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Dow Chemical Co is completing a new ethylene capacity upgrade at its refinery complex at Terneuzen, The Netherlands, at a cost of $500 M.
The capacity of the revamped refinery, due on-stream in 4Q 2001, will be increased by 600,000 tonnes/y to 1.7 M tonnes/y making it the largest naphtha-cracking ethylene site in the world.
The major equipment sources for the upgrade and the performance improvements are tabulated.
The expansion will also increase production of polymer-grade propylene, heavy and light …