Xylene
Sabic mulls over world largest Oil-To-Chemicals project The world largest ethylene producer, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) is mulling over the design and construction of the world ever largest Oil-To-Chemical (OTC) complex in Saudi Arabia. In the same way as Saudi Aramco invested heavily these last years on the downstream activities, Sabic is considering again massive […]
Technip completed FEED for Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project Since Technip completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract the Ras Laffan Refinery Expansion project is moving into its final bidding phase for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with only four companies still in the competition such as selected by Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its partners, ExxonMobil, Total, Cosmo Oil […]
QP to double and upgrade Ras Laffan Refinery Qatar Petroleum (QP) and its partners, ExxonMobil, Total, Cosmo Oil Company (Cosmo), Idemitsu Kosan Company (Idemitsu), Mitsui & Company (Mitsui) and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) are moving on the Ras Laffan Refinery expansion project, also called Ras Laffan Refinery phase 2. Decided in 2003 and commissioned in 2009 […]
MoU for 1 million t/y Paraxylene extension in Yeosu Showa Shell Sekiyu K. K. (Showa Shell) from Japan, GS Caltex from South Korea, and Taiyo Oil from Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for new Paraxylene (PX) project at GS Caltex Petrochemical complex in Yeosu, South Korea. In the downstream of its refinery, GS […]
Definition Paraxylene is one of the three DimethylBenzene isomers and therefore belongs to the Aromatics family, so called BTX where X stands for Xylene. Paraxylene is also called P-Xylene or even PX. Paraxylene is a colorless liquid. Comments Paraxylene is obtained by the distillation of camphor with zincchloride. Then Paraxylene can be oxidized to form Purified […]
Definition: The “Aromatics” are so called because of their specific perfumed smell. The most well known “Aromatics” are the “Benzene”, the “Toluene”, the “Xylene”. For that reasons the “Aromatics” are also named as “BTX”. Comment: The “Aromatics” are produced from mainly from oil and a few from coal by distillation and then through a steam “cracker” in […]
