First gas-to-ethylene demo plant opens

摘要

The startup of Siluria Technologies' demonstration plant in La Porte, Texas marks the first large-scale production of ethylene directly from natural gas through oxidative coupling of methane (OCM). The plant, which is wholly owned by Siluria, is co-located at a plant operated by Braskem America Inc. It is the final scale-up of the OCM process technology and paves the way for Siluria to deploy commercial-scale plants in the 2017/2018 time frame.