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How high can polyethylene and polypropylene plant capacities rise?
How high can polyethylene and polypropylene plant capacities rise?
Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plants are the popular downstream derivatives of ethylene crackers or petrochemical fluidized catalytic cracking (petro-FCC).
Polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) plants are the popular downstream derivatives of ethylene crackers or petrochemical fluidized catalytic cracking (petro-FCC). Refineries have been diversifying into petrochemicals to improve upon the gross refining margin (GRM) and flexibility in product mix. This has led to the evolution of the configuration of integrated refinery and petrochemicals complexes. Building such large complexes requires high CAPEX, so a rise in the demand to optimize cost economics is also seen.