Ethylene
Definition Benzene is a colorless, sweet smelling, highly toxic, flammable, liquid aromatic hydrocarbon. Derived from petroleum, Benzene is used in or to manufacture a wide variety of petrochemical products. Benzene evaporates into the air very quickly and dissolves slightly in water. Benzene may also be called benzine or benzol. Comments Because of its famous chemical […]
BPCL to invest $2.6 billion in Kochi Integrated Refinery Petrochemical project Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is the second-largest public sector refinery in India. The Kochi refinery is located at Ambalmugal near the city of Kochi in Kerala. The Kochi refinery capacity is actually of 9.5 million t/y or 190,000 b/d. The actual portfolio of […]
Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya moves on Nakhodka petrochemical complex project ZAO Vostochnaya Neftechemicheskaya (VNHK) is fully owned OJSC NK ROSNEFT (Rosneft) company created in 2011 to develop a petrochemical complex in Primorsky region, near Pervostroiteley settlement of Nakhodkinsky urban district. Nakhodka is located in the Vladivostok region, in the East of the Russian Federation. Rosneft’s VNHK is planning […]
Nizhnekamskneftekhim awards basic to CB&I Lummus OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) selected CB&I Lummus (CB&I) to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) of a new olefins complex in Russia. This new petrochemical complex will be located in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. Earlier, on April, 2012, NKNK and CB&I had signed a License Agreement and Basic […]
Saudi Aramco and Total to go for Aromatics in phase 2 While the joint venture Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Company (Satorp) is completing the construction of the refinery as the first phase of the project to come on stream in 2013, Total and Saudi Aramco are already working on the second phase about petrochemicals in […]
Definition Mixed cracker refers to cracker in the refining process which can treat equally ethane or naphtha Comments The cracker is a master piece of the refining process to produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and all the building blocks of the petrochemical industry (ethylene, propylene, butadiene and all their respective derivatives) To feed this cracker, usually a […]
Dow and Saudi Aramco $20 billion Sadara takes shape Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara) is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). Once complete, Sadara petrochemical complex will be one of the world’s largest integrated chemical complex and the largest ever built in a single phase. The facility […]
Definition UHMWPE is the acronym of Ultra High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene UHMWPE is a linear, low-pressure, Ziegler-type-catalyst, polyethylene resin. Comments UHMWPE has an extremely weight-average molecular weight, approximately ten times that of high molecular weight, High density polyethylene (HDPE) resins. Because of its ultra high molecular density, UHMWPE has both the highest abrasion resistance and highest impact strength of any plastic. In […]
