Ras Laffan Petrochemicals, a joint venture company owned 30% by Chevron Phillips Chemical and 70% by QatarEnergy, today announced that it has secured $4.4 billion to finance an integrated polymers facility to be located in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. The project financing comprises commercial and Islamic lenders and a group of export credit agencies. … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (CPChem) and Nexus Circular LLC have entered into a long-term commercial agreement for the supply of circular liquid feedstocks from Nexus’ advanced recycling facility. CPChem has been a customer of Nexus for over two years, receiving consistent bulk shipments of ISCC PLUS certified materials. The new agreement further strengthens the … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum announced they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue development of a new petrochemical plant in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. The U.S. Gulf Coast II Petrochemical Project (USGC II) will include a 2 million tonne per annum ethylene cracker and two 1 million … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co has offered to acquire Nova Chemicals Corp. for more than $15 billion, Reuters reported based on information from people familiar with the matter. Nova Chemicals is owned by Mubadala Investment Co., located in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The state-owned investor has been scouting for a buyer since … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP today announced that it is currently studying the addition of a global scale 1-Hexene unit. The addition would expand the production of normal alpha olefins (NAO), marketed under the Alpha Plus brand name. “As global demand for polyethylene continues to grow, this study demonstrates Chevron Phillips Chemical ’s commitment to … Read more
Chevron Phillips Chemical has announced that it would be investing $5 billion to build an ethylene plant in Orange County, Texas. Company sources informed that the construction could begin by 2020 and commercial operations commence by 2024. The two-unit plant would be located half in the West Orange-Cove school district and half in the Bridge … Read more