Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'LyondellBasell'

Update 2: Reliance Betting On US Competitiveness

He's not bad at making moneySource of picture: www.dealbreaker.com   SOME of the logic behind Reliance Industries' bid for LyondellBasell could be a recognition that the globalisation of petrochemicals markets may have gone into partial reverse. A climate bill passed by...

Update 1: Reliance said to be offering $10-12bn

Reliance Industries - which is attempting to buy LyondellBasell - is offering $10-12bn, according to this report from Reuters quoting two sources with direct knowledge of the deal.  This would be one of the biggest-ever acquisitions by an Indian company. In 2007,...

Reliance Bid For LyondellBasell Confirmed

Reliance Industries has made an offer for LyondellBasell says an official statement released yesterday on the LyondellBasell website: "LyondellBasell has received a preliminary non-binding offer from Reliance Industries Limited to acquire for cash a controlling interest in the company contemporaneously...

Reliance-LyondellBasell talks resurface

By Malini Hariharan (Malini is now joint blogger for Asian Chemical Connections) Talk of Reliance Industries acquiring LyondellBasell is once again gaining momentum. A report in today's Economic Times says that the company is close to announcing a major overseas...

The next oil shock and petrochemicals

Apologies for letting this blog slip again, but have been busy trying to make a crust presenting ICIS training courses. And so as a bonus for our army of avid readers, here are my extended thoughts on the above: In...

The dead cat has bounced. Now what?

financial meltdown, LyondellBasell, pricing collapse, inventory management

Any spare change, Mister?

Financial Times, LyondellBasell, Federal Reserve, state ownership, Barack Obama, Us stimulus package

It's fun to be miserable....

LyondellBasell, Woody Allen, Dow Chemical, PIC, K-Dow, Kuwait, financial meltdown, carbon footprint,

I will wait for this Lego truck to hit S$100

LyondellBasell, Volker Trautz, Lego, recycling, deflation, financial meltdown