P2O has been at it for 5 years and operating on a shoestring. Some say this is too long LOL. I.e. "Masters Minions, Trolls, Weasels, dumber than a box of rocks puppeteers"
Shell oil, a billion dollar company, alots 8 years to construct a cracker plant. This is a company worth billions. Good things take time.
This cracker plant is set to crack natty gas into ethene. The demand for plastics keeps going up. If not then shell wouldnt be building this plant.
What is ethane?
Ethane, like propane and butane, it is a natural gas liquid (NGL) found in certain natural gas deposits, including the Marcellus and Utica Shales. NGLs are separated from natural gas and used for a variety of industrial, residential and commercial uses. Ethane is primarily used to create ethylene and would be the primary raw material for this facility.
How would the process work?
The proposed facility would first “crack,” or break apart, ethane’s large molecules and re-arrange the carbon and hydrogen atoms to create ethylene. This is accomplished by heating the ethane to very high temperatures, greater than 1500°F (800°C), in one of the cracker’s seven furnaces. Natural gas and “tail gas” (a hydrogen and natural gas combination from the furnace that is recycled) fuel the process.
The ethylene would be further processed to create different types of polyethylene. Polyethylene pellets then would be shipped to manufacturers to make many of the plastic products we use every day.
Different grades of polyethylene make different types of products:
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) are the raw materials for items like food packaging, film, trash bags, diapers, toys and housewares; and
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is used to create “stiffer” products such as crates, drums, bottles, food containers and other types of housewares.
Timeline
Many steps are required to develop a petrochemical facility from planning to start-up.
A petrochemical complex is intricate and typically takes five years or more to build, from planning to start-up. There are many hurdles to clear before we can even make a final decision to build the facility. We need to confirm the suitability of the site, secure additional ethane feedstock (raw material) supply, complete engineering and design work, confirm the support of customers for our products, receive all necessary permits and determine whether the project is economically sound and competitive with alternative investment opportunities.
http://www.shell.us/aboutshell/projects-locat...oject.html
Shell oil, a billion dollar company, alots 8 years to construct a cracker plant. This is a company worth billions. Good things take time.
This cracker plant is set to crack natty gas into ethene. The demand for plastics keeps going up. If not then shell wouldnt be building this plant.
What is ethane?
Ethane, like propane and butane, it is a natural gas liquid (NGL) found in certain natural gas deposits, including the Marcellus and Utica Shales. NGLs are separated from natural gas and used for a variety of industrial, residential and commercial uses. Ethane is primarily used to create ethylene and would be the primary raw material for this facility.
How would the process work?
The proposed facility would first “crack,” or break apart, ethane’s large molecules and re-arrange the carbon and hydrogen atoms to create ethylene. This is accomplished by heating the ethane to very high temperatures, greater than 1500°F (800°C), in one of the cracker’s seven furnaces. Natural gas and “tail gas” (a hydrogen and natural gas combination from the furnace that is recycled) fuel the process.
The ethylene would be further processed to create different types of polyethylene. Polyethylene pellets then would be shipped to manufacturers to make many of the plastic products we use every day.
Different grades of polyethylene make different types of products:
Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) are the raw materials for items like food packaging, film, trash bags, diapers, toys and housewares; and
High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is used to create “stiffer” products such as crates, drums, bottles, food containers and other types of housewares.
Timeline
Many steps are required to develop a petrochemical facility from planning to start-up.
A petrochemical complex is intricate and typically takes five years or more to build, from planning to start-up. There are many hurdles to clear before we can even make a final decision to build the facility. We need to confirm the suitability of the site, secure additional ethane feedstock (raw material) supply, complete engineering and design work, confirm the support of customers for our products, receive all necessary permits and determine whether the project is economically sound and competitive with alternative investment opportunities.
http://www.shell.us/aboutshell/projects-locat...oject.html
