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# Reaching crude-to-chemicals complex success

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*First published in Hydrocarbon Engineering, September 2024*

 

Sophie Babusiaux, Catherine Boutrot and Thierry Leflour, Axens, France, consider how mature and breakthrough technologies can be combined for a successful crude-to-chemicals concept.

In today’s world, the expanding chemical value chain requires superior processing flexibility to shift hydrocarbons from fuels to olefins and aromatics molecules, achieving unprecedented conversions and yields targets.

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