Dow Targets 20% Capacity Hike For U.S. Gulf Coast Ethylene

摘要

Continued from vs 1- feedstock flexibility at its Plaquemine, La., and Freeport, Texas, ethylene crackers in 2014 and 2016, respectively; construction of a new world-scale ethylene plant in the U.S. Gulf Coast, which is expected to begin production in 2017, and construction of a world-scale, on-purpose propylene production facility at Freeport for start up in 2015.