
Sinopec forecasts 50% jump in 2018 profit
The group’s refined oil sales reached 40 million t for the first time, while chemicals marketing volume also rose from the previous year.
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The group’s refined oil sales reached 40 million t for the first time, while chemicals marketing volume also rose from the previous year.

Completion of major expansion project makes Shell’s Geismar chemicals manufacturing site the largest producer of alpha olefins in the world.

INEOS Oxide has closed the acquisition of the Wilmar ethoxylation plant in Lavéra, France.

Emerson has been named as the ‘Industrial IoT Company of the Year’ by IoT Breakthrough.

Alpek, Indorama and Far Eastern will each have the right to receive one third of the capacity of PTA and PET produced at the Corpus Christi Project upon completion.

AspenTech evaluates the key role of prescriptive analytics as the oil and gas sector pushes towards digital transformation in the year ahead.

The financial impact of full commercial operations will be reflected in the company's financial results as of 1Q19.

Saudi Aramco’s purchase of LANXESS’s 50% share in ARLANXEO, valued at €1.5 billion on an enterprise value basis, makes it 100% owner of ARLANXEO.

Services relate to the construction of a new acrylate styrene acrylonitrile facility on the US Gulf Coast.

Technology award for Hindustan Petroleum’s grassroots refinery and petrochemical project in India.

SOCAR and BP have signed a heads of agreement to explore the creation of a new petrochemicals joint venture in Turkey.

The company’s latest report forecasts growth from 211 000 tpy to 460 000 tpy by 2022.