Engineering News from Search Enterprises
SESI brings you engineering news on a weekly basis. Each week 7 new engineering news stories will be added to this section.

• 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