Abstract: Taking the Petro out of Petrochemicals (2009 Spring National Meeting)

Tuesday, April 28, 2009: 2:55 PM

Room 15/16 (Tampa Convention Center)

David H. Witte, Strategy, Marketing & Business Development, CMAI, Houston, TX and Mark Wegenka, Strategy, Marketing, Business Development, CMAI, Houston, TX

The paper considers two alternative feed types for the manufacture of petrochemicals: biomass and coal. The economics are examined and available technologies are reviewed. Finally a side-by-side comparsion is made of a coal-to-polyolefins complex (China); an E/P based cracker in the Middle East and a liquids cracker (also in China).

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