RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTDOW, BASF PURSUE JOINT VENTURESFirms' projects aim to raise presence in regions with growing chemical productionGLENN HESSCite this: Chem. Eng. News 2006, 84, 29, 11Publication Date (Print):July 17, 2006Publication History Published online14 November 2010Published inissue 17 July 2006https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v084n029.p011Copyright © 2006 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYArticle Views10Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (541 KB) SUBJECTS:Fossil fuels,Lipids,Petrochemicals,Plastics Get e-Alerts