The Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Third Annual Forum is imminent. The Forum will be held at Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai on December 2-4 and GPCA expects this...
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the sixth edition of Insight, our quarterly newsletter featuring updates on GPCA’s activities, and analysis of the major issues impacting the...
GPCA organized a Responsible Care workshop on November 12 in Dubai. Twenty delegates from a variety of chemical companies in the Gulf region attended. The workshop leaders were...
Q. What is the impact of the financial crisis on the petrochemical industry? A. The financial crisis, which started in the U.S., is now global and is impacting the real...
Nexant is very proud to announce that it has just completed a full update of GPCA’s annual Petrochemical Industry Report. The report aims to provide a comprehensive...
GPCA organized a workshop on Process Safety Management (PSM) on October 28-29, 2008 in Dubai. The event was designed to help participants gain a better understanding of...
The U.S. subprime crisis has led to plunging property prices, a slowdown in the U.S. economy, and billions in losses by banks. In brief, the subprime crisis was initiated when...
The Gulf has come to be a very powerful player in global monoethylene glycol (MEG) markets and it is today the world’s dominant exporter of the product. SABIC owns the...
GPCA’s membership has grown rapidly since the association was formed in March 2006, and it continues to grow. The number of GPCA members currently stands at 135, having increased...
Ali I. Al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia's minister of petroleum and mineral resources, has announced the appointment of Khalid A. Al-Falih as president and CEO of Saudi...
Liveris: K-Dow, R&H Deals on track. Dow Chemical says it remains on track to complete the formation of its K-Dow Petrochemicals joint venture with Kuwait’s Petrochemical...
Al Mady: Crisis having a mixed impact. Sabic has reported preliminary net profits of SR7.24 billion ($1.9 billion) for the third quarter, down 2% from the same period of last year, on...
The world of petrochemicals is approaching a critical moment in its history. A long-anticipated cyclical downturn, caused by a build up of new supply in the Middle East and Asia, is...
Sumitomo Chemical has slashed its net profits forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 from Y55 billion, to Y15 billion. Sumitomo also cut its net earnings projection for...
The Billion-Dollar Club, CW’s exclusive ranking of chemical firms compiled by senior editor Kerri Walsh, provides a useful guide to shifts at the top of the industry’s...
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