ASIA

Turning oil to olefins without refining

EXXONMOBIL and Saudi Aramco have developed new technologies that can produce ethylene directly from crude oil, potentially saving refiners as much as $US200 per tonne during production of the plastic-making chemical.

Haydn Black

The two different steam-cracking processes allow petrochemical producers to essentially skip the refining process in converting crude oil directly to light olefins such as ethylene. According to a report...

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