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  1. Global ethylene producers add record capacity in 2010

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    Mon, 4 Jul 2011

    … Editor—LNG/Gas Processing Global ethylene producers last year added more than ..... rapid growth of Asian and Middle Eastern ethylene capacity. By contrast, capacity growth ..... and only 245,000 tpy in 2006. Global ethylene production capacity at Jan. 1, 2011 …

  2. Dow plans Texas ethylene plant based on shale gas

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    Thu, 19 Apr 2012

    … plans to build a 1.5-million tonne/year ethylene plant at its Texas operations in Freeport under ..... complex, where, according to OGJ’s annual Ethylene Survey, it now has two ethylene plants with total capacity of 1.64 million …

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  1. Special Report: Worldwide ethylene capacity increases 2 million tpy in 2007

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    Mon, 28 Jul 2008

    Ethylene producers added a net 2 million tonnes ..... capacity in 2007, according to the latest ethylene survey. This is a significant increase ..... plant started up in 2007. None of the ethylene producers surveyed reported any shutdown …

  2. INEOS taps KBR for Alvin ethylene furnace

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    Tue, 10 Apr 2012

    INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA has let a contract to KBR for a new ethylene furnace at its 3.86 billion lb/year ethylene plant at Alvin, Tex. The furnace will add 465 million lb/year of furnace production capacity …

  3. Chevron Phillips Chemical marks progress toward US ethylene plant

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    Tue, 1 May 2012

    … Rouge, La., for front-end engineering and design for a 1.5 million tonnes/year (3.3 billion lb/year) grassroots ethylene plant at Chevron Phillips Chemical’s Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Tex. The scope of work, which will be released in …

  5. Global ethylene capacity growth slows to lowest level since mid-1980s

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    Mon, 22 Mar 2004

    … here to enlarge image null Net global ethylene capacity additions recorded a nearly ..... tpy in 2002, according to the latest ethylene survey. Capacity as of Jan. 1, 2004 ..... primarily due to overcapacity, the global ethylene markets started to recover last year …

  6. Sasol launches feasibility study for Lake Charles ethylene cracker

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    Wed, 30 Nov 2011

    … reported it has approved a feasibility study for a world-scale ethylene cracker and derivatives complex in Lake Charles, La. Sasol ..... envisions the cracker will produce 1-1.4 million tons/year of ethylene . Its current estimates are that a cracker and derivatives …

  7. Worldwide ethylene capacity grows in spite of warnings

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    Mon, 30 Mar 1998

    … cracker can produce 700,000 mty of ethylene and 350,000 mty of propylene ..... courtesy of Stone & Webster. World ethylene capacity increased by 4.6 million ..... to Oil & Gas Journal's annual ethylene survey. This 5.4% increase came …

  8. Ethylene oxide successfully removed from overturned tank car

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    Mon, 23 Aug 1999

    … and chemical plant personnel safely removed ethylene oxide from an overturned tank car in January ..... Although severely damaged, the tank car carrying ethylene oxide, did not rupture or leak. Ethylene oxide is toxic and extremely flammable. At …

  9. Ethylene capacity rising, margins continue to suffer

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    Mon, 11 Mar 2002

    … million tonnes/year (tpy) of worldwide ethylene production capacity came on stream in ..... as of Jan. 1, 2001. This year's ethylene survey reflects a total of 107.6 million ..... 600,000 tpy to the survey. In 2001, ethylene markets experienced a slowdown in demand …

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