Petrochemical feed

Petrochemical feed

One of the most important challenges and concerns about the petrochemical industry is the feed supply. In general, the feed here is a substance that is raw and intact، modified or semi-altered is prepared for consumption.
Feeds are crude hydrocarbons obtained from the refining of crude oil by distillation and thermal and catalytic processes. Gas hydrocarbons and naphtha, for example, come from the atmospheric distillation of crude oil.
Similarly, benzene ، toluene and xylene derived from catalytic reforming and catalytic cracking are the main ingredients for the production of second-generation products (intermediate materials).

Benzene, toluene and xylene and other uromatics are also obtained as byproducts of other petrochemical processes. Hence, the necessary feed for petrochemical units is either directly supplied from refineries or from other ferminands.
Natural gas and refinery products are the main sources for the feed supply of petrochemicals.

Types of petrochemical feed

Feed in petrochemicals are only two types of gas feed and liquid feed. Petrochemicals that use gas feed are referred to as gas feed petrochemicals and petrochemicals that use liquid feed are referred to as liquid feed petrochemicals. It should be noted that liquid feed plays a very important role in the completion of the value-added chain and the development of petrochemical complexes .

Gas feed

Gas feed is divided into two types: methane gas feed and ethane gas feed. Olefins, namely ethylene, etc. polypropylene, polyethylene, and polypropylene products are mainly from natural gas, Ethan, or from liquid petroleum products, namely, naphtha, etc., propane, etc. of Bhutan and the ... are produced.

Price difference between gas and liquid feed

Gas feed is much cheaper to provide petrochemicals compared to liquid feed, which makes gas petrochemicals much more profitable than liquid feed petrochemicals. The result is that investors do not find sufficient incentive to invest in industries with liquid feed, which contributes to the heterogeneous growth of the petrochemical industry.

Petrochemical industry

Petrochemicals form the pillar of modern economies and are found in a wide range of consumer and industrial products, many of which are considered essential for daily use.
According to international experts, the world petrochemical industry averages about 15% of its oil and gas resources as feed into the value chain and produces more value-added products in petrochemical complexes.
The industry's forecast shows that this figure will reach more than 20 percent. However, the share of about 5% of natural gas and yen derivatives in the feed of Iranian petrochemicals is not very high.

Reducing fears about food shortages

In a situation where there is a shortage of hydrocarbon resources for many countries producing petrochemical products، many countries with intelligent management of fuel resources are trying to maintain their future production and market.
Managers, petrochemical industry, now, to conclude acknowledge that the implementation of projects, feed, combined benefit plans of the feed liquid to the amount of the striking increase, as well as the most important advantage of this was in the plans of New, create diversity in the basket, the production of products; increasing the resilience., the complete chain value and prevent the development of uneven petrochemical industry is.