15-11-2012

Borealis, a provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the shares of DSM Plastomers B.V. and Exxon Chemical Holland Ventures B.V., each holding a 50% interest in DEXPlastomers V.O.F. in Geleen, The Netherlands, from DSM ...

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12-09-2012

ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies listing ranked by 2011 sales. At the top is Germany's BASF with $95.2bn in sales, followed by a new number two - China's Sinopec with $65.8bn in chemical sales, which edged out US-based ExxonMobil Chemical ...

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Completion of project expected in 2015

28-06-2012

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil announced they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture. The facility will be integrated with the existing Jubail complex and is ...

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14-04-2011

Univar Inc. announced that it is building a new facility to expand its white oils handling and distribution capabilities. The investment will enable Univar to better service an extended agreement to distribute ExxonMobil’s white oil brands Marcol and Primol across Europe, the Middle East and ...

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07-04-2011

ExxonMobil Chemical celebrated the opening of its Shanghai Technology Center at a ceremony in Shanghai's Zizhu Science-Based Industrial Park. The $90-million facility represents a critical link for development of new premium products which can be manufactured or ...

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14-10-2010

GEA has received 3 major orders worth EUR 28 million for the supply of Air Cooled Heat Exchangers to projects of the oil and gas industry. All of these orders were booked in Q3. For a new LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) plant in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea which is under ...

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15-09-2010

ICIS Chemical Business magazine has revealed the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Companies, sponsored by global logistics provider Damco, with rankings based on 2009 sales. "The global chemical industry was hit hard in 2009 as the financial and economic crisis slammed confidence and business froze in ...

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18-02-2010

Air Products announced that it will provide its nitrogen recovery unit (NRU) and cryogenic gas processing equipment for an ExxonMobil project in Hawkins, Tex. The new NRU plant will be operated by ExxonMobil and will process approximately 140 million standard cubic feet per day of gas. The ...

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Agreement provides 15,000 metric tons per year of high viscosity polyalphaolefins production

11-01-2010

Albemarle Corporation announces the successful start-up of a new unit to produce SpectraSyn(TM) polyalphaolefins (PAO), a high viscosity basestock for lubricants, for ExxonMobil Chemical. The plant's 15,000 mt/yr capacity was successfully rate tested in November. Albemarle's custom ...

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17-11-2009

ExxonMobil and its partners, Sinopec, Fujian Province and Saudi Aramco, celebrated the full operation of China’s first integrated refining and petrochemical facility with foreign participation. This facility, the Fujian Integrated Refining and Ethylene Joint Venture Project, will help meet ...

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