18 November 2014
ABOUT ETHYLENE AND THE RECOVERY SECTION OF THE PLANT:
- Widely used in the production of consumer goods,
such as plastics or polymers,
ethylene is a hydrocarbon produced
in the petrochemical industry by steam cracking, i.e.
transformation of hydrocarbons by pyrolysis above 820°C. - The recovery section of an ethylene plant
separates and purifies cracked gas into
saleable products such as ethylene and propylene.
DETAILS
was awarded a contract by
Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK)
to provide detailed engineering and procurement services
to expand the recovery section of
Westlake’s Petro 1 ethylene plant
at its complex in Sulphur, Louisiana, USA.
Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas, USA,
will execute the project, with support from
the Group’s office in Mumbai, India.
WWW.CHEMWINFO.COM BY KHUN PHICHAI
