More than 90% of the world's propylene is made as a coproduct from ethylene steam crackers, which convert a range of hydrocarbon molecules into ethylene and other basic chemicals, or from fluid ...

Global demand for the major petrochemicals ethylene and propylene, considered bellwethers of the petrochemical industry, slowed in 2005. Ethylene demand growth was about 3.1%, down from a typical ...

Polyolefin elastomers (or POEs) are a relatively new class of polymers that emerged with recent advances in metallocene polymerisation catalysts. Representing one of the fastest growing synthetic ...