January 18, 2024
Proman the world s second largest methanol producer and Bahri a global leader in logistics and transportation have reached a five-year deal for Bahri Chemicals to time-charter two methanol-powered shi... View more
November 30, 2023
To drive the global chemical industry on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050 the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative incubated and hosted by the World Economic Forum for more than thre... View more
December 5, 2022
Sabic a global leader in diversified chemicals has announced its intention to study the establishment of a complex to convert oil and liquids into petrochemicals in Ras Al-Khair in the Kingdom of Saud... View more
November 24, 2022
Sabic a global leader in diversified chemicals is considering setting up a complex in Ras Al Khair region that will convert oil and liquids into petrochemicals. The firm will be conducting a study in ... View more
April 26, 2022
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company (Ta ziz) has signed the formal shareholder agreement with India s oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for setting up the Ta ziz EDC & ... View more
March 30, 2022
Baker Hughes and Dussur owned by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund Saudi Aramco and Sabic have signed a joint venture (JV) deal focused on providing oilfield and industrial chemicals in the Kin... View more
December 8, 2021
Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (Ta ziz) and India s Reliance Industries have agreed to launch Ta ziz EDC & PVC a world-scale chemical production partnership at the Ta ziz Industrial C... View more
November 3, 2021
Wa ed the entrepreneurship arm of Aramco has approved to grant a SR5 million ( 1.3 million) loan to the Jubail-based Amad Chemicals Company a leading manufacturer of environmentally low-impact chemica... View more
September 21, 2021
Dorf Ketal Chemicals India Pvt Ltd a company headquartered in Mumbai India and TriBonds Chemical Co of Dammam Saudi Arabia have announced a joint venture to manufacture and market process and water sp... View more
September 13, 2021
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) the global voice of the chemicals industry released its consensus paper outlining a progressive set of recommendations for modernising the Wor... View more
February 21, 2021
The GCC chemical industry trades with more than 100 countries worldwide with over 80 per cent of the total chemical output exported overseas in 2019. Chemical exports from the region significantly gre... View more
February 5, 2021
Sabic has become the world s second most valuable brand in the chemicals industry for the first time and it has also cemented its place among the top 500 most valuable global brands. The rankings were... View more
October 19, 2020
Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries (Sabic) have decided to re-evaluate their 20 billion crude-oil-to-chemicals project and are now looking at integrating existing facilities instead a Reuters rep... View more
September 24, 2020
EU chemicals trade has shrunk this year as the coronavirus pandemic has spread and lockdowns have restricted industrial activity and consumer goods demand. Trade is vitally important for the sector wh... View more
August 27, 2020
More than 200 leading international experts in Carbon Capture and Carbon Utilisation (Power-to-X) together with 20 exhibitors are expected to attend the 9th Conference on CO2 -based Fuels and Chemical... View more
August 24, 2020
The Middle East construction chemicals sector is expected to grow by 5.5 per cent compound annual growth rate by 2024 shrugging off Covid-19 after-effects that threatened to cripple most industries. T... View more
August 13, 2020
Germany-based Lanxess a speciality chemicals company is selling its organic leather chemicals business to TFL Ledertechnik a global supplier of leather chemicals and a unit of US investment company Bl... View more
July 26, 2020
The global oilfield chemicals market which was worth 19.74 billion in 2019 is expected to reach 32.18 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 6.3% during the forecast period said a Stratistics MRC report... View more
May 18, 2020
Saudi Aramco and Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) are moving forward with their plans of building a mega petrochemicals complex in Yanbu. It demonstrates their commitment to their long-term ... View more
February 17, 2020
The water and wastewater treatment chemicals market in the Middle East region is set to perform well over the next five years growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2 per cent said a rep... View more
January 22, 2020
Lanxess a leading specialty chemicals company will be showcasing its comprehensive product range in the field of leather chemicals at the India International Leather Fair (IILF) in Chennai India from ... View more
December 23, 2019
A vast majority of chemicals executives believe that global chemicals M&A activity will continue to increase or stay at the high level of the past several years said global management consulting firm ... View more
November 24, 2019
he chemicals industry in the Middle East is calling for the adoption of the circular economy model to lower operating costs and create new products and services that facilitate incremental value creat... View more
October 10, 2019
Germany-based Evonik and Siemens have launched a joint research project to develop a test plant that will use carbon dioxide (CO2) and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria ... View more
August 25, 2019
LogiPoint has concluded a major milestone achievement entering an agreement with Aramco Chemicals Company (ACC). With the extensive support from Saudi Customs and Jeddah Islamic Port to Re-engineer th... View more
February 20, 2019
Fluor Corporation said it has secured a major contract to provide engineering procurement and construction (EPC) for the Halliburton Specialty Chemicals Manufacturing Reaction Plant in Saudi Arabia. P... View more
November 27, 2018
Leading chemicals company Oxea a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oman Oil Company (OOC) is set to make significant investments in a major petrochemicals complex planned downstream of the Duqm Refinery proj... View more
November 1, 2018
Saudi Aramco and Sabic have announced the selection of Yanbu on the west coast of Saudi Arabia as the site for the development of an integrated industrial complex to convert crude oil to chemicals (CO... View more
October 22, 2018
US-based Jacobs Engineering Group a global provider of technical and construction services said it has entered into an agreement to sell its energy chemicals and resources (ECR) segment to Australia s... View more
August 27, 2018
Leading Swiss manufacturer of specialty chemicals Sika is boosting its UAE operations with the extablishment of a new factory in Dubai UAE. Sika boasts a leading position in the development and produc... View more
July 31, 2018
Nuberg EPC a global EPC and LSTK company for speciality chemicals has been awarded a 53 million turnkey project contract by Middle East Chemicals Company (Midchem) a leader in commodity chemicals in S... View more
July 23, 2018
Saudi Aramco and the Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) who are partnering in a crude oil to chemicals (COTC) project awarded a contract to US-based KBR a global leader construction to develop a part... View more
May 29, 2018
Huntsman Corporation a global manufacturer of differentiated and specialty chemicals has announced plans to build a new polyurethanes systems house within the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (Jafza) in Duba... View more
May 16, 2018
Despite more than 60 per cent of global chemicals sector executives anticipating stronger M&A activity in 2018 than in 2017 a growing number expect a drop in activity as a result of the limited availa... View more
March 26, 2018
HAK Industrial Chemicals a member of The Kanoo Group showcased its raw materials for paints coatings printing inks and construction chemical industries at the recently concluded 2018 Middle East Coati... View more
January 18, 2018
Saudi Aramco through its wholly-owned subsidiary Saudi Aramco Technologies has signed a three-party Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to scale up and commercialize Aramco s thermal crude to chemicals ... View more
November 26, 2017
Saudi Aramco a world leader in integrated energy and Sabic a global leader in diversified chemicals have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a fully integrated crude oil to chemicals... View more
April 16, 2017
Sekisui Specialty Chemicals has announced that it will increase the price of all grades of Selvol Polyvinyl Alcohol Selvol Ultiloc Selvol Ultalux and Selvol Premiol up to 125/ metric tonne. This incre... View more
January 3, 2017
The chemicals industry in the GCC is the region s second largest within the manufacturing sector creating over 500 000 direct and indirect jobs and 108 billion worth of products in 2015 said organiser... View more
November 29, 2016
The way to sustain growth in the chemicals industry is to continue developing more differentiated higher value products; continue creating strong brand identities; and continue upgrading to stay ahead... View more
November 22, 2016
Top local and international scientists and professionals are attending a major chemical industry conference in Bahrain. The 10th International Conference and Exhibition on Chemistry in Industry (ChemI... View more
November 14, 2016
Hungarian oil group MOL will invest in new chemical plants to cut its dependence on producing fuel for cars while also buying more upstream assets and selling goods and services in its petrol stations... View more
October 3, 2016
While there can be no doubt that the region has made significant progress in petrochemicals manufacturing from a very modest start in the 1970s the fact remains that the region s petrochemicals revenu... View more
September 26, 2016
The company one of the most trusted names in the GCC makes pallets from polypropylene (thermo-plastic) injection moulded materials and are available in different sizes with high racking and dynamic lo... View more
July 25, 2016
Veolia will supply five primary chemicals to maintain membrane functionality of the seawater Reverse Osmosis (RO) units and ensure that the treated seawater meets not only Total s stringent quality st... View more
July 20, 2015
Oil price declines are expected to slow oil field activity on a short-term basis driving reduced demands for drilling stimulation and completion chemicals Driven in large part by the rapid expansion o... View more
August 20, 2014
THE chemicals oil and gas sector is a pillar of Singapore s economy and the Economic Development Board has been nurturing it to make sure it remains strong with bright employment prospects for people ... View more
May 19, 2013
PETROCHEMICAL firms risk creating a glut of high-end products in Asia as they invest billions of dollars to move up a value chain threatened at the bottom end by cheap US ethylene. Firms including Tai... View more
June 25, 2012
A JOINT venture of L&T Larsen & Toubro Atco Saudia has secured a large procure and construct contract from Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) a joint venture of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) ... View more
February 27, 2011
GULF Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) a leading petrochemical firm in the Middle East was able to achieve a new record in the production of methanol. The company has safely produced 10 million ... View more
January 3, 2011
South Africa s Sasol is looking for more gas across Africa and beyond to boost its production of chemicals and synthetic fuels but may also feed it into power plants if the economics make sense. Afric... View more
March 1, 2009
Abu Dhabi state-owned International Petroleum Investment Co (Ipic) launched a 500 million takeover of Nova Chemicals Corp a friendly deal to rescue the plastics maker from a financial crisis due to it... View more
January 4, 2009
Kuwait decided to scrap a deal to form a 17.4 billion petrochemical joint venture with Dow Chemical potentially upsetting the largest US chemicals company s plans to buy rival Rohm & Haas. The cancell... View more
October 28, 2007
Borouge said it was considering expanding its complex in the UAE to produce and market base chemicals. Borouge a joint venture between Denmark-based petrochemical group Borealis and Abu Dhabi National... View more
May 6, 2007
Exxon Mobil said rising profits from gasoline and chemicals sales drove its first-quarter earnings up over 10 per cent offsetting lower oil and gas prices. It was another massive profit for Exxon Mobi... View more
January 31, 2007
Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) the world s largest petrochemical company by market value reported a record net profit in the fourth quarter as chemical and fertiliser prices rose and energy costs... View more
October 3, 2004
InorganiC chemicals manufacturer Adwan Chemical Industries Company Limited (ACIC) is seeking to establish a significant presence in Africa Asia and the Pacific Rim. Established in Riyadh in 1992 and p... View more
September 22, 2003
CEO reveals secrets of COMPANY S success Inorganic chemicals manufacturer Adwan Chemical Industries Company Limited (ACIC) is seeking to establish a significant presence in Africa Asia and the Pacific... View more
September 2, 2002
Chinese oil giant Sinopec Corporation has said it would boost its ailing chemicals business a constant drag on profits by expanding output that should catch the top of the chemical cycle. But Sinopec ... View more
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