Let’s establish some baselines. Texas is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than Saudi Arabia or the global ...

This aerial photo shows the TPC petrochemical plant near downtown Houston, background, on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) A recent report from Texas Southern University found that ...

The expansion aims to enhance Hengyi’s refining and petrochemical capabilities while supporting Brunei’s downstream industrial development.

HUTTO, TEXAS - JULY 29: A Union Pacific freight train travels on July 29, 2025 in Hutto, Texas. Union Pacific has reached an agreement to purchase Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal. The ...

Taiwan's largest private refiner, will extend the shutdown of the oldest cracker at its Mailiao complex indefinitely, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, as it reduces ethylene output due to ...

Japan's petrochemical industry is moving ahead with realignment, pressured by the country's declining population and China's overproduction. The industry involves complicated supply chains, including ...

Big booms and bracing busts are defining features of the oil and gas business, but rarely do experts give us a five-year warning to get ahead of the cycle. The petrochemical industry is the latest to ...

The global movement to ditch fossil fuels is largely focused on transport and industry, but the petrochemical industry will need fossil fuels for decades to come. The value of the petrochemical market ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about reinventing businesses for Europe’s competitiveness. Of all the industries that stand to gain or lose the most from ...

The US petrochemical industry’s gilded decade is drawing to a close. Ten years ago, cheap natural gas–derived ethane started to flow to chemical makers from hydraulically fractured shale formations.

In the 2010s, the petrochemical industry made an awe-inspiring prediction. A region of Appalachia that includes parts of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania would be home to at least five ...