Petrochemical industry – Page 10
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BusinessDow will face dioxin suit
US appeals court rules property owners have a valid case over soil contamination
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BusinessBP to sell Chinese joint venture stake to Sinopec
Oil giant retains significant investment in China, but is shifting focus
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BusinessBrexit raises regulatory worries
Risk of doubling legal burden for industry undermines referendum’s ‘red-tape cutting’ claims
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BusinessCarbon Clean Solutions and Veolia team up to expand carbon capture and re-use
New partnership will further develop the use of carbon capture technology on industrial scale
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BusinessHow do chemical firms last hundreds of years?
What distinguishes companies that thrive from others that failed?
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CareersThe PhD fellow
Rachel Fort reveals how she is completing a PhD while in full time employment
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BusinessShell shrinks stake in Canadian oil sands
$7.25bn sell-off is part of plan to divest over $30bn in assets to reduce debts
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BusinessExxonMobil to invest $20bn in Gulf Coast manufacturing
Oil giant will fund 11 chemical, refining, lubricant and liquefied natural gas projects from 2013 to at least 2022
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BusinessAramco and Shell end refining relationship
$2.2 billion divorce deal gives Aramco control of biggest oil refinery in the US
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BusinessSaudi Aramco to invest $7bn in Malaysian oil refinery
Agreement with Petronas will strengthen Malaysia’s petrochemical megaproject
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OpinionCollaboration and competition can both stimulate innovation
Diverse approaches suit different goals
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BusinessSabic takes control of Shell petrochemicals joint venture
$820m sale of Saudi Arabian plants continues Shell’s global reorganisation programme
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PodcastAdamantane
Brian Clegg introduces a crystalline hydrocarbon that isn’t as tough as it sounds, but is the basis of a wide range of medicines
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BusinessThird fatality confirmed in BASF incident
Crackers and related plants will restart over coming days
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BusinessExplosion at BASF kills at least two
Six workers injured and a further two missing in Ludwigshafen, Germany
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BusinessIneos lands first US shale gas in UK
Massive tankers create a ‘virtual pipeline’ bringing feedstock to replace dwindling domestic supplies
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BusinessSadara cracker eyes richer chemical rewards
Joint venture between Dow and Saudi Aramco will target added value plastics and speciality chemicals
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ResearchMembranes promise to slash energy needed to separate hydrocarbons
ExxonMobil-backed study allows reverse osmosis of hard-to-distinguish para-xylene and ortho-xylene