Petrochemicals in Texas, 1972. Special project C, final report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 30 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:7268116

Murchison, J S; Sheely, W B; Manning, T J; Dosher, J R

The United States petrochemical industry is, currently, highly concentrated in Texas. The primary motive force for this concentration has been the ample availability, of indigenous natural resources--natural gas and crude oil--for the support of a large energy products (gasoline, natural gas, etc.) processing industry. In return, the energy products industry has through refineries and gas processing plants, provided sufficient quantities of feedstocks--ethane, propane, butane, heavy liquids, natural gas--to allow the development of a large and viable petrochemical industry in the state. In 1972 there were, approximately, seventy-five companies involved in the production of petrochemicals and first stage derivatives at one hundred and eight locations within Texas. Essentially all feedstocks were obtained from refinery and natural gas sources within the state. Some petrochemical feedstocks are obtained from outside Texas. The majority of these, however, are secured from neighboring states (Louisiana, New Mexico, etc.) with only a small percentage imported from foreign sources.

• Research Organization: Pace Co. Consultants and Engineers, Inc., Houston, Tex. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7268116
• Report Number(s): NSF-RA-N-74-259
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
020500* -- Petroleum-- Products & By-Products
03 NATURAL GAS
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BY-PRODUCTS
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
INDUSTRY
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NORTH AMERICA
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PRODUCTION
SOUTHWEST REGION
TEXAS
USA