Texas Petrochemicals Announces Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Schedule.
HOUSTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., announced today it will release its fiscal 2009 second quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet...

Texas Petrochemicals Reports Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Results.
Second quarter results were affected by the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and the impact of the economic recession HOUSTON, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., ("TPI") today reported revenues of $410.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2009, a decrease of approximately $100.0 million from...

Texas Petrochemicals Announces Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Earnings and Conference Call Schedule.
HOUSTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc., announced today it will release its fiscal 2009 second quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet...

Texas Petrochemicals Sees Continued Weak Demand in Key Markets.
HOUSTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Texas Petrochemicals, Inc. (the "Company") a Houston based petrochemical company that provides a diverse range of quality products and services into performance, specialty and intermediate manufacturing markets worldwide sees continued weak demand across its C4 and Performance Product businesses, especially in its largest market,...

Kirby Corporation Announces Record 2008 Fourth Quarter and Year Results.
- 2008 fourth quarter earnings per share were $.72, a 13% increase compared with $.64 earned in the 2007 fourth quarter, and included a $6.0 million before taxes, or $.07 per share, increase in allowance for doubtful accounts - 2008 year earnings per share were $2.91, a...

Access Industries Commits $750 Million in Debtor-in-Possession Financing for LyondellBasell Restructuring.
Access demonstrates full support for LyondellBasell's efforts to restructure its balance sheet amid the global economic crisis and industry downturn and to reposition the Company for long-term success NEW YORK, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Industries has committed to provide $750 million of the total $3.25 billion...

Huntsman Completes Pre-Registration of Nearly 2,000 Substances for REACH.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntsman Corporation today announced its successful pre-registration with the European Chemicals Agency ("ECHA") of the 1,937 chemical substances that Huntsman manufactures or imports into the European Economic Area, as required by the European Community REACH legislation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of...

Equistar to Restart Olefins Unit.
HOUSTON, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Equistar Chemicals, LP, announced today that its olefins unit at La Porte, Texas, will return to service before the end of January. The unit was temporarily idled in October 2008 due to declining market and economic conditions. The plant has a nameplate capacity of...

Huntsman Announces Progress on Saudi Ethyleneamines Plant.
Company anticipates mechanical completion by November THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntsman Corporation today announced that its ethyleneamines joint venture plant currently under construction in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, is proceeding on schedule and is expected to meet the mechanical completion target of November 2009. ...