Petrochemicals
Reliance acquires polyester plant in US; plans to invest $215 million
23 June 2008
Police arrest 7 officials in connection with IPCL blast at plant
07 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-IPCL merger to create global petrochem major
08 March 2007
RIL board to approve IPCL merger on March 10
08 March 2007
Reliance keen on mega petrochem plant in Russia
25 January 2007
Reliance likely to bid for GE Plastics
11 January 2007
India to source more oil and gas from Russia
02 December 2006
Mangalore Refinery to raise capacity to 15 million tones by 2010
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
IOC, HPCL award $48-million fuel e-retail order to Honeywell India-Orpak combine
26 August 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 $ dollars 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
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02 October 2001
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