ethane cracker

Squeezed labor and materials hike US ethane cracker construction costs

Feb 8, 2018

Increased labor and raw material costs and shortages, extreme weather and rushed ‘time to market’ projects pushed up US ethane cracker costs in 2017.

Northeast NGL market to take off if storage capacity strains are relieved

Jul 21, 2016

Building more natural gas liquid (NGL) storage facilities in the U.S. Northeast will help manage supply swings at ethane crackers and allow the NGL market in the region to take off, according to Marc Halbritter, senior vice president, Business Development at...

Infographic: US ethane cracker project costs rise 1.75% in Q2 2016

Jul 20, 2016

Total project cost estimates for a typical 1.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) ethane cracker on the U.S. Gulf Coast are up 1.75% in the second quarter of 2016 compared with the previous quarter, according to Petrochemical Update’s U.S. Ethylene Plant...

Northeast cracker projects to see good margins despite higher capex

May 19, 2016

Total project costs for a 1.25 million tonne per annum (mtpa) cracker construction project in the US Northeast are estimated to be about $91.46 million higher than for an identical project on the U.S. Gulf Coast in the current market environment, according to...

Infographic: US ethane cracker construction costs rise 1-2% year on year

Apr 7, 2016

Total construction costs for a typical 1.5 mtpa ethane cracker on the US Gulf Coast range between about $1.48 billion in a low-case scenario, $1.74 billion in a base case scenario and $2 billion in a high-case scenario, according to Petrochemical Update...

Braskem to import US ethane; INEOS considers Texas growth

Mar 23, 2016

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USGC skilled labor demand to peak in 2017 on downstream spending

Mar 10, 2016

The demand for skilled labor in the current wave of US downstream construction projects is expected to peak in 2017 based on the pipeline of committed capital and maintenance projects in the petrochemical, LNG and NGL sectors, according to Michael Bergen,...

US starts ethane exports to Europe; Iran to double PE capacity by 2020

Mar 10, 2016

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Asia triples demand for US propane; Arabian Gulf raises petchems exports

Nov 26, 2015

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