INSIGHT: Sasol’s odd fact in the US polyethylene boom

摘要

HOUSTON (ICIS)--An odd fact about Sasol’s huge cracker and petrochemical complex going up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is that it will make the South Africa-based producer the first new player in the US polyethylene (PE) market in 25 years. That fact shines a spotlight on the North American PE boom, which is largely a US phenomenon that has developed in the past 4-5 years because of the development of shale gas.