ethylene oxide

Petrochemicals Korea to ease rules for petrochem industry M&As, plant closures

South Korea will ease regulations and offer incentives to facilitate the restructuring of domestic petrochemical makers battling a global suppl...

Construction & Planning Samsung E&A wins $214 mn petrochem plant contract in Qatar

Samsung E&A Co. said on Friday that it won a contract for the RLP ethylene storage plant construction project in Qatar, valued at 300 billion wo...

Petrochemicals LG Chem to close base chemical styrene monomer business

LG Chem Ltd., South Korea's No. 1 petrochemical company, will shut down its styrene monomer (SM) production line this month and is mulling closing a...

Construction & Planning Samsung Engineering wins $1.3 bn order to build ethylene plant in Qatar

South Korea's Samsung Engineering Co. said on Jan. 9 it has signed a 1.6 trillion won ($1.3 billion) contract to build the world's largest ethylene ...

Petrochemicals Korean petchem producers cut output on weaker margins

South Korea’s petrochemical makers reduced ethylene production as a global economic slowdown is expected to hurt demand in the second half wit...

Petrochemicals Korea’s YNCC shuts petrochem plant after explosion kills four

YEOSU, South Jeolla Province -- Yeochun NCC (YNCC) Co., South Korea’s major petrochemical producer, shut down one of its plants on Friday afte...

Petrochemicals Samsung Eng. enters Russia with €1 bn petchem plant deal

South Korea’s Samsung Engineering made inroads into Russia’s plant engineering and construction market with a 1 billion euro ($1.1 billi...

Petrochemicals Lotte agrees with Indonesia to resume $3.9 bn petchem project

South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed with the Indonesian government to resume a $3.9 billion petrochemical project in the Southeast Asian country,...

Petrochemicals Lotte to resume $4.4 bn Indonesia petrochemical project next year

Lotte Group plans to resume a $4.4 billion petrochemical project in Indonesia next year as it aims to expand the business in Southeast Asia where de...

Petrochemicals Lotte Chemical to double LPG use as petchem makers diversify feedstock

South Korean Lotte Chemical Corp. plans to double liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) use for ethylene production by next year as the domestic industry ru...