CHEMICALS ARTICLE
EXPANSION OF ETHYLENE PRODUCTION
hevron Phillips Chemical“ We are thrilled to produce quality solutions." Company LP announced it will products safely and reliably on an even MPM markets more than 70 grades expand its ethylene production larger scale.” Chevron Phillips Chemical of Boron Nitride under the trade names Cby 200 million pounds by adding a tenth Company LP is a wholly-owned PolarTherm * and CoolFlow * and is
furnace to ethylene unit 33 at its Sweeny subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical introducing a new generation of hybrid complex in Old Ocean, Texas. The Company LLC, one of the world ' s top Boron Nitride-based fillers under the Company recently received consent to producers of olefins and polyolefins and a tradename Cool FX * that can offer begin construction from the Texas leading supplier of aromatics, alpha improved physical properties, processing Commission on Environmental Quality olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, and optimized cost. A viable alternative to( TCEQ). The new furnace will achieve plastic piping and polymer resins. The aluminum, MPM ' s BN-based modifiers lower emissions and incorporate Best LLC and its affiliates own more than $ 9 can enable an excellent combination of Available Control Technology( BACT). billion in assets and employ thermal conductivity, electrical insulation Construction is targeted to commence approximately 4,700 people at 38 and design freedom. within the next quarter, with an anticipated manufacturing and research facilities in
SpecialChem will support the startup in 2014.“ This furnace addition eight countries. Chevron Phillips execution of Momentive Performance will provide additional ethylene supply to Chemical Company LLC is equally Materials ' business development strategy meet the growing global demand to better owned by Chevron Corporation and for this new generation of hybrid fillers as serve our customers and provide Phillips 66, and is headquartered in The well as its existing portfolio. Custom additional supply prior to starting up our Woodlands, Texas. Commercial Acceleration Solutions have proposed U. S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals COMMERCIAL ACCELERATION been designed to bring speed and market Project in 2017,” said Dave Smith, olefins SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT reach and act as an extended arm of the & natural gas liquids vice president for GROWTH OF BORON NITRIDE MPM business development team. Chevron Phillips Chemical. Chevron MODIFIERS: Strongsville, Ohio
" To optimize the performance of
Phillips Chemical ' s U. S. Gulf Coast Petrochemicals Project continues to be on track to build an ethane cracker at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas and
( PRWEB) Momentive Performance Materials Inc.( MPM), a global leader in specialty chemicals and materials, has selected SpecialChem ' s Commercial their thermal management systems, OEMs often need to screen a variety of thermally conductive materials. Collaborating with SpecialChem allows Momentive two polyethylene units in Old Ocean. Acceleration Solutions to support growth Performance Materials to reach OEMs, While the additional furnace will not add to the nameplate capacity of the facility, the increased operating factor should result in net increase of 200 million pounds of ethylene availability to provide of its boron nitride( BN) powders for use in thermally conductive plastics. Recent innovations by MPM in Boron Nitride modifiers for use in thermally conductive plastics have opened new opportunities molders and compounders in the process of improving their current solutions. Our team of product development specialists will now be able to assist plastics compounders who may not have been additional operational flexibility and for thermal management solutions. The aware of the benefits of BN modifiers. reliability. The Sweeny complex is one of purpose of the collaboration is to educate Momentive Performance Materials ' 50 + the world ' s largest single-site ethylene facilities and is capable of producing the plastics market about the benefits of MPM ' s Boron Nitride and to generate years of expertise in the synthesis and refinement of boron nitride powders are greater than 11 million pounds of ethylene active projects at compounders, molders evident in the service we provide," per day, or roughly 4.1 billion pounds and original equipment manufacturers explains Steven Bardus, Global annually.“ This project and the proposed( OEMs).
Commercial Leader, Ceramics. addition of the adjacent polyethylene units emphasize the importance of Sweeny in the company ' s portfolio,” said Wayne McDowell, Sweeny complex manager.
" Collaborating with SpecialChem allows Momentive Performance Materials to reach OEMs and compounders seeking to improve their thermal management
SpecialChem has released a comprehensive technology zone illustrating how thermally conductive plastics containing boron nitride can
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