Braskem Sign a Contract to Supply Ethane from US

Braskem to import US ethane; INEOS considers Texas growth

Braskem has signed a 10-year contract with Enterprise Products Partners for the supply of ethane imported from the US, starting in mid-2017, Braskem said in a statement on March 21.

The company will invest around R$380 million ($104.84 million) to adopt the use of shale-gas ethane feedstock in its operations and to diversify the supplying of its petrochemical complex in the state of Bahia – which is currently 100% naphtha-based – allowing it to use up to 15% of ethane.

The US ethane will be shipped from the Port of Houston in Morgan's Point, Texas, where it will be liquefied and loaded onto special vessels refrigerated to -90°C, to the Liquefied Gas Terminal in the Port of Aratu in Bahia.

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