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Periscope.(news items from around the world)
MARKET WATCH
Defying Gravity
The world's markets have been going gangbusters of late. The Dow is up 24 percent since March. Tokyo's Nikkei has surged 30 percent over the same time period. Europe's bourses have been even hotter, with Frankfurt's DAX leading the pack. The world's soaring share prices have analysts raving, central bankers cheering--and investors hoping that this time the rebound is for real. But how likely is that? Every year since 2000, hopes for a global economic recovery have fed big rallies in share prices. Twice, they have been followed by even bigger crashes.
This time is different, argue analysts, because the basis for a ...
- Dow in Saudi Arabian and Chinese joint venture plans.(materials marketplace)
- Magazine article from: British Plastics & Rubber June 1, 2007 700+ words
DOW Chemical is in final discussions with Saudi...which would produce feedstocks for plastics. Dow and Saudi Aramco have signed a detailed memorandum...Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' The deal extends Dow's involvement in the Middle East, where...
- Saudi Arabia.(COUNTRIES)(contracts of Dow Chemical Co. and Saudi Arabian Oil...
- Newspaper article from: Petroleum Intelligence Weekly March 21, 2007 700+ words
...SAUDI ARABIA -- State Saudi Aramco and US Dow Chemical have signed a long-awaited deal...integrated petrochemicals project. Aramco and Dow have agreed on a detailed memorandum of...partners said in a statement. Aramco and Dow agreed to discuss a partnership for the...
- Aramco defies gloom with launch of Ras Tanura package.(PETROCHEMICALS: SAUDI...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest Maree, Karin Williams, Perry December 12, 2008 700+ words
State energy firm Saudi Aramco and the US' Dow Chemical Company are to defy the gloom surrounding the downstream...complex will produce more than 300 chemical products. Aramco and Dow are scheduled to make a final investment decision in mid-2009...
- Aramco to reconsider refinery project.(Saudi Arabian Oil Co.)
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily Schindelar, Alex June 2, 2009 700+ words
...petrochemical project it is studying with US firm Dow Chemical, industry sources said Monday...000 b/d to provide feedstock for the Dow-Aramco joint venture Ras Tanura Integrated...late last year, although both Aramco and Dow recently said they were committed to the...
- Sabic Reaches Maturity.(Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corp. plans...
- Magazine article from: Chemical Week ALPEROWICZ, NATASHA January 10, 2001 700+ words
...billion ($5.1 billion), putting it among the world's top five petchem majors. It is fourth in olefins capacity, behind Dow Chemical-Union Carbide, BoronMobil, and Shell, and ahead of Equisrar. Sabic's earnings dropped 6%, to SRI.9 billion...
- Saudi Aramco Ponders $20 Billion upgrade to petro-rabigh refinery.(Saudi...
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily Schindelar, Alex October 25, 2007 700+ words
...project said. By comparison, the Ras Tanura integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex, being studied by Aramco and US Dow Chemical, is estimated to cost between $22 billion and $26 billion. It is tipped to be the largest plastics and chemicals...
- Sabic planning three crackers in four years; part of a buildup in petrochemical...
- Magazine article from: Chemical Market Reporter Milmo, Sean November 25, 1996 700+ words
...us we are out of it," said Mr. Rantanen. Romeo Kreinberg, Dow Chemical's vice-president for global polyethylene, told...time expanding PE capacity at the company by 275,000 tons. Dow already has a site, making polyurethanes, caustic soda and...
- Aramco seeks support for Ras Tanura: second contractor to help US' KBR hit...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest Williams, Perry September 26, 2008 700+ words
...facility. The complex is being developed by Aramco and US firm Dow Chemical Company. KBR beat Fluor Corporation and Foster Wheeler...to require more than $10bn in project financing. Aramco and Dow are scheduled to make a final investment decision in mid-2009...
Source: HighBeam Research, Periscope.(news items from around the world)