DATE : 2014-06-26

 

The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) expects its 460,000 tonnes a year ethane-based cracker and butadiene (BD) extraction unit to come onstream in the fourth quarter of next year, according to Ihab Yabia, ETHYDCO's Head of Marketing.

The cracker and 20,000 tonnes/year BD unit will be based at El Amreya, near Alexandria.

Speaking at the 1st ICIS Asian Butadiene and Derivatives conference, the BD produced is eventually intended to feed the 36,000 tonnes/year downstream BD rubber and styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) units - the start up of these units has been deferred by 3-5 years.

 

SOURCE Icis News