BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC
Port Arthur, Texas, USA
BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC is a joint venture between BASF Corporation and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. The Port Arthur facility operates one of the largest steam crackers in the world, turning naphtha and light hydrocarbons into ethylene, propylene and other chemical raw materials.
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.
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Charge gas compressor
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…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 ...
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Butadiene condenser structure
BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC
…The butadiene plant, also a joint venture between BASF and Total, started operations shortly after the steam cracker. It is the world’s largest single train butadiene extraction unit with a world ...
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Entrance gate
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…Fossil fuels are the basis for a number of products that have become indispensable in our modern society, such as plastics or coatings. We transform these raw materials so they can be used for a ...
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Steamcracker at night
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…Cracker products are the building blocks of the chemical industry and the starting materials for numerous processing industries. These basic products for the processing industry are used in end ...
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Steamcracker
BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC
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…Cracker products are the building blocks of the chemical industry and the starting materials for numerous processing industries. These basic products for the processing industry are used in end ...
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Vicinity of the site
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…In Port Arthur BASF Total Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) produces basic petrochemicals. We jointly operate one of the world’s largest flexible feed steam crackers as well as the world’s largest ...
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