BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC
In ethylene production, the feedstock, usually naphtha or ethane, initially is cracked to produce the desired ethylene, and other useful byproducts. The cracked gas is rapid quenched to stop the ...
The products from the cracker are in turn used in the manufacturing of hundreds of consumer products. The facility also includes the world’s largest butadiene extraction unit and an indirect alkylation unit. Butadiene is used in the production of rubber and plastics. Alkylate is used as a fuel additive for high octane gasoline blending.