Central Europe

• PKN Orlen averaged €946 per ton for petrochemical margins in Jan-Sep 2017
• PDH Polska opts to construct new polypropylene plant
• Unipetrol assessing whether to retain old polyethylene plant after new plant launch
• Ciech starts trading polyolefins from Iran and Egypt
• Spolchemie starts up membrane plant, BorsodChem & Spolana investing in projects
• Grupa Azoty starts new polyamide plant at Tarnow

Russia

• Saratovorgsintez revives project for acrylamide and polyacrylamide
• Omsk Kaucuk close to investments into idle phenol and acetone plants
• LLDPE production in Russia rises to 100,000 tons in January to August 2017
• MEG exports from Russia rose 9.2% in the first eight months to 78,000 tons
• Russian polypropylene production rose 4% in Jan-Aug 2017 to 1.115 million tons
• Yatek working towards construction of large methanol plant in Yakutia
• Methanol project based on wood raw materials considered for Komi Republic
• SIBUR & Saudi Aramco in talks regarding potential investments in petrochemicals
• Gazprom agrees gas supply to Rosneft’s VNHK complex
• Saipem wins contract for design of VNHK complex
• Tatarstan sets out to increase ethane availability for Kazanorgsintez
• Evrokhim continues to consider MDI project; license for technology major problem
• Kemerovo chemical project attracts support from Mitsubishi

Other countries

• Karpatneftekhim starts exporting C4s to Russia to Nizhnekamskneftekhim
• PTA imports into Russia and Belarus continue to rise in 2017
• Mogilevkhimvolokno embarks on modernisation & expansion of polyester facilities
• SOCAR continues to increase methanol production in Azerbaijan
• SOCAR completes first modernisation for the cracker, increasing propylene capacity