CHEMICAL UPDATE
JANUARY 2014
McIlvaine Company
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INDUSTRY
Sales of Petrochemicals Will Grow at 6.7% rate to $791 billion in 2018
New Disclosure Rules in Oklahoma Target Chemicals Used In Fracking
Brazil to Increase Plastics Production in 2014
COMPANY NEWS
BASF Expanding Mobile Emissions Catalysts Production Capacity in India
Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Phillips 66 Unit
Kemira Sells Formic Acid Business to Taminco, Will Focus on Water Chemicals
Lyondellbasell Restarts Texas Methanol Plant
Nova Chemicals to Use Marcellus Shale Ethane for Ethylene
Solvay Expanding in India
Arkema Announces Doubling of Organic Peroxide Production Capacity in China