The optimisation of the ethylene cracking process is fundamental to modern petrochemical production, where refining hydrocarbon feedstocks under high temperatures results in the formation of valuable ...

Among plastic precursors, ethylene is unrivaled in its demand. Industry produces over 140 million metric tons per year of the compound worldwide. Unfortunately, the amount of energy required to ...

Engineers have created a more efficient way of converting carbon dioxide into valuable products while simultaneously addressing climate change. Engineers at the University of Cincinnati created a more ...

Sodium and iron oxides are known to be coke promoters, and when present, they can inhibit the run time of the ethylene furnaces before decoking is necessary, and in some cases, diminish the life of ...

HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) announced today it has been awarded a *sizeable technology contract from Baltic Chemical Company (BCC) and a *sizeable ...

Two kinds of process improvements always interest petrochemical companies: ones that save energy and ones that enable the tapping of abundant raw materials. Oxidative coupling of methane, or OCM, ...

In recent weeks, the Internal Revenue Service approved the MLP classification for companies which engage in ethylene steam cracking. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "Ethylene is manufactured via ...

The chemical yield of nearly 50 percent has reached internationally-advanced levels. The technology significantly shortens the production process, lowers production costs and reduces carbon dioxide ...

SAN FRANCISCO A team of molecular biologists and materials scientists said Monday they had genetically engineered a virus to convert methane to ethylene more efficiently and at a significantly lower ...