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PETROCHEM

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Saudi Aramco Asia and Pertamina sign MoU for integrated refinery/petrochemical plant

300,000bpd complex to source most of its crude from Saudi Arabia, economic feasibility to be determined.

GTForum key 20 Feb 2012

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NatureWorks and BioAmber form JV for biopolymer commercialisation

Joint venture AmberWorks to develop and manufacture compounded polylactic acid and polybutylensuccinate resin grades; to be marketed via NatureWorks....

GTForum key 16 Feb 2012

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EPA sets new emission limits for PVC producers

New rule will require major emitters of air toxins from PVC production to invest US$18 million, spend US$4 million annually.

GTForum key 14 Feb 2012

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Qatar Petroleum and Qapco to build petrochemical complex in Qatar

World-scale petrochemical plant in Ras Laffan with 1.4Mta of ethylene capacity scheduled for completion in 2018.

GTForum key 14 Feb 2012

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Vietnam US$4.5bn petrochemical complex close to final agreement

Investors sign JV agreement for 1.4Mta olefins complex, with investment decision expected in 2013 and commercial operations expected four to five years post groundbreaking....

GTForum key 09 Feb 2012

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Bioplastics and the search for green packaging

Bioplastics are starting to take off, driven by sustainability concerns, particularly among major brands. GTForum investigates.

GTForum key 09 Feb 2012

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Samsung Total Petrochemicals announces new expansion project

US$1.8 billion project to build second aromatics unit and a EVA copolymer unit at the Daesan petrochemical complex in South Korea.

GTForum key 27 Jan 2012

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CNPC, Shell, QPI make progress on China refinery and petrochemical project

Joint feasibility study completed and currently under review.

GTForum key 19 Jan 2012

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Release

UOP wins South Korea contract for cumene, phenol technology

New units to start up in 2013–2014, with 900,000tpa of cumene capacity and 300,000tpa of phenol.

GTForum key 11 Jan 2012

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Release

BASF, Sinopec inaugurate second phase of Nanjing petchem complex

Partners expect construction of a 60,000tpa SAP plant to begin in mid-2012, with completion scheduled for 2014.

GTForum key 10 Jan 2012

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