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Nov 27, 2012 -- CB&I Lummus provided the technology license to the ethylene cracker and BASF Lummus the butadiene license. In its actual configuration, the Shell Eastern Petrochemical Complex is delivering:

• 800,000 t/y of ethylene
• 750,000 t/y of MEG
• 450,000 t/y of propylene
• 155,000 t/y of butadiene
• 230,000 t/y of benzene

From these capacities, Shell is planning the debottlenecking investment to add 20% capacities applying on the olefins (Ethylene, MEG, Propylene, Butadiene) and on the aromatics (benzene). Therefore the ethylene production should reach 1 million t/y in the same time as the propylene and the benzene units should see significant tonnage increase.

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