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Definition: “Butadiene” is the head of the C4 olefins family. Butadiene is a gas that condensates at -4.5°C. Mainly produced as byproducts from Ethylene by Ethane by steam cracking at high temperature (900°C), the Butadiene can also be obtained by Butane dehydrogenation or from Ethanol. Comments: Butadiene is mostly converted into Styrene Butadiene or Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) more well known as synthetic Rubber  Polybutadiene is also used […]

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Grace & Co and Al Dahra have signed a joined venture to build and operate in Abu Dhabi, UAE,  a new plant to produce Catalysts and Additives With this new facility, Grace & Co and Al Dahra are targeting to supply some of the 16 Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units  to come in the next five years in the Gulf. This plant […]

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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. […]

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 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. […]

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 Bangkok: Thaioil Plc has confirmed to launch the design of a 100,000 t/y Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) facility in Si Racha, Chonburi  District, Thailand The estimated capital expenditure is around $300 million for a completion planned in 2016. For more information and data about oil and gas and petrochemical projects go to Project Smart Explorer

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Fluor Corp. (Fluor)announced to have signed a  Strategic Global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) and Construction Management Agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). This three-year agreement has a two-year extension option for up to five years and Dow’s global capital projects program across all Dow products. This contract includes all the potential new projects across […]

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