Engineering News from Search Enterprises
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• 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
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• Eastman Chooses Solutia's Therminol Heat Transfer Fluid for World's First IntegRex Facility
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