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Veba in MTBE project, cutting aromatics

Journal Article · · Chemical Week
OSTI ID:486369

The new owners of the refinery and petrochemical complex at Schwedt in eastern Germany-RWE-DEA (Hamburg), Veba Oel (Gelsenkirchen), Agip (Rome), Total (Paris), and Elf-Aquitaine (Paris)-plan to build a 60,000-m.t./year methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) plant at the site for 1994-1995 completion. The MTBE project forms part of the consortium`s announced DM1.5-billion ($500 million) investment program for the complex that aims to raise refinery throughput from 8 million m.t./year to 12 million m.t./year by 1994 and hike production of naphtha and benzene.

OSTI ID:
486369
Journal Information:
Chemical Week, Journal Name: Chemical Week Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 150; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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