How petrochemicals are used today

ENERGY SOURCE

COAL NUCLEAR CRUDE OIL BIOFUELS & RENEWABLES NATURAL GAS

DISTILLATION PROCESSING

NGLs/Condensate
REFORMING / ISOMERIZATION CATALYTIC / HYDROCRACKING THERMAL CRACKING / COKING
REFINING & PROCESSING

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Methane Propane Butane Gasoline Jet / Kerosene Diesel Gasoil / VGO Fuel oil Lubricants Wax Asphalt Coke Sulphur

Refinery Gases Naphtha PDH FCC

Methane
CATALYTIC REFORMING STEAM CRACKING STEAM CRACKING

Methane Ethane Propane/LPG Butane

GASIFICATION STEAM CRACKING STEAM CRACKING
PRODUCTS
CRACKER

Pygas/
OLEFINS Ethylene Propylene C4 stream Reformate

Polyethylenes
Methanol (LDPE, HDPE, Ethylene oxide Acrylonitrile Polypropylene Propylene oxide Butadiene Benzene Toluene Mixed xylenes AROMATICS
LLDPE)
INTERMEDIATES / CHEMICALS / POLYMERS

ABS SAN (Mono) Propylene

Ethanolamines (Mono) ethylene Ethylene glycol Ethylene glycol plastics plastics Propylene glycol
Propylene glycol Polyols
Methyl
glycol (di-, tri-) ethers
glycol (di-, tri-, ...) ethers BR SBR SBL
methacrylate NBR Acrylic Ethylbenzene
(MMA) Synthetic rubber fibres
MEA TEA Propylene
Unsaturated Ethylene Polyester Toluene
glycol ether Polyurethane Solvents Orthoxylene Paraxylene Metaxylene
Polyesters polyester glycol ethers resins di-isocyanate
acetates
DEA resins acetates Styrene
Polymethyl methacrylate
(PMMA)
Solvents SBR
Styrene Unsaturated
Solvents polyester Phthalic
Isobutylene butadiene rubber Polyurethane
anhydride DMT PTA
Acetic acid Polystyrene
ABS/SAN
plastics Plasticisers
Polyesters
Vinyl acetate Ethyl acetate
monomer (VAM) (EAC) Flexible PVC
MTBE
Polyisobutylene
(Fuel ether)
Terephthalic Butyl Aniline MDI
acid acetate
Ethylene Vinyl acetate Butyl Cumene
Ethylbenzene Ethyl alcohol ETBE
dichloride monomer rubbers
Cumene Acrylic acid Butyraldehyde Isopropanol
Maleic anhydride
Formaldehyde Phenol Acetone

Styrene Vinyl chloride PBT BDO UPR

monomer Acrylic Isopropyl Phenolic resins MMA
Polyurethane Resins Phenol Polyacrylate acid 2-Ethyl-hexanol n-Butanol Isobutanol Acetone acetate n-Butenes
esters
PVC Cyclohexane
Bisphenol A PMMA
Acetone Plasticisers n-Butylacetate Isobutyl
acetate
Superabsorbents Caprolactam Adipic acid
Polycarbonate Epoxy
Olefins resin Solvents
Solvents Solvents Nylons

Alkylbenzene
MTBE (Fuel ether)
Surfactants

Food Window Paints and Marine Film and Paints and Inks Liquid Sports Soft Sports
Fuel Pharmaceuticals Automotive Textiles Automotive Optical media PET bottles
packaging profiles coatings industry sheets coatings packaging equipment furnishings equipment

Disposable Electric &

Thermal
APPLICATIONS

Pipes nappies electronic Textiles

insulation appliances
(diapers)

Wood Agro- Electrical &

products Detergents Adhesives Engine parts Construction Tyres Paper Furniture Wire and
chemicals electronics
cables

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