Europe's largest, most cost-efficient EO units.
INEOS Oxide has more than trebled the EO capacity at Antwerp to 420 ktpa since the current management acquired the asset in 1995; making it the largest, most modern and efficient unit in Europe. The total production capacity of EO further increased with 220 ktpa by the acquisition of the Lavéra plant in 2005 and with another 280 ktpa by the acquisition of the Köln plant in 2006. As well as supplying EO directly into the merchant market and to its Third Party customers, INEOS Oxide converts a substantial proportion of its EO into a comprehensive range of specialty EO derivatives. EO is a highly reactive building block for many specialised EO derivatives which are themselves very reactive, in turn making them attractive for a wide range of end uses, such as pharma-care products, detergents/shampoos, synthetic lubricants for industrial plant and automotive, surface coatings, agrochemicals, biotechnology, food and paper processing, and oil and gas recovery. INEOS Oxide has the most cost-effective EO unit in Europe as a consequence of :
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Ethylene Oxide
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Ethylene Oxide Production
Ethylene oxide is produced by a gas phase reaction of ethylene and oxygen over a fixed bed silver-based catalyst in multi-tubular reactors. The reaction is exothermic and EO is recovered from the gas stream, purified and stored. The ethylene oxide units are equipped with advanced process control, gas detection and emergency shutdown systems.
Ethylene Feed Stock
INEOS Oxide’s ethylene supply is ensured through it’s own ethylene crackers on site, via connections to most of the Ethylene crackers in Europe, or by pipeline connections to the nortwestern European pipeline system.