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    Borealis Porvoo complex.
    Petrochemicals

    Finnish steam cracker to boost olefins production from renewable, recycled feedstocks

    April 9, 2024
    Borealis AG has taken final investment decision to revamp an existing steam cracker at Borealis Polymers Oy’s petrochemical complex in Porvoo, Finland.

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    Sept. 27, 2023
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    ExxonMobil completes chemical expansion at Baytown complex

    Sept. 19, 2023
    ExxonMobil has commissioned two new chemical production units at its 584,000-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex along the Houston Ship Channel in Baytown, Tex.,...
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    PL commissioned the first PDH plant for on-purpose propylene production in the US in October 2010 via a revamp of ExxonMobil’s mothballed olefins production plant along the Houston Ship Channel (Fig. 1).
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    Methodology of first US PDH plant offers lessons for future projects

    Aug. 7, 2023
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    Uzbekistan’s methanol-to-olefins complex under construction

    Aug. 7, 2023
    Sanoat Energetika Guruhi LLC has started formal construction of subsidiary Gas Chemical Complex MTO Central Asia LLC’s grassroots gas-to-chemicals complex based on methanol-to...