SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's Lotte Chemical has shut its naphtha cracker after an explosion at the plant in the southwestern city of Seosan, which injured 31 people, the company said on ...

The inaugural three-year project will receive a government support package worth 2.1 trillion won ($1.5 billion). Lotte Chemical and HD Hyundai Oilbank will each invest 600 billion won--totaling 1.2 ...

Six companies with petrochemical steam crackers in Europe have formed the Cracker of the Future Consortium to develop cracker technology with a carbon footprint that is a small fraction of the current ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global production of light naphtha, an essential steam-cracker feedstock for the production of gasoline and numerous chemicals, is increasing and could create a global ...

BASF will invest nearly $250 million to expand the capacity of its naphtha steam cracker in Antwerp, Belgium. The expansion will be accomplished during the next regular turnaround of the plant, ...