CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited, or CSPC, plans to close a 1.2 million metric ton-per-year (tpy) cracker situated in Huizhou city of Guangdong province, one of its two crackers with ...

Asian steam crackers, which source more than 60% of their naphtha feedstock from the Middle East, have been quick to declare force majeure on petrochemical supplies to customers.

Several Asian refineries and petrochemical companies were forced to cut runs and declare force majeure as the U.S.-Israel war ...

Shell's south China-based petrochemical complex, a joint ​venture with China's CNOOC, plans to shut a ‌steam cracker soon and has told domestic customers it is unable to supply some products, ...

Yeocheon NCC, the country’s largest naphtha cracking facility (NCC), was reported to have declared "force majeure" to major customers on the 4th. Following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the ...

The Dangote 650,000 barrels a day (bd) refinery has restarted its Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracker (RFCC) after maintenance.

Goldman Sachs analysts find that US chemical manufacturers are likely to be net beneficiaries of Middle East energy disruptions due to their reliance on domestically produced natural gas over ...

Iran's strikes on Gulf countries in retaliation for Israeli and U.S. strikes against it ​have disrupted energy production and shipping, including naphtha loadings and discharges ...

Indonesian petrochemical giant PT Chandra Asri Pacific has officially declared force majeure on its feedstock shipments following the outbreak of the ...