Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'Dow Chemical'
"Middle East To Control Basic Chems In 3-5 Years"
Abu Dhabi ahead in the race? Source of picture: www.gulftrackservices.com By John Richardson The global basic chemicals industry is likely to end up under the dominant control of the Middle East, and possibly Asia, within the next 3-5 years,...
China Export Gains Raise Sustainability Fears
Source of picture: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23512037/ CHINA is making export gains at the expense of other higher-cost competitors that might not be sustainable because of reasons including rising trade protectionism and economic rebalancing. Chemical companies need to factor...
Should Indonesia Add Capacity?
Source of picture: wartakota.co.id WESTERNERS can often by unbelievably patronising about Asia's efforts to climb up the economic self-sufficiency ladder. "South Korea has no business being in petrochemicals," said a very annoying US industry executive many...
GCC mood lifts despite worsening gas crisis
THE MOOD seems to have become a little more upbeat in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region of the Middle East thanks to the economic recovery. "The flow of foreign funds into the GCC came to a complete standstill in...
Thai project delays good news for markets, but.....
....what do these environmental issues mean for Thailand as an investment destination? The Map Ta Phut refinery-petrochemicals complex Source of picture: Pattaya News By Malini Hariharan (Malini is now joint blogger for Asian Chemical Connections)...
Maybe it's not as bleak as I've made out...
Consensus opinion tends to swing firmly in one direction and then the other. For example, in the good old days of 2007 you would have been pretty hard-pressed to find many in the chemicals industry who saw anything but...
It's tough at the top.......
It's easy to take pot shots at the boss, and everyone of course feels they have been underpromoted and could do the job better themselves. Andrew Liveris is just the latest in a long line of CEOs to experience...
It's fun to be miserable....
LyondellBasell, Woody Allen, Dow Chemical, PIC, K-Dow, Kuwait, financial meltdown, carbon footprint,
Even Middle East funding is under threat
Dow Chemical, Ras Tanura, the deadly duo, Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, Saudi Aramco
Can I have those coconuts, please?
Winston Churchill, Joseph Kennedy, David Strahan,The Last Oil Shock, New Scientist, Google, YouTube, Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical
Liveris gets liverish on energy
Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, corn-based ethanol, hydrogen fuel cells,
I've got ten of these
Fischer Tropsch, BASF, Dow Chemical, The Hay Group, renumeration
The river doesn't just run black
Billy Connolly, The Climate Group, harmonious society, Den Xiaoping, leftover venison, BP, Dow Chemical
Balancing economics with the environment
Recent comments by An Qiyuan, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee for Shaanxi, warned of the environment and social catastrophe facing the northwestern province of China because of a shortage of water. He was referring to the diversion...
If I had a dollar for every time.........
.......I had heard a company saying it was moving up the value chain (or rather a Euro or a British pound these days), I wouldn't be writing this blog entry while smelling the wonderful aroma of pork sausages being cooked...
Where does Dow/PIC go from here in Asia?
What Andrew Liveris didn't address when interviewed over the Dow/PIC deal is what the $19bn olefins and polymers deal could mean for Asia, the Middle East and commodities. All the talk was of specialities with speculation sure to be rife...
Liveris defends strategy after a very tough few weeks
Imagine having to sack two of your senior management team after unauthorised takeover discussions. And then imagine just a few weeks later being forced to announce a 20% reduction in first quarter earnings. Andrew Liveris, Dow CEO (continuing our Dow...
Dow fit with Reliance makes the most sense
Reliance is building the world's first cracker that will be entirely fed by off-gas from its huge refinery expansion at Jamnagar. This technology has been used before, but never on this scale because nobody has had enough refinery capacity to...
Could Pride Come Before A Fall?
This article from Reuters highlights the danger of overpaying for assets in the current India M&A frenzy.Perhaps its point about the overall of over-confidence is valid, especially given that previous deals were small scale. Other Indian companies, following Tata Steel's...
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