Americas - Page 1

AkzoNobel to build new pulp Chemical Island facility in Brazil
Friday, February 03, 2012 AkzoNobel will invest €80m ($105m) to build a new pulp Chemical Island facility in Imperatriz, Maranhao,...

Flotek expands Marlow chemical production facility
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Flotek Industries, a developer and distributor of specialty chemicals, has completed an initial expansion of its chemical production facility in Marlow, Oklahoma,...

Qatar to invest $25bn in petrochemical production over next decade
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Qatar will invest $25bn to expand and develop its domestic petrochemical industry over the next decade, according to an...

Eastman Chemical to buy Solutia
Monday, January 30, 2012 Eastman Chemical Company has signed a definitive agreement to purchase a provider of performance materials and specialty chemicals,...

USDA to fund ZeaChem cellulosic biorefinery
Friday, January 27, 2012 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Programme, has granted a conditional commitment worth $232.5m to ZeaChem Boardman Biorefinery...

Genomatica adopts Beta technology for BDO production
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Genomatica is adopting Beta Renewables' Proesa technology for the production of butanediol (BDO), as part of the definitive agreement between the two...

BASF FINA awards ethylene furnace contract to Selas
Friday, January 20, 2012 BASF FINA Petrochemicals, a joint venture of BASF Corporation and Total Petrochemicals, has awarded a contract to Selas Fluid Processing Corporation for a cracking ethylene...

Samsung Total to use UOP technology for petrochemical and fuels production
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Samsung Total Petrochemicals, a joint venture between Samsung General Chemicals and Total Petrochemical, will use UOP's technologies for the production of petrochemicals, diesel and jet fuel at...

Methanex to resume methanol production in New Zealand
Thursday, January 19, 2012 Methanex Corporation is investing $60m to restart its second methanol plant at its Motunui site in New Zealand, which has been closed since...

Pittsburgh RMG and Aither to build petrochemical plant
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Aither Chemicals and Pittsburgh Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG) of Pennsylvania, US, have signed a letter of engagement (LOE) to fund and construct a petrochemical plant on Marcellus...

Pennsylvania potential site for proposed Shell chemical plant in US
Thursday, January 12, 2012 US Senator for Pennsylvania Bob Casey has written to a Shell executive to select a Pennsylvania site for the construction of a new chemical plant in the...

PCS Phosphate plans sulpur factory
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 PCS Phosphate, a unit of Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, is in talks to build a sulphur plant at Portsmouth Marine Terminal in Virginia, US, according to a company...

Rentech Nitrogen ammonia capacity expansion moves ahead
Monday, January 09, 2012 Rentech Nitrogen Partners has obtained a loan of around $40m from Rentech to carry out its ammonia capacity and storage...

Jordan Company acquires Vantage Specialty Chemicals
Monday, January 09, 2012 HIG Capital, a private equity investment firm, has completed the sale of Vantage Specialty Chemicals to the Jordan...

Dow Chemical adopts UOP Oleflex technology
Friday, January 06, 2012 Dow Chemical Company has adopted Honeywell UOP's C(3) Oleflex technology to produce propylene at its petrochemicals production site in Texas,...

Whiting Equipment to support Vale potash crystallisation plant
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Vale has awarded a contract to Whiting Equipment Canada to supply salt evaporators and potash crystallisers for its Potasio Rio Colorado (PRC) potash crystallisation plant in Mendoza...

Enterprise to build ethane pipeline in US
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Enterprise Products Partners has obtained sufficient transportation commitments to build its 1,230-mile Appalachia to Texas pipeline (ATEX Express) from the Marcellus / Utica Shale areas...

Dow and Aksa to launch carbon fibre joint venture
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Dow Europe, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii to develop, manufacture and market carbon fibre and its...

Abengoa plans temporary shutdown of two ethanol plants
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Abengoa Bioenergy is set to temporarily shutdown ethanol production at its plants in Portales, New Mexico, and Colwich Kansas, both in the US, due to bad market...

Momentive and UPC Technology join forces for phenolic resins production
Friday, December 16, 2011 Momentive Specialty Chemicals has signed a joint venture agreement with UPC Technology to produce phenolic...