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Light Olefins

Olefins Value Chain

UOP Olefins & Equipment History

Propylene Production

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Equipment For Light Olefins

Light Olefins and Equipment

UOP offers process technology, catalysts, adsorbents, and equipment to help you maximize your profitability for light olefin production.

Light olefins include ethylene, propylene, butylenes and butadiene, which are some of the key hydrocarbons used in the petrochemical industries. These hydrocarbons are the primary building blocks in the production of such products as polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE), polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene glycol, and SBR/PBR rubber.

UOP’s proprietary heat and mass transfer systems are widely used in the ethylene industry for the recovery of high purity (polymer-grade) ethylene and propylene. UOP offers several process technologies for olefins production to help you take advantage of raw material availability and produce the light olefin products you need.