The Year Ahead: Ethylene, PDH Capital Projects to Proliferate

SUGAR LAND--January 4, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Last year proved to be a busy one, with expansion efforts and planned maintenance, which jumpstarted the onslaught of new capacity expected to come online in 2017. Currently, there are five new ethylene unit projects, as well as a plant restart and a unit expansion, that are expected to complete construction and start up by the end of 2017.

Within this article: Details of 13.7 billion pounds per year of planned new ethylene capacity in the U.S. Additional companies: Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY), Dow Chemical Corporation (NYSE:DOW), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) (San Ramon, California) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX), Enterprise Products Partners L.P.'s (NYSE:EPD), Westlake Chemical Corporation's (NYSE:WLK), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA)