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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

In this article, we are going to list the 15 biggest petrochemical companies in the world. Click to skip ahead and jump to the 5 biggest petrochemical companies in the world. Petrochemicals are ...

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.