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Polyethylene Price Recovery Built On House Of Cards

  Source of picture: keplarllp.com   By John Richardson It always seemed as if the Asian polyethylene (PE) price rebound was built on a house of cards. The Chinese economy is slowing down, the country’s domestic production has greatly increased and new capacity in the Middle East – though still plagued by start-up and operating […]

Saudi Feedstock Problems Worsen

SABIC headquarters in Riyadh   Source of picture: france24.com   By John Richardson The days when the price of future ethane supply in Saudi Arabia – at the time called an advantaged feedstock because nobody knew what else to do with it – was based only on the cost of separation and distribution have long […]

ExxonMobil Says Qatar C2s Still On

By John Richardson EXXONMOBIL is insisting that its cracker and derivatives project with Qatar Petroleum is still on despite a media report to the contrary. It certainly seems as if there are several suitors for this particular bride – perhaps the last major feedstock parcel available for petrochemicals in Qatar for some time. The economics […]

ExxonMobil Formally Out Of Qatar C2s – Report

Qatar Builds Its Future   Source of picture: The New York Times   By John Richardson EXXONMOBIL and Qatar Petroleum have formally ended their agreement to build a $6bn petrochemical complex in Qatar, says a report by the Middle East Economic Digest. This follows the earlier MEED report that discussions to break-up the JV had […]

Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMobil Delay Qatar Cracker

By John Richardson Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil have delayed the start-up of their 1.6m tonne/year cracker and derivatives project in Qatar, my colleague Anna Jagger reported on ICIS news yesterday – quoting sources familiar with the project. This confirms an earlier media report to this effect – and adds the extra details that start-up of […]

Report: ExxonMobil Qatar Project In Doubt

Up In The Air? Source of picture: www.marcdussault.com.blog   By John Richardson QATAR Petroluem and ExxonMobil have started talks to dissolve their partnership for a 1.6m tonne/year cracker project in Qatar, according to an article published earlier this week by the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED). The project, due for start-up in 2015, would have […]

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