Keyword: ethane cracker

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Braskem Drops Plans for US Ethane Cracker

06.08.2019 - Brazilian petrochemicals giant Braskem, the country’s largest plastics and petrochemicals producer and the largest producer of PP in North America, has officially abandoned plans...

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ExxonMobil Baytown Cracker Ready to Start

08.02.2018 - ExxonMobil’s new 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker at Baytown, Texas, USA, is mechanically complete, and start-up is now expected during the second quarter of this year, the US...

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China’s Wanhua Plans MDI Complex in Louisiana

12.04.2017 - China’s Wanhua Chemical has announced it will build a $1.12 billion isocyanates complex in the US state of Louisiana, benefiting from a $4.3 million infrastructure grant from the...

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New Giant Petchems and Plastics Project in Texas

29.03.2017 - Another new mammoth petrochemicals and plastics project has been announced for the US state of Texas by non-US companies seeking to profit from access to inexpensive shale gas...

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Shell Wins Air Permit for Proposed US Ethane Project

26.06.2015 - Shell has received an air-permit application for a proposed ethane-best petrochemical complex in western Pennsylvania from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)...

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Sweeny Expansion Adds 90,000 t/y Ethylene at Chevron Phillips

16.12.2014 - Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed the expansion of ethylene capacity at its Sweeny complex in Old Ocean, Texas. The capacity addition is part of the group's US Gulf Coast...

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Repercussions of the US Shale Story

19.11.2014 - The two words on everyone's lips in recent years in the energy industry have been "shale boom." This article will lay out JBC Energy's view of the future of the U.S. shale boom and...

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Shell Signs Property Deal for US Shale Gas Project

11.11.2014 - In an updated property deal, Shell Chemical has exercised its option to buy Horsehead's zinc production site near Monaca, Pennsylvania, in the US, where it may build a major shale...