Antwerp: location of first petrochemicals steam cracker built in Europe in 20 years
INEOS, one of Petrochemicals Europe’s member company, announced on 15 January Antwerp as the location of the first petrochemicals steam cracker to be built in Europe in 20 years.
The €3 billion project includes the construction of an ethane gas cracker and a world-scale PDH unit in Europe. The new petrochemical complex will be located at INEOS’ existing sites in Europe making polymers and will be connected by pipeline to a number of INEOS ethylene and propylene derivative units in the region.
For further information, please read INEOS press release.