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INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WEEK 2026: Offshore wind gains traction as Asia-Pacific seeks energy security
LONDON(ICIS)--Offshore wind could play a critical role in strengthening energy security across the Asia-Pacific region, as economies remain heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels and exposed to...
UK’s 1.5GW Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm granted planning consent
UK’s energy secretary awarded development consent to the 1.5GW Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm Construction is set to begin in 2027, with first power anticipated in 2030 ICIS Analytics forecast...
How bird photography made me a better chemist
Payal Joshi draws inspiration for organic mechanisms from graceful avian poses
Romanian government to decide on gas price deregulation as traders struggle with regulatory uncertainty
Government considers delaying liberalization by another year Competition Council VP says there is no risk from liberalization Traders struggle to take market position amid regulatory uncertainty...
EU gas storage levels drop further as prices remain volatile
EU gas stocks continue to decline amid colder weather Low storage levels set to boost European injection demand, LNG imports Storage levels forecasted to reach the lowest point since 2018 LONDON...
Idemitsu Kosan, Saudi Aramco enter base oils framework agreement
HOUSTON (ICIS)--Japan’s Idemitsu Kosan and Saudi Aramco have entered a global account framework agreement, according to a release. The agreement will enable Idemitsu to establish a more robust,...
Plant status: Vietnam’s Long Son complex restarts following power trip
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Long Son Petrochemical Location: Long Son, Vietnam Product: Ethylene, propylene Capacity (tonnes/year): 950,000 (ethylene), 400,000 (propylene)...
Mitsubishi opens new PET film plant in Germany
LONDON (ICIS)--Mitsubishi Polyester Film has started up a new 27,000 tonne/year polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film plant at its site in Wiesbaden, Germany. The plant brings the company’s total...
MARGINS: Europe naphtha-based PE margins rise amid cheaper feedstock, LPG-based margins fall
LONDON (ICIS)--Margins at naphtha-based polyethylene (PE) plants in Europe increased week on week amid softer feedstock costs, while operators based on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) posted a decline,...
Hungarian summer month contracts could gain on growing Ukrainian power demand
Growing Ukrainian power demand likely to support Hungarian summer contracts the most However summer price spikes less likely than previous year Hungarian spot prices remain mainly driven by weather...
Ukraine adds distributed gas-fired capacity to the grid as coal generators destroyed since start of war
Ukraine has a pipeline of 3GW of gas-fired distributed capacity Distributed small-scale gas plants to replace destroyed coal capacity Most newly connected projects built by private investors LONDON...
ECHA scheme finds 19% of hazardous mixtures not reported to poison centres
LONDON (ICIS)--One in five hazardous mixtures in the EU are not reported to poison centres, according to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on Wednesday. Inspectors in a pilot enforcement project...
China methanol prices fluctuate lower before long holiday
SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Methanol demand in China has fallen to the lowest level this year ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday (15-23 February 2026). Major futures contract prices for domestic energy and...
Plant status: Kazakhstan’s Atyrau, Karabatan PP plant resumes production on both lines today- sources
LONDON (ICIS)--Here is a plant status report: Name: Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries Location: Karabatan, Kazakhstan Product: Polypropylene (PP) Capacity (tonnes/year): 500,000 (150,000+ 350,000)...
Controversial weedkiller dicamba reapproved in the US
Regulator says new label restrictions will prevent damage of nearby crops
New management at Ruland Engineering & Consulting GmbH
At the end of 2025, Bernhard Scheller and Jürgen Kutzer handed over the active management of Ruland. "On behalf of all employees, I would like to thank Bernhard Scheller and Jürgen Kutzer for 25 years
INERATEC advances PtL project in Chile
INERATEC has begun collaborating with a consortium comprising ARAUCO, Abastible, Copec and its corporate venture capital arm, Copec Wind Ventures, that is advancing in the evaluation of a potential e-Fuel value chain at the Biobío
New route into 2D materials
An international team of researchers from TU Dresden, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and partner institutions across Europe has developed a breakthrough method for producing MXenes – an important family
Water – from chemical disruptor to structural building block
In the development of water‑based materials, scientists often face a challenge: water disrupts the bonds between molecules. An international research team led by Prof. Dr Alex J. Plajer at the University of Bayreuth has now
Waters Completes Combination with BD’s Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Businesses
Waters Corporation announced it has completed the previously announced combination with the Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions businesses of Becton, Dickinson and Company. The transaction forms a global life sciences and diagnostics leader, equipped with best-in-class