Published on September 23, 2017
Dow in a statement said that it has started its Ethylene unit and PE unit in gulf coast Texas. The projects, spurred by supple natural gas feedstock from the U.S. onshore, are considered milestones for Dow, enabling the Midland, MI-based petrochemical giant to capture benefits from increasing U.S. shale gas growth. As part of Dow’s next wave of growth investments, the ethylene unit would be expanded to 2 mmt, making it the world’s largest ethylene facility. The additional expansions, worth an estimated $4 billion over five years, include a 600,000 metric ton PE unit on the Gulf Coast and another Texas ethylene cracker.
