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.
