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  1. SABIC taps Jacobs for olefins plant work

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    Tue, 17 Apr 2012

    … Basic Industries Corp. has let a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for the upgrade of its 670,000-tonne/year Olefins 4 plant in Geleen, Netherlands. Jacobs will perform “numerous modifications” to the naphtha cracker to increase energy …

  2. Flare minimization practices improve olefins plant start-ups, shutdowns

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    Mon, 5 Sep 2005

    … flare minimization processes at all its olefins plants to reduce emissions and minimize ..... separate turnarounds for the site’s two olefins plants in 2003. Lessons learned from ..... Channelview experiences to a different olefins process. For years olefins plants have …

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  1. SPECIAL REPORT: CMAI: Wave of new Mideast olefins capacity coming on line

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    Mon, 25 Aug 2008

    An “unprecedented” wave of new olefins capacity is starting up in the Middle ..... according to Tony Potter, director of olefins studies, Europe, Middle East, and ..... additions during 2007-12. Asian demand for olefins will be insufficient to absorb the full …

  2. Volatility to rule olefins , styrene markets to 2001

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    Mon, 17 Mar 1997

    Markets for light olefins and styrene will remain very unstable ..... N.Y. But, manufacturers of light olefins , notably ethylene and propylene, will ..... scale (600,000+) metric tons/year olefins units being constructed appears to be …

  3. Iran to build world-scale, flexible-feed olefins unit

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    Mon, 16 Aug 1999

    … NPC) is adding a new world-scale olefins plant and derivatives units at its massive ..... for start-up in mid-2002. The basic olefins unit was designed by Germany's Linde ..... OGJ, May 24, 1999, p. 41). The new olefins and derivatives complex will be operated …

  5. Coal-to-olefins unit starting up in China

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    Fri, 13 Aug 2010

    … gasification unit at a large coal-to- olefins demonstration project in Baotou, Inner ..... year of methanol for conversion into olefins , ultimately yielding about 600,000 ..... Baotou one of the largest coal-to- olefins projects in the world. The process converts …

  6. Methanol-to-olefins unit starts up in China

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    Thu, 30 Sep 2010

    … world’s first methanol-to- olefins unit to be operated on a commercial scale ..... uses the combined DMTO methanol-to- olefins technology of SYN Energy Technology Co ..... to produce 600,000 tonnes/year of olefins from methanol feedstock. SYN licensed …

  7. US OLEFINS —SECOND-HALF 2008: Hurricanes, economic turmoil push olefins production lower

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    Mon, 2 Feb 2009

    … activity caused demand and production of olefins in the US to fall sharply in fourth ..... Ike caused widespread downtime for the olefins industry during September and October ..... 2008 and had a more pronounced effect on olefins production and profitability than Hurricanes …

  8. BROMINE NUMBER SHOULD REPLACE FIA IN GASOLINE OLEFINS TESTING

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    Mon, 28 Dec 1992

    … Protection Agency (EPA) for monitoring olefins in reformulated gasoline, is subject ..... emissions. 3 Among these parameters are olefins (vol %), as measured by FIA analysis ..... that a preferred technique for measuring olefins in reformulated gasoline is the determination …

  9. US OLEFINS — SECOND-HALF 2010: Ethylene markets return to normal

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    Mon, 7 Mar 2011

    … turmoil in operations and pricing during first-half 2010, US olefins markets were nearly normal during second-half 2010. Ethylene ..... Houston Ship Channel) during fourth-quarter 2010. In the next olefins market article (OGJ, Sept. 5, 2011), Petral will estimate …

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