Petrochemicals

The State of Rhode Island has announced it has filed a lawsuit against 34 oil companies for the costs associated with MTBE contamination and clean up.

Matheson Tri-Gas has completed its acquisition of US assets divested by Air Liquide.

Williams will consolidate the number of operating areas within the company from five to three: Atlantic-Gulf, West and Northeast Gathering & Processing.

Williams Partners has announced it has started a process to explore the monetisation of the Geismar olefins facility.

The global process analysers (liquid and gas) market is expected to reach US$4.98 billion by 2020.

PetroChoice has announced its acquisition of the lubricant division of the Rex Oil Company in North Carolina.

Puma Energy announces it has delivered its first cargo of bitumen to a terminal in Nigeria.

BASF SE, Dow Chemicals and Akzo Nobel NV are all aiming for a significant share in the cooling water treatment chemicals market, according to Mordor Intelligence.

Envirosystems Incorporated has acquired Rocky Mountain Industrial Services (RMIS) based in Denver, Colorado.

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. have released the company results for the first quarter of the financial year 2016 - 2017.

Enterprise Product Partners has begun its service at the new ethane export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel, with the INEOS vessel the first to be loaded.

Jacobs has announced its has acquired BAYQIK sulfuric acid converter technology from Bayer AG.

Westlake Chemical Corporation has completed the previously announced acquisition of Axiall Corporation for US$33.00 per share.

Servomex has been selected by Jiaxing Petrochemical to supply a complete analyser system for the second phase development of its purified terephthalic acid production facility in China.

Pet coke is emerging as an attractive substitute for commodity chemical production, says TechSci Research Report.