Development of shale oil and gas has opened new sources of oil, natural gas, and key petrochemical feedstocks
Shale Gas: Impact on the Petrochemical Industry

What is Shale Gas? How Does Fracking Work?
How does hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling make natural gas trapped in shale rock formations financially feasible and accessible?
World Chemical Sales, Imports, and Exports 2011 Data
World chemical sales in 2011 are valued at € 2,744 billion, an increase of 95 % in value terms compared with 2001
Wonderlab Comic – Waste Disposal
What to do with that left-over reaction mixture – Gin-Jo learns the hard way
Discuss Classification and Labelling of Substances
ECHA launches web-based discussion forum for C&L notifiers and REACH registrants of the same substance
Levels of Mercury in the Air Underestimated
Levels of reactive mercury forms in the air found to be higher than previously reported in the literature
Chemistry in Sweden – A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
Christina Moberg, KTH, Sweden, looks at whether the current state of chemistry in Sweden lives up to its prestigious past
Opening Doors in TB Drug Discovery
Open-source compound library at GSK identifies 177 small-molecule leads for anti-tuberculois (TB) research
Carbon Capture Project Launched
Air Products’ Phase One Carbon Capture Project Onstream in Texas
BASF Expands Omega-3-Business to Norway
BASF completes acquisition of Pronova BioPharma, Lysaker, Norway