New chemical reactor efficiently makes propylene from shale gas. Hydrogen gas separation allows for higher propane pressures and more propylene production. A plant producing 500,000 metric tons of ...

Global demand for the major petrochemicals ethylene and propylene, considered bellwethers of the petrochemical industry, slowed in 2005. Ethylene demand growth was about 3.1%, down from a typical ...

An increase in ethane cracking contributed to reduced coproduct propylene supply during first-quarter 2008. Because gas-plant ethane production will likely continue to increase during second and third ...

Navi Mumbai, Feb 23: Twenty days after a propylene gas tanker overturned near the Adoshi tunnel and crippled traffic for 34 hours, another 21-tonne tanker carrying the highly inflammable gas met with ...