agreement with Westlake Chemical
• Rohm and Haas Company Sells its Automotive Coatings Business to Nippon Paint
• Gulf Ethanol Corporation Remains Highly Bullish on Ethanol Market
• Air Products Completes Sale of Amines Business to Taminco
• Praxair Starts up Hydrogen Plant in Indiana
• Texas Petrochemicals Announces Expansion of Polyisobutylene Unit
• Chemical Sector Releases Updated Cyber Security Strategy
• Hazardous Chemical Release Roundup: EPA Settles Two Violations; Announces Three New Cases
• Huntsman to Sell European Commodities Business to SABIC
• Congress Delivers Essential Chemical Security Legislation in Final Inning
• Celanese Corporation Signs Agreement to Acquire Acetate Products Limited
• Chemopetrol Increases HDPE Production Capability in Czech Republic
• Alternative Energy Sources to Build Ethanol Plant in Kankakee, Ill.
• Green Star Products Inc. First Neutral CO(2) Global Warming Biodiesel Plant To Be Built
• ExxonMobil Tops Shell in Global Lubes Market
• Ecolab Named among `Great Places to Work'
• Key measure of U.S. chemical demand climbs-survey
• Air Products to Sell Amines Business to Taminco
• Balchem Corporation Acquires Choline Chloride Manufacturing Facility
• U.S. Biocides Demand to Reach $2.6 Billion in 2010
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals Signs Definitive Agreement To Purchase The Adhesives & Resins Business Of Orica Limited
• Dow to invest $200 mln in China epoxy business
• KBR Joint Venture Signs Contract with Shell for Largest Gas to Liquids (GTL) Project in History
• U.S. Conductive Polymer Demand to Reach 370 Million Pounds of Resin Content in 2010
• Huber Optimizes kaolin Operations in Georgia
• Enterprise and TEPPCO Announce Joint Venture to Expand Jonah Natural Gas Gathering System
• PPG Acquires Spectra-Tone Paint Corp., Agrees to Acquire Protec Pty. Ltd.
• Eastman Chooses Solutia's Therminol Heat Transfer Fluid for World's First IntegRex Facility
• Vertellus Constructs New State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility
• Air Liquide to Build New Plant and Expand Its Production Capacity in the U.S. Rocky Mountain Region
• Citgo to sell refinery interest to Lyondell
• Toxic ''Teflon'' Chemical Found in Richmond Area Drinking Water
• Court issues mixed ruling on Amgen Epogen patents
• Cytec and DSM Announce Termination of Melamine Joint Venture
• Rhodia's New Biocide Effective on Bacteria and Iron Sulphide Deposits
• Shell to Go Ahead With World-Scale Integrated Petrochemicals Complex in Singapore
• Afton Chemical Announces Detergent Capacity Expansion
• Kraton Announces Capacity Expansions in Europe
• Potash Corp. shares boosted by record profit
• GenTek Inc. Announces The Acquisition Of The Assets of Repauno Products, LLC
• Opportunities Elusive in Rapidly Changing Lubricants Market
• Valspar Completes Strategic Investment in Huarun Paints
• Linde wins U.S. antitrust approval for BOC takeover
• Key measure of U.S. chemical demand rises
• Lyondell seen buying Citgo refinery interest
• U.S. Cosmetic & Toiletry Chemical Demand to Reach $7.6 Billion in 2010
• S. Africa union calls for strike at Sasol
• Rhodia Begins Peyton Slough Restoration and Monitoring
• Dow Introduces New Olefin Block Copolymer Using Symyx-Discovered Catalyst Family
• Memphis Biofuels LLC Starts Construction of Large Biodiesel Plant
• Scientists, Engineers See Green Side of LANXESS
• Surprising Discovery Leads to New Understanding of Water Quality
• LINE-X Continues Dominance in Bomb Blast Protective Coatings
• Celebrating 25 Years of Santoprene TPEs
• New DuPont Car Finishes Will Be Tougher Due to Polymers Made with Renewable Resources
• CMAI Completes Its 2006 World Toluene and Mixed Xylenes Analysis
• BOC to build only carbon dioxide plant in U.S. Northeast
• Strong Cash Flow and Cautious Spending in Wall Street Transcript Chemicals Issue
• News From USW: "Teflon" Chemical Contamination Confirmed in DuPont Discharge to James River
• Bayer says FDA approves fully automated HIV test
• Kraton Announces Breakthrough in Bicomponent Fiber Technology
• Agrium buys specialty U.S. fertilizer business
• Merck at the crossroads after drug flop, Schering
• Maryland Student Honored for Water Research
• BP unit tried to manipulate propane prices-US CFTC
• EPA Cites Equistar Chemicals for Clean-Air Violations
• Kaiser Aluminum Expected to Exit Chapter 11 on July 6, 2006
• US Government Poised to Issue First Nationwide Chemical Security Plan
• Conoco requests U.S. SPR crude for La. refinery
• Huntsman Closes Sale of U.S. Butadiene Business
• Rhodia Formally Opens New Research Center in Bristol, Pa.
• Worker flicks wrong switch, costs Nova $11 mln
• Germany's Lanxess interested in Degussa - paper
• Bayer says takeover of Schering AG successful
• Texas Petrochemicals Announces Project to Expand Baytown Operations
• Akzo Nobel sees strong drugmaker Organon after IPO
• DSM invests in biomaterials company Oxford Performance Materials
• Front Range Energy and Pacific Ethanol Announce Completion 40MM Gallon ethanol Production Facility in Colorado
• BASF says Engelhard now wholly owned subsidiary
• Bayer wins Schering for $22 billion as Merck quits
• Texas Petrochemicals Announces Restructuring of Acquisition of Huntsman Corporation's U.S. Butadiene Business
• Chinese Competition Intensifies for C&T Raw Material Suppliers
• XcelPlus Announces Plans for Bio-Diesel and E85 Ethanol Technologies
• BioEnergy International Licenses Biocatalyst Technology to Purac, the Largest Lactic Acid Producer in the World
• Kraton Unveils New Brand Identity
• The Next Generation of Science Stars: Five Female Scientists Honored with 2006 L'Oreal USA Fellowships
• Responsible Care(R) Recognizes U.S. Chemical Industry's Performance Leaders
• Fine Chemicals: Degussa Sells Raylo Chemicals and Establishes a Long-Term Supply Partnership With Gilead Sciences
• Albemarle Breaks Ground on Hydroprocessing Catalyst Plant
• AspenTech Announces Chevron's Selection of Advanced Process Control Solution as Corporate Standard for Eight Refineries
• Cognis Announces Plans to Expand Esterification at
  Its Cincinnati Plant
• NanoGram Develops High Transparency High Refractive Index Polymer Nanocomposites
• BASF clinches Engelhard deal for over $5 bn
• Ashland Completes Purchase of Degussa Water Treatment Business
• Grace Acquires Catalyst Components Business and Custom Catalyst Assets from Basell
• Tate & Lyle Announces $260 Million Investment in New U.S. Corn Wet Mill
• EU approves Degussa buy of Dow Chemical unit
• Valero still interested in Lyondell-Citgo refinery
• Petrobras to expand Texas refinery to 200,000 bpd
• Kraton Revolutionizes Hot Melt Butyl Sealant Applications
• Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center Announces Development of Organic Semiconductor Material Expected to Open Way to Less Costly, Large Flat-Panel TVs
• Sika Expands to Increase Production Capacity for Polyurethane Adhesive
• New Invisible Defense Protecting Virginia Tech Hokies
• U.S. Pharmaceutical Packaging Market to Exceed $11 Billion in 2010
• Solvay Completes Acquisition of Gharda After Mississippi Polymer Technologies: Expansion into Ultra-High Performance Polymers in India & U.S.
• Chevron Launches New Food-Machinery Greases
• Groundbreaking Set for Clymers Ethanol Plant
• U.S. Polymer Nanocomposites Demand to Exceed 7 Billion Pounds in 2020
• Giant Industries fire-hit Va. refinery at 100 pct
• Progress in Plant Breeding and Biotech Programs, Coupled With Continued Financial Discipline, Underscore Monsanto's Success
• ADM Selects Cedar Rapids, Iowa as Second Location for Ethanol Expansion
• BioEnergy International Commences Site Work on 108 Million Gallon Ethanol Project
• Biomass Resources Corporation Announces "Ethanol from Pineapple" Success
• Mitsubishi Chemical Announces Acquisitions Strengthening Its Global Position as Supplier of Polypropylene Plastics in High Demand by Automobile Industry
• Ethanol From Paper Pulp: Genencor Announces French Government Funded Project
• NOVA Chemicals Plans to Temporarily Idle Styrene Plant Due to U.S. Gulf Coast Ethylene Shortage
• Plastic 'Secret Agent' Kills Superbugs
• Clariant sells Pharmaceutical Fine Chemicals to TowerBrook Capital Partners
• Honeywell Wins Contract to Standardize Technology at 25 Shell Refineries and Chemical Plants Worldwide
• German drug-chemical hybrids post strong results
• BASF sets ultimatum after extending Engelhard bid
• Huntsman says fire shuts Texas chemical plant
• Ashland and Engelhard Team to Reduce Waste Going to Texas Landfills
• Proposed Ethanol Plant to be Largest in Southeast
• Automotive Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants Demand to Exceed $7 Billion in 2010
• Multi-Point Use of FreshFx(R) Antimicrobial Solution Is the Non-Toxic and Cost-Effective Answer to Reducing Salmonella in Poultry Processing
• Calgon Carbon Sells Solvent Recovery Business
• Lyondell seeks Houston refinery sale by midsummer
• Iran to scrap $1.2 bln deal with foreign firms
• Engelhard sets buyback to foil BASF takeover bid
• KBR Chosen to Design, Build and Operate Ammonia Plant in Egypt
• DSM to double capacity for engineering plastics in China
• Huntsman Forms Green Chemistry Strategic Business Unit
• Nano Chemical Announces a New Nano Enhanced Ball Bearing Lubricant Product
• Oil & Gas Going Global: Identifying Risk and Reward
• Energy Tribune Exposes the Ethanol Scam
• ITC Moves Forward With Activated Carbon Investigation
• BASF says extends offer for Engelhard by two weeks
• Saudi Arabia plans two new petrochemical complexes
• Bacteria, plants could help modernize flu shots
• Dow AgroSciences Moving to Double Production of Trans Free, High Stability Canola, Sunflower Oils by 2007
• U.S. Scores High Marks This Earth Day
• U.S. companies tout benefits of biotech products
• Bhopal gas victims on hunger strike for justice
• Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. Enters Into a Purchase and Sale Agreement With Huntsman Corporation for U.S. Butadiene Business
• Lyondell, Venezuela's Citgo eye refinery sale
• Growth is Expected to Continue for Biocides Within the Wood Preservatives Sector
• Engelhard Breaks Ground on Facility for Oil and Gas-Extraction Technology
• Hydrogen Peroxide is Newest Trend in Cleaners
• UOP to Supply Technology for Eight Process Units for Expansion Of CEPSA'S La Rabida Refinery in Spain
• Americans Increasingly Sickened By Ticks
• Valero L.P. Completes Sale of Australia and New Zealand Subsidiaries
• The Scotts Company Introduces Product and Packaging Changes Designed to Improve Fertilizer Application, Protect the Environment
• BOC Expands Production Capacity In U.S. Southeast
• Kerr-McGee Completes Separation of Tronox
• Canada won't derail Alaska gas pipeline - officials
• Lubrizol Sells Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and Intermediate Compounds Business
• Henkel to Sell Sealants for Insulating Glass Business
• Holland Sweetener Company to exit from aspartame business
• Ashland Signs Agreement to Acquire Degussa Water Treatment Business
• Green Star Products Expands into Biodiesel Plant Construction
• Saudi starts work on $10 bln petrochemical project
• Chemical product price pressure may ease
• Schering shares surge as Bayer rides to rescue
• Scania at Fuel Conference in London: Ethanol the Best Alternative Fuel for Urban Transport
• BASF says optimistic will reach Engelhard agreement
• Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff Calls for New Legislation to Protect Chemical Facilities
• DSM : New environmental targets for DSM plants
• Lyondell Urges EPA Action on Gasoline Supply
• Lubrizol Sells Food Ingredients and Industrial Specialties Businesses
• Albemarle Named as Tamiflu(R) Production Partner
• Merck bids $17.4 billion for Schering
• Honeywell Signs $12 Million Agreement with Saudi Petrochemical Company
• Production Restructuring in Pharmaceutical Companies to Propel Fine Chemicals Market in North America
• ExxonMobil Introduces New Mobil Delvac Extended Life Coolant/Anti-Freeze
• Widespread Pesticide Poisoning of Water Focus of Landmark Government Study
• US gasoline imports seen surviving MTBE phase-out
• UOP and Albemarle Form Hydroprocessing Alliance to Help Refiners Produce Clean Fuels
• BASF patience stretched on Engelhard deal-analysts
• Global Petrochemical Industry Will Continue Shift Towards Middle East and China
• Sasol casts wide net for oil from gas, coal deals
• LORD Corporation Agrees to Purchase Business Line of Henkel
• DuPont Contaminated James River with ''Likely'' Carcinogen
• Huntsman Selects Geismar, Louisiana as Site for Maleic Anhydride Expansion
• BASF to buy Degussa unit for 2.8 bln euros-paper
• Sasol to invest $32.6 mln in reactor to cut costs
• Terra to Resume Ammonia Production at Billingham and Yazoo City
• Veridium Technology Converts Exhaust Carbon Dioxide
  from Fermentation Stage of Ethanol Facilities into New Ethanol
  and Biodiesel
• NewGen Announces Biodiesel Project Launch in Fairfield, Iowa
• Biopolymers - A Bridge to Zero-Waste Communities
• Paint makers could face more lawsuits
• BASF Receives European Anti-Trust Clearance for Proposed Engelhard Acquisition
• Grace to Open Manufacturing Facility in Tennessee to Produce Products for Residential and Commercial Construction
• Huntsman to Sell U.S. Butadiene Business
• UCB Licenses Sepracor U.S. patents for antihistamine Levocetirizine
• Huntsman to Purchase Ciba Textile Effects Business
• KMG Chemicals Acquires Animal Insecticide Assets from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica
• Honeywell's Developmental Refrigerant Meets Global Warming Regulation
• KRATON Launches Styrenic Block Copolymers (SBC) for Coextruded Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Films
• Doe Run Peru Preparing Response to Ministry Comments on La Oroya
• Breaking up Europe's chemical-pharma hybrids
• Akzo Nobel plans to break structure, list drugs unit
• Record Attendance Expected for Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) 21st Annual 2006 World Petrochemical Conference and Workshop
• Solvay Advanced Polymers Finalizes Acquisition of Mississippi Polymer Technologies
• ADM Selects Columbus, Nebraska as First Location for Ethanol Expansion
• ICI year results meet expectations, to sell Uniqema
• Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto Reach Global Agreement,
  Creating New Choices for Farmers
• Altair Nanotechnologies Announces New U.S. Patent Issue for Producing Stabilized Zirconia
• Akzo Nobel plans to break structure, list drugs unit
• Lafarge plans $3 bln buyout of US unit
• BASF clears Engelhard cartel review, extends offer
• Exxon profit tops $10 billion, capping record year
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals Completes Purchase of Coatings & Adhesives Business from The Rhodia Group
• Cytec Announces Update to Operating Segments
• Huntsman confirms talks that may lead to sale
• BASF submits bid for Degussa construction unit
• PPG Breaks Ground on Taiwanese Coatings Application Plant for Fasteners, Small Parts
• Tronox to Receive $20.5 Million in Settlement With United States
• US asks co's to slash output of Teflon compound
• Lyondell says could replace MTBE output by summer
• BASF nominates two directors for Engelhard board
• BASF sticks to Engelhard bid terms despite snub
• Engelhard rejects BASF offer, to explore options
• ADM to Process Monsanto's VISTIVE(TM) Low Linolenic Soybeans at Indiana Facility
• Huntsman, BASF and Chinese Companies Consider Construction of New MDI Plant in China
• International Specialty Products Acquires The Business of Progiven S.A.S.
• DSM sells iodine business to Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM)
• Benchmark Sells Polymer Unit to Hercules
• Lonza Acquires the Bioproducts Manufacturing Division of UCB, Strengthens its Position as Worldwide Leader in Custom Peptide Manufacturing
• Dow Chemical flags interest in Degussa arm -paper
• Research and Markets: REACH - Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals - Will Place a Duty on Companies That Manufacture, Import and Use Chemicals in the EU
• Nanotech 2006 Opens Registration for the Largest Meeting of Scientific and Business Leaders in Nanotechnology in the U.S.
• Natgas shares seen strong despite falling gas price
• Ethanol Producers Quickly Capitalize on Unprecedented Demand for Alternative Fuels with Pavilion Technologies
• Antibiotic Growth Promoters on Their Way Out
• Airgas Selected as ''Best Managed'' Chemical Company by Forbes Magazine
• Altair Nanotechnologies and Western Oil Sands Extend Phase One of Technology Licensing Agreement
• Arch Chemicals Purchases Remaining 50 Percent Share in Nordesclor HTH(R) Swimming Pool and Potable Water Sanitizer Joint Venture In Brazil
• Nexant Sees Promising Opportunities for Using Coal as Feedstock for Commodity Chemicals
• Banner Year for Enviro-Ag Industry
• Biotech crops mark first decade with wins, losses
• Hercules to Acquire Water Soluble Polymer Business
• Coffeyville Resources Refinery and Fertilizer Plant Commences Major Expansion and Upgrade
• BASF in $4.9 bln hostile bid for Engelhard
• Colgate sells detergent brands to Procter & Gamble
• GW wins U.S. okay for pivotal cannabis drug study
• Fifty-Foot-Tall Bayer Advanced(TM) Jack and the Rose Stalk Float Chosen as the Lead Float in the Rose Parade(R) on Monday, January 2, 2006
• Terra to Suspend Ammonia Production at Yazoo City Facility
• Graham Corporation Awarded $2 million for Middle East Petrochemical Plant
• Sequoia Interests Opens First Manufacturing Facility
• Voltaix Extends SiGe Leadership with Support from National Science Foundation
• Shell and CNOOC say China plant ready to start
• LSB Industries' Subsidiary Cherokee Nitrogen Has Suspended Ammonia Production at Its Cherokee, Alabama, Plant
• Fitch: U.S. Chemical Producers Battle for Margin Expansion in 2006
• In 2005 the Output of China's PCB Market is Expected to Reach 110 Million Square Meters
• Thermoplastic Elastomers 2005 - See the Papers from Top Experts on TPE Materials, Processing and Applications
• RAG seen buying out Degussa, BASF keen on unit
• Sasol Olefins & Surfactants GmbH to Modernize its Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate (LAS) Plant in Marl, Germany
• Frontier Oil Selects CB&I for Refinery Expansion Project
• Celanese to Construct World-Scale Vinyl Acetate Monomer Plant in China
• Celanese Has Sold Its omega-3 DHA Business to Lonza
• Agri-Ethanol Products Announces $150 Million Ethanol Plant
  for Beaufort County, North Carolina
• Solvay Advanced Polymers' Augusta Manufacturing Plant Earns OSHA 'Star' Award for Health and Safety Excellence
• Graham Corporation Wins $3.2 million in Purchase Orders for Saudi Arabian Petrochemical Complex
• Henkel Unveils New Adhesives and Sealants Technology Center
• Mannatech Trains Ugandan Chemists to Analyze Plants, Herbs Used for Centuries By African Healers to Promote Health
• Celanese forecasts positive chemical market
• Albemarle Announces Breakthrough in FCC Catalyst Technology
• UOP LLC and Total Petrochemicals to Integrate Methanol-to-Olefins and Olefin Cracking Processes
• Dow Corning Recognized as One of America's Greatest Brands
• Rhodia gets U.N. nod for emission rights trading
• American Pacific Completes Acquisition of Aerojet Fine Chemicals
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals To Purchase Ink And Adhesive Resins Business From Akzo Nobel
• Formosa Plastics U.S.A. Extends Pavilion Technologies Throughout its Polyethylene Business
• Job growth springs back after hurricanes
• Solutia to Buy Out Mexican Joint Venture Partner
• Merck to cut 7,000 jobs, slash costs
• Kerr-McGee Completes Chemical IPO
• Sarnoff To Commercialize ExxonMobil's Nano Materials In Non-Petrochemical Markets
• Britain moves up date for deal on EU chemicals bill
• New Vinyl Ester Resin, HYDREX(R) 100-LV, Introduced for Marine / Spa Applications
• (19) Florida 34, (23) Florida St. 7
• Jury finds for Monsanto in patent case vs. Bayer
• Royster-Clark urges rejection of Agrium takeover
• Shell awards S'pore cracker design deal to ABB-Toyo
• ADM Announces Plans to Build a Polyols Facility
• Merkel praises EU chemicals compromise
• PolyOne to close color additives plant in England
• ADM Announces New U.S. Cocoa Production Facility
• America's Chemical Makers Dismayed by E.U. 'REACH' Vote
• Solvay Advanced Polymers Introduces Low-Warp IXEF(R)2060 Polyarylamide
• Sinopec to Privatize Zhenhai Refining
• Lyondell may see more plant shutdown charges-filing
• Grace Announces Purchase of Assets of Single-Site Catalysts, LLC
• Ecolab Celebrates Grand Opening of New R&D Center
• 'Significant' issues in Valero probe--US Chem Bd
• Dow CEO Testifies Before House Appropriations Joint Sub-Committee On Impact of U.S. Natural Gas Crisis on Industry
• The Second World Science Forum to be Held in Budapest
• Huntsman's Major Ethylene Unit Resumes Production
• Rentech to buy fertilizer plant from Royster-Clark
• ICL Completes Acquisition of Astaris Business and Assets
• Opportunities Seen for Specialty Adhesives used in Medical Devices
• Utilities Must Step Away from Natural Gas If They're to Keep the Lights on, Says Thinking Energy's Latest Report
• Cytec Completes Expansion for Mining Chemicals Product Line
• KRATON to Double Global Supply Capability of Polyisoprene Latex
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Sells Port Arthur Cumene Unit to INEOS
• BASF Sells Global Phorate Insecticide Product Line to American Vanguard
• AspenTech's Polymer Advanced Control Solution Implemented at Lyondell's La Porte Complex
• Hexion Specialty Chemicals To Purchase Coatings & Adhesives Business From The Rhodia Group
• Huntsman Calls Latest Natural Gas Price Surge Outrageous and Unnecessary
• NPRA Testimony Underscores Importance of Increased U.S. Refining Capacity
• ExxonMobil Chemical to Expand World's Largest IPA Plant
• The Great Pumpkin Returns to ConocoPhillips' Wilmington Refinery
• Kerr-McGee to Separate Chemical Business With Initial Public Offering in Fourth Quarter
• Solvay sees strong pharma operating margins
• Huntsman to Build Polyetheramine Manufacturing Facility in Singapore
• National Chemistry Week Gets Kids Excited About Science
• New Research Provides In-Depth Analysis of Reactive Processing of Polymers
• Electroactive Polymers Power Versatile Lighting
• Recycling of PVC and Mixed Plastic Waste - Bringing the Recycling Process from a Costly Nuisance to a Profitable Industry
• US Disinfectant & Antimicrobial Chemicals Demand to Reach $930 Million in 2009
• H-Cube - Bench Top Hydrogenation Unit by Thales Nanotechnology, Inc. of Budapest Receives Prestigious R&D 100 Award
• ICIS Launches ICISnews - its Global Breaking News Service for the Chemical Industry
• High Energy Prices Still Threaten Economy
• Some U.S. plastic shortages seen from natgas price
• NatureWorks LLC Announces World's First Greenhouse-Gas-Neutral Polymer
• INEOS buys BP's Innovene petchem unit for $9 bln
• Fitch Completes IDRs For U.S. Chemicals Sector
• Honeywell to Acquire Remaining Stake in UOP LLC Joint Venture
• Sigma-Aldrich unit creates new biosciences division
• Chemical plants endure Rita, could see profits cut
• Scientists Need to Focus on Developing More Resilient and Efficient Advanced Catalysts
• Nanotech's Promise Hits the Pedal
• Sterling Chemicals Announces Exit From Acrylonitrile and Derivative Businesses
• Nova Chemicals Forms Mexico Joint Venture
• Voltaix Obtains World-Wide Exclusive Rights to Breakthrough SiGe Technology Developed at Arizona State University
• Advanced Refining Technologies to Expand Catalyst Production Capacity
• DuPont Warns Customers on Prices
• Bush urges gas conservation
• ADM Plans to Expand Ethanol Capacity by 500 Million Gallons
• Bunge to build fertilizer plant at Argentina port
• Reichhold Announces Management Buyout
• KRATON Announces Capacity Expansion at Belpre Plant in The U.S.
• Rita Could Threaten Chemicals as Well as Oil
• Americas Chemical Makers Call for National Initiative to Curb Natural Gas Consumption
• Dow CEO Voices Concern About Impact of Escalating Energy and Feedstock Costs on US Chemical Industry
• Katrina hit natgas plants need military help-group
• No chemical leaks seen from New Orleans trains
• Dow Chemical Realigns Businesses
• Terra Industries Inc. Resumes Yazoo City Ammonia Production
• Rhodia says Hurricane Katrina, Swiss floods to hit H2
• Chemical Sector Mixed Amid Uncertainty
• Cytec Gulf Coast Plants Restarting Operations
• Shell Provides Update on Operational Impact of Hurricane Katrina
• Wellman: No Major Damage at Mississippi Plant
• Engelhard Acquires Adsorbents Business
• ExxonMobil Introduces New Series of Multi-Purpose Greases for Food Processing Industry
• Need for High Performance Coatings Stimulates Demand for Elastomeric Coatings
• America's Chemical Makers Statement on the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
• Katrina said to hit 20 pct of capacity of key chemical
• Norco, Louisiana refinery to restart soon
• CF Industries Louisiana Complex Back In Production
• Solvay Advanced Polymers Selects Plant Site in Marietta, Ohio for New Sulfone Polymers Production Unit
• Cytec Completes Sale of Surface Specialties Amino Resins Business
• ICL to Acquire Astaris, Major US Producer of Specialty Phosphates
• Reliance said to be mulling petchem deal, BP in frame
• Reports show jobs market in solid shape
• Czech SEC approves PKN buyout offer for Unipetrol
• Petrobras eyes U.S. market with PDVSA refinery plan
• Air Products to Build and Operate a New Hydrogen Plant at ExxonMobil's Joliet, Illinois Oil Refinery
• Intellectual Property at Risk in China, Says Roland Berger
• Europe to send emergency oil to US to ease crisis
• Frost & Sullivan: Chemical Companies on the Verge of a New Investment Cycle
• Texas Petrochemicals LP Announces Expansion of Polyisobutylene Unit
• Afton Chemical Announces Creation of High-Performance
  Hydraulic Additive
• Do Specialty Chemicals Make Cytec Special?
• Ethylene Expansion Project Award in Russia
• Chocolate Becoming Hot Ingredient in Beauty and Personal Care Products
• Sasol Considering the Disposal of Its Olefins and Surfactants (O&S) Business Excluding Its Co-Monomers Activities in South Africa
• Oil charges above $67 on capacity worries
• Refiners Get 270-Day Deadline
• NAFTA panel rules against Methanex in MTBE case
• Fulcrum sees improved Q3 for chemical makers
• BASF's North American Business Posts 65 Percent Rise in Earnings
• Westlake Chemical profit rises about 40 percent
• PPG Acquires Asian Maker of Specialty Wood Coatings
• Job growth up; interest rate hikes eyed
• Germany's Merck says starting U.S. generics firm
• Stepan Q2 Profit Skyrockets 63 Percent
• Is Your Body Toxic?
• UOP Announces Formation of New Strategic Business Unit
• PPG to Install Membrane Technology, Eliminate Use of Mercury at Lake Charles, La.
• BASF, Shell complete 4.4-bln-euro Basell sale
• Huntsman Prepays Bank Debt
• Iomai licenses technology from Dow Chemical unit
• Fluor to Build and Manage Construction at Olefins Complex in Kuwait
• Advance Nanotech Subsidiary Continues to Build out Research Team
• Honeywell Refrigerant Receives Broader Approval By U.S. EPA as Replacement for Ozone-Depleting Substances
• Huntsman and Al-Zamil Announce Planned Construction
  of New Ethyleneamines Plant
• Chavez warns petrochemical companies over contracts
• Dow Chemical may benefit if prices rise -Barron's
• DuPont and Rhodia Sign Agreement for Sale of Rhodia's ISCEON(R) HFC Refrigerant Blends Business
• Calgon Corp. gets China deal
• Idaho Company Ends Fertilizer Production
• BOC Signs Contracts to Supply Hydrogen to Chevron and Holly Oil Refineries
• Demand key for European chems ahead of euro, oil
• Lyondell sees chemical demand reviving
• Borden Chemical Completes Combination with Resolution Performance Products and Resolution Specialty Materials to Form Hexion Specialty Chemicals
• Fitch: Solid Quarter Expected for Polyvinyl Chlorate Industry
• BP says insufficient incentives to build refineries
• Biotech Breakthrough Will Favorably Impact the U.S. Chemical Industry
• Dow Europe raises polystyrene prices
• TETRA Technologies, Inc. Announces Calcium Chloride Manufacturing Expansion
• European Union Clears Great Lakes Merger
• Basell shuts UK, Spain and Italy PP plants for repairs
• New Guide to Chemicals, Coatings and the Plastics Industry Available Today
• Joint Venture Announced In Polymer OLED Material Supply
• PotashCorp Announces Strategic Partnership with Sinochem Corporation's Fertilizer Business (Sinofert)
• Hercules Inc. sees double-digit earnings growth
• Solutia Takes Step on Reorganization
• Monsanto deal to bring Solutia out of bankruptcy
• KMG Chemicals Acquires Pentachlorophenol Assets from Occidental Chemical Corporation
• United Steelworkers Expands Investigation of BP Disaster To Include Relevant Public Information
• Vulcan Materials Company Closes Sale of Chemicals Business to Occidental
• Huntsman Prepays $100 Million in Bank Debt
• Apollo Resources Subsidiary Signs Letter of Intent with Chemicals Processing Company
• Occidental bid for Vulcan assets gets US approval
• Pioneer Announces an Agreement to Sell Its Chlorinated Paraffins Business
• J.M. Huber Corporation Acquires ATH Business of AluChem, Inc.
• Honeywell Sells Industrial Wax Operations in United States to the International Group, Inc.
• Engelhard Acquires China-Based Syngas Catalyst Business
• Cytec Completes Sale of CYRO Industries Joint Venture
• Rohm and Haas Company to Close Wytheville, VA Powder Coatings Plant
• Lyondell-Citgo cuts feed to coker
• Solvay Chemicals Announces Formation of SOLVAir Products Group
• NPRA Comments on Senate Committee's Vote on Ethanol Mandate
• Emerging Applications and Greater Health Consciousness
  Drive World Biosensors Market
• US may lack fungicides, equipment for soyrust -GAO
• Peter Huntsman Discusses Current Chemical Industry Trends
• Biodegradable Lubrication Technology Reduces Energy Consumption and Extends Equipment Life
• BP and NOVA Chemicals Sign Binding Agreements for
  European Styrenics Joint Venture
• Organon and Lexicon Genetics Collaborate
  to Develop Biotherapeutic Drugs
• Natref Refinery's Innovative R600 Million Investment
  to Lower Sulphur Content in Diesel
• Exxon eyes new chemical projects to supply China
• Dow Chemical sees mixed conditions for rest of '05
• Yara, Bunge start Brazil phosphate mine venture
• DuPont opening new R&D centers to spur growth
• Celanese Divests PBI Business
• NOVA Chemicals and Innovene Announce Catalyst
  License Agreement with Westlake Petrochemicals
• State Announces $34 Million To Support Polymer
  and Advanced Materials Industries
• Crompton-Great Lakes company to be named Chemtura
• Alastian Challenges Traditional Business Model in Polymers
• Largest City in U.S. Adopts Plan to Curtail Use of Pesticides
• Nanotech Investors Play the Later Rounds
• U.S. jobs growth surprisingly robust in April
• Shell, BASF wrap up $5.7B sale
• Exxon Mobil eyes new Singapore petchem plant
• The World's Largest Dye Industry Exhibition to Open in Shanghai
• Borden Chemical, Inc., Resolution Performance Products LLC
  and Resolution Specialty Materials LLC to Merge
• New Engelhard catalyst technology cuts platinum use
• Bayer profit soars on strong plastics, chemicals
• 1st Quarter 2005 U.S. Petrochemical Production Rose 13 Percent from 1st Quarter 2004
• DEET Education Program Responds to New Repellent
  Guidelines from CDC
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