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ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
April 19, 2004

  ExxonMobil develops new PP resin grades in Europe ExxonMobil Chemical announced the availability of an advanced polypropylene resin grade – ExxonMobil PP5122E1-designed to provide the high transparency and stiffness required for demanding sheet and thermoforming applications. ExxonMobil PP5122E1, available only in Europe, is a clarified polypropylene using proprietary ExxonMobil Chemical formulation processes. ExxonMobil PP5122E1…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
April 5, 2004

  NOVA and BP in agreement with Grace Davison to supply new NOVACAT™T Ziegler-Natta polyethylene catalyst NOVA Chemicals and BP Petrochemicals announced that they have entered into a long-term supply arrangement with the polyolefin catalyst business of Grace Davison for the manufacture of NOVACAT T advanced Ziegler-Natta catalysts. These catalysts, which are designed for gas-phase…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
May 17, 2004

  Basell to license Spheripol technology to National Petrochemical Industrial Company, Saudi Arabia National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) and Basell have signed a license agreement for a new 400 KT polypropylene plant based on Basell’s Spheripol process. NATPET, a joint stock company owned by Alujain Corporation, Xenel Industries Limited, and other private investors, will utilize…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
May 3, 2004

  BP to sell over 50% of petrochemicals business and prepares for IPO BP announced that it plans to consolidate the Olefins and Derivatives (O&D) division of its petrochemicals business into a stand-alone entity able to operate separately from the BP Group. The new O&D business will incorporate more than half of the $13 billion…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
May 31, 2004

  Westlake Chemical Corporation files registration statement for Initial Public Offering Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
June 28, 2004

  Borealis to debottleneck PP plant & expand ethylene capacity in Norway Borealis announced its plans to debottleneck its PP plant at Rønningen. The company will also expand its Noretyl ethylene cracker capacity by 100,000 MT/year at its joint venture with Hydro Polymers. The two Norwegian projects will be completed in the autumn of 2005.…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
June 14, 2004

  Kazanorgsintez to triple PE capacity & add product capability using Univation’s capacity expansion technology Univation Technologies and Kazanorgsintez have signed an agreement enabling Kazanorgsintez to triple the capacity of two of its three existing UNIPOL™PE reactors and add breakthrough PE products to its manufacturing capabilities. The agreement will increase the two existing UNIPOL PE…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
July 26, 2004

  Dow Chemical to construct petrochemical complex in Oman The Government of the Sultanate of Oman, Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. (OOC), and The Dow Chemical Company announced an agreement to form a joint venture that will design, build and operate a petrochemical complex in Oman. The joint venture will be owned 50% by Dow, 25%…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
July 12, 2004

  Dow introduces a new line of Affinity GA polyolefin plastomers for hot melt adhesives and polymer modification Dow Chemical Company announced the commercial launch of AFFINITY® GA Polyolefin Plastomers (POPs), a new line of highly versatile polyolefin polymers. Developed using Dow’s proprietary INSITE® Technology and Solution Process, AFFINITY GA POPs are the first products…

ADI Chemical Market Resources Newsletter
August 23, 2004

  Russian polyolefins producer Lukoil is rumored to be the potential suitor for Basell Polyolefins Russian polyolefins producer Lukoil could bid for Basell. Shell and BASF announced their plans to review strategic options regarding their 50-50 joint venture, Basell. Rumors are that Lukoil was understood to have expressed an interest in Basell. It was also…