China will continue to use a variety of refined products and condensate to produce ethylene, but the predominant feedstock in the next 10 years will be naphtha. China will soon become a net importer ...
Major Japanese chemical makers are working desperately to avoid halting factories for ethylene, a material for plastics and synthetic fibers, amid the ongoing Middle East crisis. Ethylene production f ...
US petrochemical makers are bringing a large slug of ethylene capacity online. Indorama Ventures has started up an ethylene cracker in Westlake, Louisiana, with capacity of 440,000 metric tons (t) per ...