Carbon Footprint Initiative - Chemical Processes Covered

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ABS RESIN BY EMULSION/MASS POLYMERIZATION
ACETALDEHYDE FROM ETHYLENE BY ONE-STEP OXIDATION
ACETIC ACID FROM MEOH BY LOW PRESSURE CARBONYLATION, SUPPORTED Rh CATALYST
ACETIC ACID FROM MEOH BY THE BP CATIVA PROCESS
ACETIC ACID FROM MEOH BY THE CELANESE PROCESS
ACETIC ANHYDRIDE FROM ACETIC ACID VIA KETENE
ACETONE FROM ISOPROPANOL BY VAPOR PHASE DEHYDROGENATION
ACETYLENE FROM NATURAL GAS BY PARTIAL OXIDATION
ACRYLIC ACID (ESTER GRADE) BY NIPPON SHOKUBAI PROCESS
(METH)ACRYLIC RESIN PELLETS BY A CONTINUOUS BULK POLYMERIZATION PROCESS
ACRYLONITRILE FROM PROPYLENE BY AMMOXIDATION
ACRYLONITRILE, PROPANE-BASED (ASAHI PROCESS)
ACRYLONITRILE, PROPANE-BASED (MITSUBISHI PROCESS)
ACRYLONITRILE, PROPANE-BASED PROCESS USING ANTIMONY-BASED CATALYSTS(SOHIO CATALYST)
ACRYLONITRILE, PROPYLENE-BASED (SOHIO PROCESS)
ADIPIC ACID FROM BENZENE VIA CYCLOHEXANOL
ADIPIC ACID FROM CYCLOHEXANE
ADIPIC ACID FROM PHENOL VIA CYCLOHEXANOL
ALCOHOLS, PRIMARY LINEAR, C6-C20, BY ETHYLENE OLIGOMERIZATION
AMMONIA FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING (ICI "AMV" PROCESS)
AMMONIA FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING (ICI "LCA" PROCESS)
AMMONIA FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING (M. W. KELLOGG'S IMPROVED PROCESS: KAAP-KRES)
AMMONIA FROM NATURAL GAS BY THE KBR PURIFIERPLUS PROCESS
AMMONIA FROM NATURAL GAS BY THE UDHE DUAL PRESSURE PROCESS
ANILINE FROM NITROBENZENE BY VAPOR-PHASE REDUCTION
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BENZENE REMOVAL BY HYDROISOMERIZATION OF C5-C6 NAPHTHA
BENZENE(MIXED XYLENES BY-PROD)FROM REFOR HEART CUT BY SULFOLANE EXTRACT.&DISTILL.
BIODIESEL FROM ALGAL OIL VIA ALKALINE CATALYSIS
BIODIESEL FROM REFINED VEGETABLE OIL VIA ALKALINE CATALYSIS
BIODIESEL FROM REFINED VEGETABLE OIL VIA CD PROCESS
BIODIESEL VIA HETEROGENGOUS CATALYSIS CATILIN PROCESS
BISPHENOL A FROM ACETONE AND PHENOL BY AN ION-EXCHANGE CATALYZED PROCESS
BITUMEN PRODUCTION VIA STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE (SAGD)
BITUMEN PRODUCTION VIA SURFACE MINING
BTX REFORMATE FROM NAPHTHA
N-BUTANOL AND 2-ETHYLHEXANOL FROM PROPYLENE VIA N-BUTYRALDEHYDE, Rh CATALYST
N-BUTYL ACRYLATE
N-BUTYRALDEHYDE FROM PROPYLENE (WATER-SOL Rh CATALYST)
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C3-C4 OLIGOMERIZATION
CAPROLACTAM FROM PHENOL BY THE HYDROXYLAMINE PHOSPHATE OXIME PROCESS
CARBON BLACK BY THE OIL-FURNACE PROCESS USING AIR AS THE OXIDANT GAS
CARBON BLACK BY THE OIL-FURNACE PROCESS USING OXYGEN AS THE OXIDANT GAS
CARBON MONOXIDE FROM SYNTHESIS GAS BY CRYOGENIC SEPARATION
CHLORINE (CAUSTIC SODA BY-PRODUCT) BY ELECTROLYSIS OF NaCl IN DIAPHRAGM CELLS
CUMENE FROM BENZENE AND PROPYLENE
CYCLOHEXANE FROM BENZENE BY HYDROGENATION
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DIAMMONIUM PHOSPHATE GRANULAR FERTILIZER (18-46-0)
DIESEL, FISCHER-TROPSCH FROM BIOMASS
DIMETHYL ETHER BY A SINGLE-STEP PROCESS
DIMETHYL ETHER FROM COAL VIA HALDOR TOPSOE PROCESS
DIMETHYL ETHER FROM COAL VIA JFE SLURRY PROCESS
DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE FROM P-XYLENE BY SUCCESSIVE OXIDATIONS AND ESTERIFICATIONS
DINITROTOLUENE FROM TOLUENE BY NITRATION
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EPDM RUBBER CONTAINING ETHYLIDENE NORBORNENE BY A GAS PHASE PROCESS
EPTA PRODUCTION BY A PROCESS SIMILAR TO EASTMAN CHEMICAL PROCESS
ETHANOL FROM BAGASSE
ETHANOL FROM CORN DRY MILL PROCESS
ETHANOL FROM CORN STOVER*
ETHANOL FROM ETHYLENE BY CATALYTIC HYDRATION
ETHANOL FROM SUGARCANE
ETHANOL FROM WHEAT STRAW*
ETHANOL VIA HYDRATION OF ETHYLENE
ETHANOLAMINES FROM AMMONIA AND ETHYLENE OXIDE, 20:1 MOLAR REACTOR FEED RATIO
ETHYLBENZENE FROM BENZENE BY LIQUID-PHASE ALKYLATION, AlCl3 CAT.
ETHYLBENZENE FROM BENZENE BY LIQUID-PHASE ALKYLATION, ZEOLITE CAT.
ETHYLBENZENE FROM BENZENE BY VAPOR-PHASE ALKYLATION
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE BY DIRECT CHLORINATION: LIQUID-PHASE HTC PROCESS (OXY VINYLS)
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE BY OXYCHLORINATION: FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR, OXYGEN-BASED (OXY VINYLS)
ETHYLENE FROM ATOMOSPHERIC GAS OIL BY MILLISECOND(TM) CRACKING/DEMETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM ETHANE BY CONVENTIONAL CRACKING WITH FRONT-END DEETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM ETHANE-PROPANE BY CONVENTIONAL CRACKING/FRONT-END DEETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM LIGHT NAPHTHA BY CONVENTIONAL CRACKING/FRONT-END DEETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM N-BUTANE BY CONVENTIONAL CRACKING WITH FRONT-END DEETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM PROPANE BY CONVENTIONAL CRACKING WITH FRONT-END DEETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM REFINERY GAS, INCLUDING STEAM CRACKING OF ETHANE AND PROPANE
ETHYLENE FROM VACUUM GAS OIL BY MILLISECOND(TM) CRACKING/ DEMETHANIZATION
ETHYLENE FROM WIDE-RANGE NAPHTHA BY MILLISECOND(TM) CRACKING/ HIGH SEVERITY
ETHYLENE FROM WIDE-RANGE NAPHTHA BY MILLISECOND(TM) CRACKING/ MILD SEVERITY
ETHYLENE GLYCOL FROM ETHYLENE AND OXYGEN VIA EO (ALL EO FOR EG)
ETHYLENE OXIDE FROM ETHYLENE BY AIR OXIDATION(ALL MARKETABLE ETHYLENE OXIDE)
ETHYLENE OXIDE FROM ETHYLENE BY OXYGEN OXIDATION (ALL MARKETABLE ETHYLENE OXIDE)
ETHYLENE/VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER USING A TUBULAR REACTOR
2-ETHYLHEXANOL FROM PROPYLENE, COBALT HYDROCARBONYL CATALYST
EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION OF BENZENE AND TOLUENE FROM C5-C7 REFORMATE
EXTRACTIVE DISTILLATION OF BENZENE AND TOLUENE FROM C5-C7 REFORMATE
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FORMALDEHYDE FROM METHANOL, FERRIC-MOLYBDATE CATALYST
FORMALDEHYDE FROM METHANOL, SILVER CATALYST
FORMIC ACID (85%) BY BASF PROCESS
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GAS TO LIQUIDS TECHNOLOGY SASOL FISCHER TROPSCH PROCESS *
GAS TO LIQUIDS TECHNOLOGY SHELL FISCHER TROPSCH PROCESS*
GASOLINE (102 RONC) CATALYTIC REFORMING OF DEHEXANIZED PARAFFINIC NAPHTHA
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HMDA FROM ACRYLONITRILE BY ELECTROHYDRODIMERIZATION IN UNDIVIDED CELLS(EMULSION)
HMDA FROM ACRYLONITRILE VIA ADIPONITRILE BY AMMONIATION AND HYDROGENATION
HMDA FROM ACRYLONITRILE VIA ADIPONITRILE BY ELECTROHYDRODIMERIZATION
HMDA FROM BUTADIENE VIA ADIPONITRILE BY HYDROCYANATION
HMDA FROM BUTADIENE VIA DICHLOROBUTENE, DICYANOBUTENE, AND ADN
HYDROGEN FLUORIDE FROM FLUORSPAR
HYDROGEN FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BY THE ANTHRAQUINONE PROCESS
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ISODECYL ALCOHOL FROM NONENES, COBALT CATALYST
ISONONYL ALCOHOL FROM OCTENES, RHODIUM CATALYST
ISOPHTHALIC ACID FROM M-XYLENE BY BROMINE-PROMOTED CATALYTIC AIR OXIDATION
ISOPHTHALOYL CHLORIDE FROM M-XYLENE
ISOPROPANOL FROM CHEMICAL PROPYLENE, SILICOTUNGSTATE CATALYST
ISOPROPANOLAMINES FROM PROPYLENE OXIDE AND AMMONIA (NH3:PO=5:1)
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LDPE BY A HIGH PRESSURE AUTOCLAVE PROCESS
LDPE PRODUCTION BY A HIGH-PRESSURE TUBULAR PROCESS SIMILAR TO EXXONMOBIL PROCESS
LDPE PRODUCTION BY A HIGH-PRESSURE TUBULAR PROCESS SIMILAR TO SABTEC CTR PROCESS
LLDPE PRODUCTION BY A GAS-PHASE PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE UNIPOL™ PE PROCESS
LLDPE PRODUCTION BY A SLURRY PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE CHEVRON-PHILLIPS SLURRY LOOP PROCESS
LLDPE PRODUCTION BY A SOLUTION PROCESS SIMILAR TO NOVA CHEMICALS ADVANCED SCLAIRTECH™ PROCESS
LLDPE PRODUCTION BY A SOLUTION PROCESS SIMILAR TO NOVA CHEMICALS SCLAIRTECH™ PROCESS
LNG BY CASCADE REFRIGERATION*
LNG REGASIFICATION*
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MALEIC ANHYDRIDE FROM BENZENE, FIXED BED REACTOR, DIRECT DEHYDRATION
MALEIC ANHYDRIDE FROM N-BUTANE, FLUID BED REACTOR, DIRECT DEHYDRATION
MALEIC ANHYDRIDE FROM N-BUTANE, FLUID BED REACTOR, ORGANIC SOLVENT ABSORBER
MALEIC ANHYDRIDE FROM N-BUTANE, MOVING BED REACTOR
MALEIC ANHYDRIDE FROM N-BUTENES, FLUID BED REACTOR, DIRECT DEHYDRATION
MELAMINE FROM UREA BY THE MELAMINE CHEMICALS M-II PROCESS
METHANOL FROM COAL BY THE SCGP AND ICI/SYNETIX LPM PROCESS
METHANOL FROM NATURAL GAS BY THE ICI COPPER-BASED CATALYST PROCESS
METHANOL FROM NATURAL GAS BY THE ICI LCM PROCESS
METHANOL FROM NATURAL GAS BY THE LURGI COMBINED REFORMING PROCESS
METHANOL ON "MEGA" SCALE
METHANOL PRODUCTION VIA TOYO TECHNOLOGY
METHYL CHLORIDE FROM METHANOL AND EXCESS HCl IN LIQUID PHASE
METHYL METHACRYLATE FROM ACETONE, HCN, AND SULFURIC ACID
METHYL METHACRYLATE FROM T-BUTANOL VIA METHACROLEIN AND METHACRYLIC ACID
METHYL T-BUTYL ETHER FROM A CAT-CRACKED C4 STREAM
METHYLAMINES FROM METHANOL AND AMMONIA
METHYLENE DIPHENYLENE ISOCYANATE (MDI) & POLYMERIC FORM (PMPPI) BY PHOSGENATION
P-METHYLSTYRENE FROM TOLUENE AND ETHYLENE VIA P-ETHYLTOLUENE
MMA VIA ASAHI TECHNOLOGY (C3 BASED)*
MMA VIA LUCITE TECHNOLOGY (C3 BASED)*
MMA VIA MITSUBISHI TECHNOLOGY (C2 BASED)*
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NAPHTHA FROM CRUDE OIL INCLUDING EXTRACTION AND TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL GAS RECOVERY AND PROCESSING
NEAR ZERO SULFUR DIESEL HYDROTREATING
NITRIC ACID, 60%, FROM AMMONIA BY CATALYTIC OXIDATION
NITROBENZENE FROM BENZENE BY ADIABATIC NITRATION
NITROBENZENE FROM BENZENE BY CONVENTIONAL NITRATION
NITROGEN OF 95% PURITY FROM AIR BY PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION (PSA)
NYLON 6 MELT FROM CAPROLACTAM FOR DIRECT SPINNING
NYLON 66 CHIPS FROM ADIPIC ACID AND HEXAMETHYLENEDIAMINE
NYLON CARPET YARN FROM A NYLON SALT AQUEOUS SOLUTION
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OLEFINS, LINEAR ALPHA, BY SHELL HIGHER OLEFINS PROCESS
OLEFINS, LINEAR ALPHA, BY TWO-STAGE OLIGOMERIZATION-DISPLACEMENT PROCESS
OXYGEN VAPOR VIA CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION
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PERACETIC ACID FROM ACETALDEHYDE BY ACID-CATALYZED LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION
PHENOL (ACETONE BY-PRODUCT) FROM CUMENE
PHENOL BY LIQUID PHASE OXIDATION OF TOLUENE
PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESOL SYRUP, 50% SOLIDS, BATCH PROCESS
PHOSGENE FROM CHLORINE AND CARBON MONOXIDE BY ACTIVE CARBON CATALYSIS
PHOSPHORIC ACID BY THE HEMIHYDRATE WET PROCESS
PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE FROM O-XYLENE IN A FIXED-BED REACTOR (BASF)
POLYBUTADIENE BY LITHIUM-CATALYZED POLYMERIZATION
POLYCARBONATE, BATCH INTERFACIAL PROCESS WITH C7 ANTISOLVENT POLYMER RECOVERY
POLYCARBONATE, BATCH INTERFACIAL PROCESS WITH POLYMER RECOVERY FROM AQUEOUS PHASE
POLYCARBONATE, BATCH INTERFACIAL PROCESS WITH POLYMER RECOVERY FROM TOLUENE PHASE
POLYCARBONATE, BATCH INTERFACIAL PROCESS WITH RECYCLE OF SATURATED SALT SOLUTION
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BY A PROCESS SIMILAR TO THE EASTMAN CHEMICAL PROCESS
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE BY CONVENTIONAL MELT-PHASE PLUS SOLID-STATE POLYMERIZATION
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE PELLETS (IV=0.6) FROM TEREPHTHALIC ACID AND EG
POLYETHYLENE, HD, BY CHEVRON-PHILLIPS SLURRY DOUBLE-TUBE LOOP REACTOR
POLYETHYLENE, HI DENSITY, BY A LOOP REACTOR PROCESS (PHILLIPS)
POLYETHYLENE, HI DENSITY, BY A STIRRED-TANK HEAVY DILUENT PRODESS
POLYETHYLENE, HI DENSITY, BY GAS PHASE FLUIDIZED-BED PROCESS (UCC)
POLYETHYLENE, HI DENSITY,BY A MEDIUM PRESSURE SOLUTION PROCESS (DU PONT)
POLYETHYLENE, LINEAR LD, BY A HIMONT TYPE PROCESS
POLYETHYLENE, LINEAR LD, BY A LOW PRESSURE SOLUTION PROCESS (MITSUI)
POLYETHYLENE, LLD, BY SLURRY PROCESS- STIRRED-TANK REACTORS WITH A SINGLE-SITE CATALYST
POLYETHYLENE, LLD, SLURRY PROCESS- DOUBLE-TUBE LOOP SINGLE SITE CAT. ORGANO-ALUMINOXY COMP.
POLYETHYLENE, VERV LD, BY HIGH PRESSURE AUTOCLAVE REACTOR PROCESS (CdF)
POLYETHYLENE, VERV LD, BY HIGH PRESSURE AUTOCLAVE REACTOR PROCESS USING EXXPOL
POLYETHYLENE, VERV LD, BY HIGH PRESSURE TUBULAR REACTOR PROCESS USING EXXPOL
POLYETHYLENE, VERV LD, BY LOW PRESSURE ADIABATIC SOLUTION PROCESS
POLYPROPYLENE BLOCK COPOLYMER BY A GAS PHASE PROCESS (SUMITOMO)
POLYPROPYLENE BY A BULK SLURRY PHASE LOOP REACTOR PROCESS
POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER BY A HIMONT TYPE PROCESS
POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER BY A HORIZONTAL STIRRED BED GAS PHASE PROCESS (AMOCO/CHISSO)
POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER BY A VERTICAL STIRRED BED GAS PHASE PROCESS (BASF)
POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER BY A VERTICAL STIRRED BED GAS PHASE PROCESS (BASF)
POLYSILICON PRODUCTION VIA SIEMANS REACTORS
POLYSILICON PRODUCTION VIA SIEMANS REACTORS
POLYSTYRENE, EXPANDABLE, BY BATCH SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION
POLYSTYRENE, GENERAL PURPOSE, BY CONTINUOUS BULK POLYMERIZATION
POLYSTYRENE, GENERAL PURPOSE, BY THE SDS PROCESS
POLYSTYRENE, HIGH IMPACT, BY CONTINUOUS BULK POLYMERIZATION
POLYSTYRENE, HIGH IMPACT, BY THE SDS PROCESS
POLYTETRAMETHYLENE ETHER GLYCOL BY POLYMERIZATION AND ALCOHOLYSIS, POLYFLUOROSULFONIC ACID CATALYST
POLYURETHANE FOAM BOARDSTOCK (RIGID) FROM REDUCED CFC FORMULATION
POLYVINYL ACETATE BEADS BY SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION
POLYVINYL ACETATE LATEX BY EMULSION POLYMERIZATION
POLYVINYL ACETATE PELLETS BY SOLUTION POLYMERIZATION
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE BY BULK POLYMERIZATION
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE BY BULK POLYMERIZATION UPDATE
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE BY EMULSION POLYMERIZATION
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE BY SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION UPDATE
PRODUCTION OF HYDROPHOBIC [bmim][PF6] IONIC LIQUID
1,3-PROPANEDIOL FROM WHOLE CORN BIOREFINER
PROPYLENE DIMERIZATION
PROPYLENE OXIDE BY THE CONVENTIONAL CHLOROHYDRIN PROCESS
PROPYLENE, POLYMER GRADE, FROM ETHYLENE AND BUTYLENES BY METATHESIS
PROPYLENE, POLYMER GRADE, FROM PROPANE BY CATALYTIC DEHYDROGENATION
PROPYLENE, POLYMER GRADE, FROM REFINERY GRADE PROPYLENE (66 WT % C3H6)
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REFINERY PROPYLENE FROM FCC
REFORMATE BENZENE SATURATION BY CATALYTIC DISTILLATION
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SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE FROM WET PROCESS PHOSPHORIC ACID
STTP FROM INDUSTRIAL GRADE PHOSPHORIC ACID
STYRENE FROM BENZENE AND ETHYLENE VIA VAPOR-PHASE ALKYL.&ADIABATIC DEHYDRO
STYRENE-ACRYLONITRILE RESIN BY CONTINUOUS MASS POLYMERIZATION
STYRENE-BUTADIENE RUBBER BY EMULSION POLYMERIZATION
SULFURIC ACID FROM SULFUR
SYNTHESIS GAS (2:1) FROM BITUMINOUS COAL BY GASIFICATION
SYNTHESIS GAS (2:1) FROM NATURAL GAS BY PARTIAL OXIDATION
SYNTHESIS GAS (2:1) FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING WITH CO2 IMPORT
SYNTHESIS GAS (2:1) FROM VACUUM RESIDUE BY PARTIAL OXIDATION
SYNTHESIS GAS (3:1) FROM NATURAL GAS BY STEAM REFORMING WITH CO2 RECYCLE
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T-BUTANOL (GASOLINE GRADE) FROM MIXED BUTENES
TEREPHTHALIC ACID (HIGH PURITY) FROM P-XYLENE BY BROMINE-PROMOTED AIR OXIDATION
TEREPHTHALIC ACID, PURIFIED, BY THE CONVENTIONAL CATALYTIC AIR OXIDATION PROCESS
TETRAHYDROFURAN FROM MALEIC ACID
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE BY PHOSGENATION
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UPGRADED METALLURGICAL GRADE SILICON (UMG-Si) PRODUCTION
UREA, AGRICULTURAL GRADE, BY THE STAMICARBON PROCESS
UREA-FORMALDEHYDE MOLDING COMPOUND
UREA-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN SYRUP, 65% SOLIDS
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VACUUM GAS OIL CONVENTIONAL FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING
VINYL ACETATE FROM ACETYLENE AND ACETIC ACID
VINYL ACETATE FROM ETHYLENE AND ACETIC ACID BY VAPOR PHASE PROCESS
VINYL CHLORIDE BY A BALANCED PROCESS WITH HEAT AND HCl RECOVERY (OXY VINYLS)
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P-XYLENE FROM HEAVY REFORMATE/MSTDP XYLENE BY PAREX(R) ADSORPTION PROCESS

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