With growing polyethylene capacity, more resin export logjams expected
Logjams that hindered moving resin out of U.S. ports from late 2018 through April have lightened up, but market participants expect the same problems...
Veolia plans $40 million expansion
Veolia North America is investing $40 million to expand its regeneration plant in Darrow.
Known as the Burnside facility, the Veolia plant converts spent sulfuric...
Hearing scheduled tonight on Formosa chemical complex
Louisiana will hold a public hearing tonight on whether to approve 15 air emissions permits for Taiwanese company Formosa Plastics.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental...
Sasol begins production of ethylene oxide
An ethylene oxide production facility is now online at Sasol's Lake Charles Chemical Project.
The announcement comes a month after the company's ethylene glycol at...
Intertek Caleb Brett adds laboratory in St. James for inspections, testing
Intertek Caleb Brett, which provides qualitative and quantitative analytical assessment services to the oil and gas, chemical and other commodities markets, is expanding its...
DEQ: LaPlace chemical plant fails to achieve emissions reduction goal
A LaPlace chemical plant has failed to meet a state order requiring it to curb its release of potentially cancer-causing emissions, The Times-Picayune reports.
The...
MCM Plastics expands south Louisiana production
Texas-based MCM Plastics is spending $2.7 million to expand its plastics production facility in Holden.
According to Louisiana Economic Development, the company’s project will create...
Lotte Chemical’s Westlake cracker starts operations this month
Lotte Chemical's ethylene cracker complex in Westlake will start commercial operations this month, with hopes of expanding its global presence and diversifying its ingredients...
ITC closure impacts Louisiana petrochemical plants
The reopening of Intercontinental Terminals Co. could end weeks of major disruption in the petrochemical supply chain with ripple effects for Louisiana, the Houston...
Dormant Westlake ethane cracker is back in business
The renovation and restart of a dormant ethane cracker in Westlake is mechanically complete.
The Oil & Gas Journal reports the 440,000 tons-per-year cracker owned...
