industry > industry > Petrochemicals Petrochemicals LyondellBasell to buy back 10% of outstanding shares, hike dividend 24 May 2013 LyondellBasell to shut HDPE unit in Germany as its restructures operations 16 May 2013 Reliance-Sibur joint venture starts construction of butyl rubber plant at Jamnagar 22 February 2013 LyondellBasell reports 2012 net income of $2.83 billion 01 February 2013 BPCL to invest Rs20,000-crore for integrated expansion of Kochi refinery 07 January 2013 Apollo selling LyondellBasell stake worth $1 billion 06 December 2012 LyondellBasell announces shareholder sale of 20 million shares 02 November 2012 LyondellBasell reports $851 million Q3 net income; to pay $2.75/share special dividend 26 October 2012 Australian chemicals major revives plan for methanol plant 08 October 2012 LyondellBasell launches new family of fifth-generation polypropylene catalysts 17 September 2012 BPCL signs MoU for Rs20,000 crore expansion of Kochi refinery 15 September 2012 Reliance could emerge $100-bn company by fiscal 2017: Goldman 16 August 2012 Reliance selects Technip technology for Jamnagar cracker project 06 July 2012 Fire hits Rain Commodities’ calcined coke storage dome at Gramercy, US 08 June 2012 Karnataka provides special incentives for MRPL’s Phase III expansion 06 June 2012 Sumitomo, Saudi Aramco plan $7-bn petrochem expansion 28 May 2012 LyondellBasell to hike dividend payout by 60 per cent 09 May 2012 TCS pips RIL to emerge India's most valued firm 02 May 2012 RIL ropes in Russia’s Sibur for 1 lakh tonne butyl rubber JV 21 February 2012 BP, IOC sign pact for setting up 1million tonne acetic acid plant 24 November 2011 GSFC to expand engineering plastics capacity at its Nylon-6 project 18 November 2011 LyondellBasell completes $1-billion notes issue, authorises dividend pay-out 15 November 2011 LyondellBasell reports Q3 2011 net income of $895 million 28 October 2011 No takers for LyondellBasell's French refinery 30 September 2011 LyondellBasell reports $804 million net profit for April-June 2011 29 July 2011 Dow Chemical to sell polypropylene business to Brazil’s Braskem 29 July 2011 Dow Chemical, Aramco to build $20 billion chemicals complex in Saudi Arabia 25 July 2011 Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals to license manufacturing technology to OPaL 18 July 2011 LyondellBasell to buy BP's olefins pipeline system in Houston 07 June 2011 LyondellBasell to sell its 105,000-tpd refinery in France 31 May 2011 Reliance raising polyester capacity to global scale 13 April 2011 LyondellBasell to redeem 10 per cent of dollar and euro bonds; wins top safety award 30 March 2011 Nagarjuna Fertilizer signs MoU with Nigerian government for fertiliser plants 25 March 2011 Buffett's Berkshire buys Lubrizol for $9.7 billion 14 March 2011 LyondellBasell reports $874 million fourth quarter net income 18 February 2011 LyondellBasell working to bridge production disruptions due to fire at Texas unit 12 February 2011 RIL Q3 net zooms over 28 per cent to Rs5,135 crore 21 January 2011 LyondellBasell to convert Class B stock to Class A stock next week 04 December 2010 LyondellBasell appoints Bhavesh Patel as senior VP-olefins and polyolefins 09 November 2010 LyondellBasell reports $467-million third quarter net income 29 October 2010 LyondellBasell lists shares on NYSE 09 October 2010 LyondellBasell generates $8.84 billion net income in Q2 2010 17 August 2010 Reliance Q1 net rises over 32 per cent to Rs4,851 crore; revenues vault 88 per cent 27 July 2010 LyondellBasell's Houston refinery unit back in production 02 July 2010 Mukesh Ambani unveils mega growth plans at Reliance AGM 19 June 2010 Kemrock launches carbon fibre plant; plans big investments 10 May 2010 LyondellBasell emerges from bankruptcy protection 04 May 2010 Punj Lloyd bags Cuddalore refinery project from Nagarjuna Oil 28 April 2010 LyondellBasell to emerge stronger from bankruptcy 24 April 2010 LyondellBasell wins Toyota awards for quality and supply consistency 22 April 2010 IOC to invest Rs900 crore in synthetic rubber JV 05 April 2010 LyondellBasell privately places $2.75 billion in senior secured notes 25 March 2010 LyondellBasell names Bob Patel as senior vice president 22 March 2010 LyondellBasell launches new, stiffer LDPE packaging film in US 19 March 2010 L&T secures Rs2,000-crore project contract from ONGC Mangalore Petrochemicals 15 March 2010 LyondellBasell plans $3.25 billion debt financing for Lyondell Chemical 12 March 2010 LyondellBasell prefers restructuring to Reliance offer 08 March 2010 RIL abandons Lyondell bid; no plan to sweeten offer: report 04 March 2010 GAIL to double Pata plant capacity to 800 kilo tonnes, minister 04 March 2010 Apollo may gain as LyondellBasell rejects Reliance's $14.5 billion bid: report 02 March 2010 LyondellBasell to shut polypropylene plant in Italy 27 February 2010 RIL in deal with LyondellBasell for super-voting power: reports 22 February 2010 LyondellBasell-creditor deal hampers RIL's acquisition plans 17 February 2010 LyondellBasell says agreement with creditors clears way for bankruptcy exit 16 February 2010 LyondellBasell to showcase new automotive plastics at German conference 04 February 2010 Brazil's Braskem to acquire Sunoco unit for $350 million 01 February 2010 Brazil’s Braskem acquires rival Quattor Petroquimica for $478 million 23 January 2010 LyondellBasell launches new PP resin for rainwater harvesting 15 January 2010 Petrochemical hub in Gujarat to generate Rs50,000-crore investment 11 January 2010 Reliance hikes offer for LyondellBasell to $13.5 billion 08 January 2010 Reliance raises $577 million through stock sale to LIC 04 January 2010 LyondellBasell hikes product prices in Europe 01 January 2010 Reliance ED Ravimohan dies of cardiac arrest 29 December 2009 RIL raises offer for LyondellBasell by $5-6 billion: report 26 December 2009 LyondellBasell's Korea joint venture commercialises new polypropylene technology 08 December 2009 RIL move on LyondellBassel enthuses market 24 November 2009 No immediate impact on RIL from LyondellBasell offer: Fitch 23 November 2009 Reliance makes a bid for Dutch petrochem major LyondellBasell 23 November 2009 OPaL may take IPO route for funding petrochem project 19 November 2009 Reliance sets 27 November record date for bonus share allotment 18 November 2009 Shell starts-up world-scale monoethylene glycol plant in Singapore 17 November 2009 Reliance set for major transformation: Mukesh Ambani 17 November 2009 Centre, Andhra Pradesh sign MoU on petro-chemical hub 01 October 2009 Supreme Petrochem to market high end Italian additives 30 September 2009 Reliance eyes bankrupt Dutch company LyondellBasel: report 19 September 2009 Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer plans Rs896-crore capex 10 September 2009 Finance, petroleum ministries asked to extend support to AI 25 July 2009 PetroChina to buy 45.5 per cent stake in SPC for $1 billion 25 May 2009 Indian Oil secures Rs14,900 crore loan for Paradip refinery 15 May 2009 Shareholders, creditors approve Reliance Petroleum merger with Reliance Industries 07 April 2009 No concessions, no project; Mittal tells PM 30 March 2009 Bankrupt Lyondell Chemical seeks court nod to pay non-US creditors 08 January 2009 Dutch petrochemicals major LyondellBasell files for bankruptcy 07 January 2009 Dow Chemicals to sue Kuwait over failed petrochemicals JV 07 January 2009 Kuwait scraps $17-billion Dow deal 29 December 2008 Reliance commissions world's largest refining capacity at Jamnagar 26 December 2008 ONGC awards India’s largest ethylene project contract to Samsung 24 December 2008 Aramco may replace Mittal Energy in Vizag refinery project 28 November 2008 Iran scales down Olefins No 12 project 17 November 2008 PetroChina Sichuan selects Dow and Aker Solutions for polypropylene process project in China 30 July 2008 Reliance acquires polyester plant in US; plans to invest $215 million 23 June 2008 Fire at IPCL Nagothane kills 4, injures over 30 06 June 2008 DuPont setting up photovoltaic unit, R&D facilities in China 07 May 2008 DuPont to invest $150 million in ethylene copolymers 07 May 2008 LyondellBasell to stop producing polypropylene at its Morris, Illinois plant 06 May 2008 Reliance plans trial runs at Jamnagar refinery in July 24 April 2008 RPL hopes to complete Jamnagar refinery project ahead of schedule 16 April 2008 Confidence Petro enters into a JV with Energtek for ANG distribution 18 March 2008 Aker Kvaerner to provide process design package for PetroChina's polypropylene facility 16 February 2008 Sinopec investing $2.2 billion to expand refining capacity 29 January 2008 RIL sells 4.01 per cent of RPL's equity for Rs.4,023 crore 24 November 2007 Mitsui Chemicals' Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites India to manufacture polypropylene resins in Rajasthan 15 November 2007 GAIL in talks with Qatar, Russian companies to build petrochemical projects 15 November 2007 HPCL ropes in Mittal, Total for $6 billion refinery-cum-petrochemical project 18 October 2007 Sasol offers coal liquefaction technology to India 17 October 2007 SRF Ltd in pact to acquire Toray plant technology 15 October 2007 L&T bags $60-million order in Saudi Arabia 10 October 2007 Bharat Petroleum to exit Bharat Shell 03 October 2007 Mitsubishi, Mitsui eye stakes in Mangalore Refinery''s aromatic unit 26 September 2007 Government to decide on fuel price hike as oil cos lose Rs150 crore per day 10 September 2007 GE Plastics takeover creates SABIC Innovative Plastics 03 September 2007 Degussa to build polymerisation and compounding plant in Shanghai 27 July 2007 Basell Polyolefins to buy Huntsman 27 June 2007 Haldia Petrochemicals to invest Rs800 crore for ethylene capacity expansion 30 May 2007 L&T builds among world's largest FCC regenerators, combustors 22 May 2007 Reliance lines up $500-million loan guarantee from US Exim bank for petro project 17 May 2007 Paswan unveils integrated petroleum and chemicals investment policy, hopes to attract $20 billion 10 May 2007 Policy Resolution for Promotion of Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIRs) 10 May 2007 IOC increases domestic market shares of LAB 11 April 2007 PM lays foundation of Rs5,460 crore Assam gas cracker project 09 April 2007 Exxon, Aramco join Sinopec in China''s largest petro sector investment 31 March 2007 No big bang M&As, but JV is okay, says Dow Chemicals' chief 23 March 2007 RIL, Rohm and Haas to explore acrylic manufacturing at Jamnagar 22 March 2007 Key RIL-IPCL merger drivers-Op synergies, tax saves: E&Y 14 March 2007 IOC to invest Rs25,000 crore in new 15-million tonne refinery at Ennore 09 March 2007 RIL board to approve IPCL merger on March 10 08 March 2007 RIL-IPCL merger to create global petrochem major 08 March 2007 Reliance keen on mega petrochem plant in Russia 25 January 2007 Reliance likely to bid for GE Plastics 11 January 2007 Mangalore Refinery to raise capacity to 15 million tones by 2010 02 December 2006 India to source more oil and gas from Russia 02 December 2006 Government adds Kakinada to list of petrochem complex locations 15 November 2006 RIL bids for BP's Belgium refinery 09 November 2006 RIL: Richest Indian heads India's most valuable company 16 October 2006 Reliance Petro may borrow up to $2 billion for refinery expansion 09 October 2006 Gujarat High Court approves IPCL's amalgamation of six polyester companies 27 September 2006 IOC to set up petrochemical hub in West Bengal 27 September 2006 Centre''s nod for ONGC''s petrochem project, stalls fuel retailing 14 August 2006 ONGC investing Rs17,000 crore in Mangalore petrochemical complex 23 June 2006 L&T-Toyo Consortium wins IOCL naphtha cracker contract 30 May 2006 IPCL retains CRISIL ratings following merger with six companies 03 May 2006 Dow Chemical may invest Rs5,000 crore in Reliance''s Jamnagar SEZ 21 April 2006 Chevron to acquire 5 per cent of Reliance Petroleum for Rs1,320 crore 13 April 2006 Reliance Petroleum IPO on 13 April; Price band set at Rs57-Rs62 06 April 2006 Reliance Petroleum raise Rs2,700 crore from private placement 27 March 2006 Reliance Petroleum files draft prospectus for IPO 08 March 2006 ONGC contemplates buying SPIC''s petrochemicals buisness 17 September 2005 Rs485-crore investment plan for IPCL 28 June 2005 Supreme Petrochem net for nine months up by 93 per cent 26 April 2005 PM launches two major projects 17 February 2005 Petroleum ministry asks CPCL to resume naphtha supply to MFL 02 February 2005 IPCL board asks Anil Ambani to reconsider resignation 21 January 2005 Anil Ambani quits IPCL board 04 January 2005 ONGC to finalise power, petro plans; acquires control of MRPL 28 May 2004 GAIL to add 10,000km optical fibre network to connect 73 cities 15 May 2004 Petronet IPO opens 01 March 2004 PSL to export $16 million worth API line pipes to Bangladesh and Oman 07 February 2004 Gulf Oil Corp''s Hyderabad factory reopens 24 January 2004 Exxon Mobil acquires stake in Petronet LNG 20 January 2004 RIL wins conservation award 30 December 2003 Dow Corning launches 42 new food-grade lubricating fluids 06 December 2003 Supreme Petrochem net at Rs 6 crore, net sales at Rs 236 crore 21 October 2003 Reliance to increase PSF capacity 27 November 2002 Jindal Polyester plans Rs 150 crore expansion at Nasik 27 November 2002 New-look RIL posts Rs 3,280-crore net profit 01 October 2002 Six major firms vie for Balmer Lawrie stake 14 September 2002 Indo Gulf Corporation Q1 net at Rs 682m 09 July 2002 Indian petrochemicals sector today 24 October 2001 Major Players: 02 October 2001  search domain-b    go
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