Petrochemical

We trade and broker petrochemical products for a wide range of applications, including ethylene, propylene, butadiene and aromatics. Product is mainly obtained from West Africa and the CIS, with new routes secured for refineries through producers in the Middle East and North Africa.

Naphtha

A feedstock for the petrochemical industry, for example ethylene manufacture, or for gasoline production by reforming or isomerisation within the refinery. Naphtha distils between 30°C and 210°C.

Benzene & C7

One of the chemical industry’s most important raw materials. As the simplest aromatic hydrocarbon, benzene is decisive in producing high quality synthetic materials such as nylon and polystyrene.

Butadiene & C4

The C4 section is produced in significant amounts in the ethylene plant. Customers include large chemical manufacturers, who extract butadiene among other elements.

Methanol

Used in the production of formaldehyde, acetic acid and methyl methacrylate, and as a solvent. It also produces MTBE, used as an octane booster or gasoline compound.

Ethylene & Propylene

The basis of plastics such as polyethylene, polypropylene and PVC, whose malleability, lightness, firmness and durability have replaced heavier, more energy-intensive materials.

Solvents

Liquids able to dissolve, suspend or extract other materials, making it possible to process, apply, clean or separate them.

Urea 46

A nitrogen fertiliser with 46% urea nitrogen. It undergoes nitrification to become assimilable by the crop, and can be used at sowing or as a top dressing.

Phenol & Acetone

Phenol is mainly an intermediate in organic synthesis and a raw material for bisphenol A, phenolic resins, alkylphenols and caprolactam.

Sustainable fuels

Clean, high-efficiency petrol components including MTBE, BIO-MTBE, BIO-ETBE, TAME, BIO-TAME and BIO-TAEE, key to high-octane fuel production.