• Ethane is used to make ethylene, while propane is used to manufacture propylene--chemicals that form the building blocks of various plastics. (nasdaq.com)
  • For example, Eastman Chemical ( EMN ) reopened an ethane cracking facility--a plant that produces ethylene and other chemicals from ethane--that had been mothballed since 2008. (nasdaq.com)
  • Ethane is easily converted into ethylene, a major petrochemical feedstock. (cdc.gov)
  • The boom in the petrochemical industry comes from access to cheaper feedstocks to produce ethylene, which enjoys wide use in the chemical industry as a basic building block for plastics. (aol.com)
  • A number of projects have been announced over the past couple of years to take advantage of the attractive profit margins of ethane-based ethylene. (aol.com)
  • This approach will continue to increase the supply of ethane and will probably keep ethylene margins attractive for the petrochemical industry. (aol.com)
  • In the hot section, gas feedstocks (ethane, propane, blends) or liquid feedstocks (naphtha, gas oil) are cracked in a high temperature furnace (~800 °C). Dilution steam is introduced into the furnace to reduce the hydrocarbon partial pressure, thus favoring the production of ethylene and to reduce coke formation. (pall.com)
  • That project would include an ethane cracker and would produce ethylene feedstocks and resins, most likely polyethylene. (plasticsnews.com)
  • Development officials also have said that a storage facility for ethylene feedstock ethane is likely to be built in West Virginia as well. (plasticsnews.com)
  • Braskem needs the ethane feedstock to crack into ethylene and then turn into polyethylene. (plasticstoday.com)
  • Ethane, a component of natural gas, is the primary feedstock for ethylene production at Joffre. (novachem.com)
  • In addition, a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) pipeline delivers propane to the site as required, providing feedstock flexibility for ethylene production. (novachem.com)
  • Ethane, one of the primary components of NGLs, is a crucial feedstock for the petrochemical industry, particularly in the production of ethylene. (technavio.com)
  • The abundance of ethane from shale production has fueled the expansion of ethane cracker plants, which convert ethane into ethylene, a fundamental building block for plastics and chemicals. (technavio.com)
  • At enormous temperatures, tons of naphtha, light distillate feedstock (LDF), liquified petroleum gas (LPG), ethane, propane or butane are cracked down into ethylene, propylene, mixed C4 and other byproducts, which are in turn used to produce polymers, synthetic rubber and more for applications and processing in wide variety of industries. (processingmagazine.com)
  • Syngas is rich in CO, H 2 , and CO 2 and can contain traces of other small hydrocarbons such as methane, ethane or ethylene. (frontiersin.org)
  • That efficiency is based on modern ethane to ethylene technology and designing with the expectation of the need to transition to net zero. (icis.com)
  • The boom in shale gas development has caused US ethylene producers to shift to ethane feedstock, which has dramatically reduced the amount of higher hydrocarbon co-products, such as C3 and C4 olefins, that are themselves important feedstocks for derivative chemicals. (sbir.gov)
  • The ethylene production capacity will be increased by 40% from 450 mln lbs pa to 630 mln lbs pa and will use ethane feedstock instead of propane as per the original design. (plastemart.com)
  • The expansion and feedstock conversion of the ethylene plant will enhance Westlake's vinyl chain integration and leverage low-cost ethane being developed in regional shale gas areas. (plastemart.com)
  • The project would use ethane from Marcellus and Utica Shale gas wells in the region to produce 1 million tons of ethylene per year, along with 700,000 tons of HDPE and 600,000 tons of other products. (wvpress.org)
  • The oxidative coupling of methane converts methane into ethane and ethylene (C 2 hydrocarbons). (greencarcongress.com)
  • The ethane subsequently undergoes dehydrogenation to form ethylene and water. (greencarcongress.com)
  • Ineos will use US ethane both as fuel and to produce ethylene to feed petrochemical processes. (chemistryworld.com)
  • Outside of North America, companies have been holding back on ethylene investments as North American investments in shale gas ethane crackers and ethylene derivatives accelerated. (gpca.org.ae)
  • Among them, ethylene is particularly important as a chemical feedstock for petrochemical manufacture. (bvsalud.org)
  • methane typically occurs with a variety of heavier hydrocarbons (NGLs) such as ethane (C2H6), propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10). (nasdaq.com)
  • Ethane and propane are commonly employed as petrochemical feedstock. (nasdaq.com)
  • Check out this graph, which tracks US demand for ethane and propane from 2003 onward. (nasdaq.com)
  • These hydrocarbons are lighter than oil and they're often used to create petroleum products like ethane, propane and butane. (streetauthority.com)
  • Both ethane and propane have continued to be advantaged feedstocks. (ineos.com)
  • Shale formations, such as the Permian Basin in the United States, are rich in NGLs, including ethane, propane, butane, and natural gasoline-the extraction of shale gas and oil results in a substantial amount of associated NGL production. (technavio.com)
  • NGLs, particularly ethane and propane, are essential feedstocks in the petrochemical industry. (technavio.com)
  • Natural gas from these fields is rich with valuable feedstock components such as gas condensate, propane, butane, and ethane. (worldfinance.com)
  • Shale drillers in the Marcellus and Utica have long talked up the potential profits to be made from drilling for "wet gas," or wells that produce large volumes of natural gas liquids like ethane, propane, and butane. (nationofchange.org)
  • In other words, if no one is ready to buy that ethane, propane, and butane, drilling companies will have to slow their plans for shale drilling and fracking in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. (nationofchange.org)
  • The company has ethane and butane gas fed assets, for example and those feedstocks can be repurposed as fuel to replace natural gas consumption. (icis.com)
  • But the shale gas revolution has ensured that the US chemical producers have access to an abundance of NGLs at reasonable prices, a huge advantage over areas where NGL prices are higher or naphtha--which is derived from crude oil and therefore costlier--serves as the primary feedstock. (nasdaq.com)
  • Moving away from the Gulf Coast, Royal Dutch Shell is progressing with plans to build a $2 billion ethane cracker just outside Pittsburgh, where it will be positioned to take advantage of the massive natural gas reserves in the region's Marcellus and Utica shale deposits. (aol.com)
  • Shale-derived NGLs provide a versatile and flexible source of feedstocks for the petrochemical industry, allowing it to adapt to changing natural gas liquids market demands and consumer preferences. (technavio.com)
  • The boom in shale gas development has caused US crackers to shift to ethane feedstock which has dramatically reduced the amount of higher hydrocarbon co-products, such as C4 olefins and dienes, which are important feedstocks for commodity chemicals. (sbir.gov)
  • That plant also will use ethane from shale gas producers in the Marcellus and Utica basins to produce 1.6 million tonnes of polyethylene each year. (wvpress.org)
  • Today, the petrochemical industry is dreaming big about prospects for manufacturing plastics, styrofoam, vinyl, chemicals, and fertilizers from cheap ethane and other natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale - marketed as currently the cheapest in the world. (nationofchange.org)
  • The first ship carrying ethane from US shale gas has landed in the UK . (chemistryworld.com)
  • But the high proportion of ethane in US shale gas has pushed down prices there, making it economical to ship it across the ocean. (chemistryworld.com)
  • These investments can be located where there is strong demand growth, where ample low-cost feedstocks are available (such as North America with ethane from shale gas), or where capital cost advantages exist (such as China, where building costs can be 60% of US costs). (gpca.org.ae)
  • Graphic shows tri-state PA-OH-WV region with underlying Marcellus-Utica shale formations and locations of three ethane crackers. (pophistorydig.com)
  • It's produced by steam cracking, and the primary feedstock is ethane or naphtha. (aol.com)
  • Petroleum naphtha is derived from refining crude oil, but it's being increasingly replaced by ethane, which is the second largest component of natural gas after methane and is even more abundant in natural gas liquids -- and NGLs are the fastest growing area of oil and gas production. (aol.com)
  • According to top energy midstream operator, Enterprise Products Partners the naphtha-to-ethane profit margin differential has been widening over the past few years and has now widened to more than $0.40 per pound. (aol.com)
  • Crude oil-based naphtha has been used more as a propylene feedstock in recent months, sources said. (plasticsnews.com)
  • That's increased the supply of propylene monomer available to make propylene, since naphtha yields more propylene than natural gas-based ethane does. (plasticsnews.com)
  • You have different feedstocks and their characteristics (such as naphtha paraffin content). (processingmagazine.com)
  • The fall reflected more bearish investor expectations because of a narrowing of the naphtha-ethane price spread as oil prices fell during that period. (mckinsey.com)
  • Second, the significant uptick in crude-oil prices this spring-as of late June, they were up around 30 percent from January 2015 lows-has muted the expected negative impact of the narrower naphtha-ethane spread on the margins of many petrochemical players using ethane feedstock. (mckinsey.com)
  • Braskem's business model today relies on fossil fuels, namely-naphtha (crude oil) and ethane (natural gas)-which makes reducing carbon emissions especially challenging. (accenture.com)
  • These facilities feature large petrochemical plants known as crackers, which process naphtha and ethane under high heat and pressure to produce the building blocks of plastic. (accenture.com)
  • FIG. 1 shows that feedstock for petrochemicals (e.g., naphtha, ethane) is expected to increase through the forecast period, while transportation fuel demand is forecast to level off or decline. (hydrocarbonprocessing.com)
  • When Ineos began this project, high oil prices gave US ethane a large advantage over crackers running on naphtha from oil. (chemistryworld.com)
  • Unlike ethane crackers that yield minimal co-products, naphtha crackers yield large quantities of co-products. (gpca.org.ae)
  • The cloud-based solution considered four feedstocks, six cracker-furnace types, and nine furnace parameters with the aim of establishing optimal yields for the products emerging from those crackers. (processingmagazine.com)
  • Some say the region can support up to five or more ethane crackers, given the Marcellus-Utica bounty. (pophistorydig.com)
  • In the OCM reaction, methane (CH 4 ) is activated on the catalyst surface, forming methyl free radicals (CH 3 ) which then couple in the gas phase to form ethane (C 2 H 6 ). (greencarcongress.com)
  • SMR (Steam Methane Reforming) and ATR (Autothermal Reforming) are both appropriate for gaseous feedstocks. (mathesongas.com)
  • 4. PRODUCTION, IMPORT/EXPORT, USE, AND DISPOSAL required to produce the crude oil, transport it to refineries, and convert the natural petroleum into a variety of end products and chemical feedstocks. (cdc.gov)
  • Whether it's by purifying feedstocks, removing emulsions from chemicals, filtration for process fluid reuse, or final production purification, the need for efficient filtrations systems applies to many applications. (pall.com)
  • Chemicals are also the TRS winner in their value chain, based on performance since 2000: the chemical sector is registering higher TRS performance than most of the upstream industries that provide its feedstocks, such as oil and gas and minerals, and the downstream industries that consume chemicals such as automotive, consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals (Exhibit 2). (mckinsey.com)
  • Meanwhile, Shell Chemicals has said it expects to begin large-scale construction on its ethane cracker plant along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, sometime next year, but it is not giving a target date for when it will go into production. (wvpress.org)
  • Hydrogen is a feedstock in hydrogenation reactions used to produce a number of chemicals and petrochemicals. (mathesongas.com)
  • Carbon monoxide is gas utilized as a feedstock in the production of a number of chemicals including acetic acid, polycarbonates, and polyurethane intermediates. (mathesongas.com)
  • These crude-to-chemicals investments are also being driven by large conglomerates looking to ensure production economics for their main feedstocks. (gpca.org.ae)
  • In the process, large amounts of hydrocarbons are produced that can be isolated as relatively pure substances for use as solvents or petrochemical feedstocks. (cdc.gov)
  • Shell's ethane cracker petrochemical plant under construction on the banks of the Ohio River. (nationofchange.org)
  • Just north of Pittsburgh, in Beaver County, where Shell's ethane cracker is being built, the fossil fuels model is taking form big time, as a network of wells, pipelines, and processing facilities has begun to unfold in what might be called a "plastics industrialization. (pophistorydig.com)
  • Borealis has also increased its long-term feedstock flexibility for its petrochemical plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, by signing a 10-year agreement with Antero Resources to supply ethane from the United States. (ai-online.com)
  • Syngas from gasified organic waste materials is a promising feedstock for the biotechnological synthesis of the bioplastic poly([ R ]-3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) with Rhodospirillum rubrum . (frontiersin.org)
  • The ethane used at Joffre is extracted from natural gas in Alberta and is transported to the site via pipeline. (novachem.com)
  • Today, nearly all Marcellus ethane remains in the natural gas residue stream, or is blended with leaner, low-Btu gas to meet pipeline specifications. (aogr.com)
  • Petroleum is also used in lubricants, solvents, highway surfacing, and roofing and waterproofing materials, and as the source of the feedstocks used to make plastics and other modern petrochemicals. (cdc.gov)
  • Although ethane generally is worth much more than an equivalent volume of natural gas, Marcellus ethane has one obvious problem: It is not located where the demand is. (aogr.com)
  • But this blend-off alternative is becoming increasingly less feasible (ultimately unviable) as Marcellus ethane production ramps up. (aogr.com)
  • As Dow Chemical ( DOW ), the world's second-largest chemical outfit, in December 2010 announced plans to increase its ethane cracking capacity on the Gulf Coast over the next two to three years. (nasdaq.com)
  • Industry observers estimate that US chemical producers could consume an additional 100,000 barrels per day of ethane by expanding the capacity of existing plants. (nasdaq.com)
  • Plans are in the works to build a raft of new ethane-fed chemical facilities - but the bulk of these won't come online until at least 2017. (streetauthority.com)
  • In order to maintain productivity, chemical producers have started importing these feedstocks. (sbir.gov)
  • CHARLESTON, W.Va. - PTT Global Chemical says it will delay its decision on whether to build an ethane cracker across the Ohio River from Moundsville as it evaluates engineering reports and seeks more partners for the project. (wvpress.org)
  • Securing feedstock for polyolefin base resins by Borealis through a joint venture with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Com-pany in Abu Dhabi, UAE has paved the way for continuing ad-vances in the use of plastics in automotive manufacturing. (ai-online.com)
  • The business has continued to benefit from its flexibility to be able to utilise cheaper NGL feedstocks to maintain healthy margins. (ineos.com)
  • Ineos says that US ethane is still cheaper than European gas , and increased supply means it can make full use of its facilities at Grangemouth and re-open mothballed manufacturing units. (chemistryworld.com)
  • The Shell plant will crack ethane molecules from incoming natural gas liquids to make polyethylene pellets - raw plastic - which is then shipped to manufacturers to create an array of plastic products. (pophistorydig.com)
  • Construction cranes dominate the scene in Beaver County, PA where Shell Oil is building a $6 billion ethane cracker complex to make plastic pellets. (pophistorydig.com)
  • Royal Dutch Shell artist's rendition of completed ethane cracker petrochemical processing complex now being built in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, northwest of Pittsburgh, PA. (pophistorydig.com)
  • INEOS' most significant investment, the Project One ethane cracker in Antwerp, Belgium is planned to start manufacturing in 2027. (icis.com)
  • Ethane is in short supply in Europe - Ineos says the Grangemouth cracker has been running at 40% capacity for the last three years. (chemistryworld.com)
  • Peduto, a leader among city mayors on green energy, spoke out against a future of fracking-fueled petrochemical and plastics industrialization, the outlines of which were already apparent on the landscape north of Pittsburgh where a $6 billion plastic-producing ethane cracker complex, owned by Shell Oil, was then under construction (photo below). (pophistorydig.com)
  • We are focused on an efficient way to add significant value to the most abundant and inexpensive feedstock that we have: natural gas. (greencarcongress.com)
  • In December 2010 US ethane consumption topped 1 million barrels per day, an all-time high. (nasdaq.com)
  • And that's why the U.S. petrochemical industry is undergoing a major retooling effort to maximize ethane consumption. (aol.com)
  • Meanwhile, on a smaller scale, Lyondell Basell is spending more than $500 million to increase its ethane consumption, with projects that will increase EBITDA by $250 million to $500 million per year by 2014. (aol.com)
  • ICIS offers trusted and reliable market intelligence for those buying or selling Feedstocks or related products in the global Feedstocks market. (icis.com)
  • and a loss of carbon that could be reused as a "third generation" feedstock for biotechnological products. (frontiersin.org)
  • Increased use of ethane as a feedstock earlier in the year had helped to tighten propylene supplies, which in turn sent PP prices up. (plasticsnews.com)
  • Natural gas liquids, with uses such as providing feedstock for the petrochemical industry, are more valuable than dry gas and currently command higher prices in North America. (royaldutchshellplc.com)
  • The result is growing natural gas liquids production, especially ethane. (aogr.com)
  • Plant design is optimized to give an appropriate gas cost based on capital, feedstock, and operating expenses. (mathesongas.com)
  • This consultation paper is part of this formal process and covers all of the ICIS primary price points included in the feedstocks weekly publications. (icis.com)
  • Historically, petroleum refineries have accounted for as much as half of domestic NGL production, but that's changed: In January 2011, gas processing plants supplied 860,000 barrels per day of ethane to customers. (nasdaq.com)
  • That considered tank-farm storage capacity, inventory and feedstock specifics (for example, whether processing in-house-produced mixed C4 with imported mixed C4) to arrive at an optimized daily production plan for butadiene and its byproducts. (processingmagazine.com)
  • The group continued to benefit from the supply of competitively priced ethane feedstock and fuel gas under long-term supply agreements. (gulf-times.com)
  • The ethane supplied from the US complements the ethane supply contract with Statoil, providing Borealis with attractive alternative sources of feedstock. (ai-online.com)
  • You must maintain different temperature profiles in various zones in a furnace based on feedstock being cracked. (processingmagazine.com)
  • One of the pilot's key benefits was its ability to optimize for temperature given a particular feedstock and set of cracker-furnace variables. (processingmagazine.com)
  • The growth of the market depends on several factors, such as increasing renewable energy demand, increasing demand for petrochemical feedstock, and rising transition to clean energy. (technavio.com)
  • The cracker has also been a font of uncertainty in realizing desired product yield patterns in different process conditions with varying feedstocks. (processingmagazine.com)
  • The project includes a shipping agreement with Navigator Holdings, a related multi-million dollar investment in an upgrade of the cracker, and the construction of an ethane storage tank. (ai-online.com)
  • ICIS quotes feedstocks prices in Europe and the USA. (icis.com)
  • making it an important potential feedstock for further conversion. (frontiersin.org)
  • Boonyapipat's statement said commercial arrangements have been made with several other parties to the project, including feedstock and utility suppliers, product marketers and logistics providers. (wvpress.org)
  • If feedstock is liquid or solid, then POX (Partial Oxidation) technology is required. (mathesongas.com)
  • The firm will also improve its ethane cracking capabilities by 20 to 30 percent to take advantage of the superior economics offered by the NGL. (nasdaq.com)
  • North American markets have continued to be strong, taking full benefit from their current feedstock advantage. (ineos.com)