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Shell Boosts Ethylene In China And The U.S.
by Michael McCoy
December 21, 2015
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 93, Issue 49
Shell and China National Offshore Oil Corp. plan to boost petrochemical production at their 10-year-old joint-venture plant in Huizhou, China. Shell will join an ongoing CNOOC project to double ethylene capacity at the site to about 2 million metric tons per year. Shell also will provide technology to produce downstream ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, propylene oxide, and styrene. In the U.S., Shell has applied for a permit to expand olefins output at its Deer Park, Texas, plant by an undisclosed amount.
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