DOW, BASF TO BUILD PROPYLENE OXIDE

摘要: DOW CHEMICAL AND BASF ARE moving forward with plans to build a plant that produces propylene oxide (PO) via hydrogen peroxide–based route the companies have collaborated on for more than year. Construction of plant, be located at BASF's integrated chemical complex in Antwerp, Belgium, is expected begin 2006. It scheduled go onstream 2008 an initial annual PO capacity 300,000 metric tons. The peroxide will come from 200,000 metricton–per–year BASF/Solvay jointventure built Antwerp complex, Solvay says. Pending approvals by respective companies' boards, time supply new plant. In Dow/BASF process, used oxidize propylene, producing and water. industry has been intent developing such routes as well direct oxidation PO. They want break traditional ...