Olefins
One of Shaw's core proprietary process technologies is ethylene, and we are an established leader in the production of ethylene and its co-product, propylene.
Since our first ethylene plant was built in 1941, we have designed and/or built more than 120 grassroots units. Shaw-designed ethylene plants have a global reputation for lowest cost of ownership based on exceptionally high operational reliability, rapid startup and superior performance.
In addition to grassroots projects, Shaw applies advanced process technology and integration techniques through revamps and expansions that help owners maximize productivity of existing units. Many of these projects are for units designed by others.
A key component of Shaw's ethylene technology is our advanced furnace technology. Shaw has designed and built the world's largest ethane cracking furnace, operating at an impressive 1.5 MMTA, and the largest liquids cracking furnaces, producing more than 175 KTA of ethylene per furnace.
Shaw provides a wide range of services to the olefins industry, including the following:
- Project-related studies: prospect evaluation and selection, feasibility, scheme development, option selection, cost reduction, optimization, budget cost, schedule definition and support documentation
- Process design: full scheme development, computational fluid dynamics, overall material balances, specific energy consumption plot plan, equipment list, definitive cost and schedule
- Front-end engineering design (FEED): engineering definition to piping and instrumentation diagrams, layouts, long-lead requisitions and contract bid documents
- Detailed design: processing facilities together with procurement and fabrication
- Engineering, procurement and construction
- Project management consulting services
- Plant services: pre-commissioning, commissioning and operational support
Learn more about our olefins technology.
