Company Profile
Petrochemicals satisfy fundamental needs of modern life. Hardly a day goes by where do not use or encounter some products derived from petrochemicals such as:
Plastic
Surfactants
Fertilizer
Cosmetics
The market potential is huge for our products. Petrochemical industry is among the strongest growth induestries and responsible for huge gains in the capital markets. The plastic bottles from which we use, the cleaning of clothing we wear and carpeting we walk, the fertilizer that is manufactured for our crops, the household & personal care products we need to remain healthy, the comestics women use to enhance their beauty. We will look at this important sector of the oil and gas industry, one whose products impact in our daily lives, and yet one that few people really understand.
Petrochemical products are made from hydrocarbon feedstock through numerous processes and transformations:
- Crude oil and natural gas serve as the feedstock for petrochemical building blocks.
- These building blocks, intermediates, plastics and consumer products in turn, are converted into a wide array of chemical products known as intermediates.
- The intermediates are processed into plastics and resins which, when molded, shaped and/or reformed end up as consumer products.