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04.01.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Petro Rabigh launches 20-day maintenance following power outage

04.01.2013 DOW  “Olefins 2” plant in Louisiana brought back on stream / Capturing cheap shale gas feedstock

04.01.2013 EXXONMOBIL  Mega polyolefin complex in Singapore is commissioned / Naphtha cracker in start-up phase / US group now world's largest polyolefin producer

03.01.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Fire leads PPG Industries to declare force majeure for VCM from Louisiana

02.01.2013 ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS  Balance of worldwide capacity has shifted to Asia / Polyamide is a rare exception / European market holds up relatively well / Massive expansion in China likely to continue

02.01.2013 PERTAMINA  MoU with SK Global, PTT and Mitsubishi for petrochemical joint venture in Indonesia / Commissioning expected in 2017

02.01.2013 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Anti-fracking movement has mounted effective campaign, study says / Technology also is credited with progress

02.01.2013 POLYMER DISTRIBUTION EUROPE  Distributors increase marketshare to 11% in 2011 / Sector continues to grow in importance / Top 10 groups account for half of pan-European distribution

21.12.2012 STANDARD THERMOPLASTICS  Global capacities exceed 252m t/y / PET output spearheads expansions in 2012 / More than half of global output found in Asia / China will continue to extend its lead in the coming years / Sabic still slightly ahead of Sinopec

21.12.2012 BASF  PA 6 film capacity upgrade in Ludwigshafen / Total output slightly lifted

20.12.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Iran commissions first stretch of ethylene pipeline / Massive Kavian cracker complex starts up in Assaluyeh

20.12.2012 INEOS ENTERPRISES  Acetic acid agreement with BP for VAM plant in Hull

19.12.2012 KEM ONE  Raising emulsion PVC capacity in Spain / New COO for Vinyls business

18.12.2012 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  UK ends fracking moratorium / Controls on seismic activity / Environmentalists sceptical

18.12.2012 BASF  Solid AH salt plant starts up in Ludwigshafen / Output earmarked for foreign markets, especially Asia

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