Definition: “Propylene” is the common name given to the Propene. It is a gas, not to be confused with the Propane. Propylene may also be called Methylethylene. Comments: From process perspective, the Propylene is a byproduct as produced in parallel of the Ethylene during the cracking operations in the steam cracker as shown in the flowchart above. […]
IRPC Public Company Limited or IRPC (Company) is the formal Thai Petrochemical Industry Public Company Limited, known as “TPI”. IRPC and its subsidiaries are currently the first fully integrated petrochemical complex in Southeast Asia. IRPC’s plants are located in an industrial area in Rayong Province, Thailand, with facilities to support the businesses such as deep sea port, tank farm and
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Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is a competitive modern naphtha based Petrochemical Complex located 125 kms from Kolkata, at Haldia, West Bengal, India. HPL is the second largest petrochemical industry in India with a total capacity equivalent to 7, 00,000 TPA of ethylene. Now HPL is planning a $1 billion (Rs 4,000 crore) capital expenditure project over
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Definition: “Rubber” is the common name given to Styrene Butadiene or Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR). Comments: Produced out of the butadiene, the C4 Olefins family, either by fraction distillation in refinery either as byproducts of the Ethylene in the steam cracker, the Rubber is mostly used because of its adhesive performances for tyres, sealants, sho soles, coatings.
The Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) is a joint venture between Sabic and ExxonMobil In November 2008, Sabic and ExxonMobil Chemical signed an agreement to undertake a feasibility study for establishing a new elastomers plant at Kemya. In May 2011, Sabic and ExxonMobil awarded FEED contracts for the process units of the project to Jacobs Engineering and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding. Fluor
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