Aramco Delays Bidding Process on Total, CononoPhillips Projects
Saudi Aramco and Total say they are delaying the bidding process for their previously announced Jubail Refining and Petrochemical Co.'s complex by three months. Deadlines by which contractors will submit bids have been moved from November this year to...

Another Shipowner Diverts its Tankers from the Gulf of Aden Due to Pirate Attacks
A.P. Moller-Maersk will route its vessels round the Cape of Good Hope....

Distribution
Top chemical distributors have successfully battled rising costs and regulatory pressures during the last six years, with many posting strong sales and earnings and some with ample funding for M&A. However, distributors are likely to soon start to feel...

Borealis Selects LDPE Process for Mideast Plant
Borealis says it has selected LyondellBasell’s Lupotech T technology for a 350,000-m.t./year low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant to be built in the Mideast by 2013. LyondellBasell says the exact location of the LDPE plant is the “subject of...