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2017 Arkema plant explosion. Coordinates: 29.9485°N 95.0223°W. The 2017 Arkema plant explosion was an industrial disaster that took place during Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas. Flooding from the hurricane disabled the refrigeration system at the plant which manufactured organic peroxides. The unrefrigerated organic peroxides decomposed and ...
www .arkema .com. Arkema S.A. is a publicly listed, multi-national manufacturer of specialty materials, headquartered in Colombes, near Paris, France. It has three specialty materials segments (or divisions); adhesives, advanced materials and coatings. A further segment covers chemical intermediates. [ 2]
List of largest chemical producers. The Friedrich-Engelhorn-Hochhaus, headquarters of BASF from 1957 to 2013. Chemical & Engineering News publishes an annual list of the world's largest chemical producers by sales, excluding formulated products such as pharmaceutical drugs and coatings. [1] In 2018, sales of the top fifty companies amounted to ...
LyondellBasell Tower (formerly One Houston Center) houses the Houston corporate offices of LyondellBasell. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is an American multinational chemical company incorporated in the Netherlands with U.S. operations headquartered in Houston, Texas, and offices in London, UK. The company is the largest licensor of ...
November 8, 2023 at 11:44 AM. An explosion has triggered a large fire at a chemical plant in Shepherd, Texas, sending massive plumes of black smoke into the sky. The "plant explosion" and ...
A criminal case against the U.S. arm of a French chemical maker accused of releasing pollution that injured 21 people resumed on Thursday under a cloud as a judge ruled out a motion to dismiss the ...
Chevron said about 2,000 of its employees work in San Ramon at the moment and 7,000 are located in Houston.. CEO Mike Wirth and Vice Chairman Mark Nelson will make the move to Houston prior to ...
It purchased the small petroleum companies Panhandle Oil Co. in 1956 and the American Liberty Co. of Dallas in 1957, in order to begin actual operations In June 2000, Fina Oil & Chemical Co. was renamed Atofina Petrochemicals Inc. and the headquarters moved to Houston Texas. In 1963, the company acquired Cogsden Petroleum Corp.