petrochemistryn
Petrochemistryn is an umbrella term for the industrial chemistry that transforms hydrocarbon feedstocks derived from crude oil and natural gas into a wide range of basic chemicals, intermediates, and polymers. The term is sometimes used as a variant spelling of petrochemistry; the standard term is petrochemistry.
The field covers processes in dedicated petrochemical plants as well as integrated refinery-petrochemical complexes. Primary feedstocks
Key products encompass olefins (ethylene, propylene, butenes), aromatics (benzene, toluene, xylene), and a wide range of
Industry structure varies regionally. Integrated complexes that combine refining and petrochemical units benefit from shared feedstocks