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EcoSolv® Dry Cleaning Fluid
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Chevron Phillips Chemical’s proprietary clean alternative to most dry cleaning solvents that is chlorine-free, biodegradable, and is 100% hydrocarbon-based.
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E-III® Fire Training Fluids
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Chevron Phillips Chemical’s E-III® FTFs are specially blended fluids that provide a safe and cost-effective way to train firefighters.
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Elastomers
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Polymers characterized by their flexibility and stretch, in particular various forms of rubber.
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Electricy (Purchased)
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Electricity purchased for refinery operations that is not produced within the refinery complex.
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Eluxyl® process
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A propriety process for separating p-xylene via adsorption. Chevron Phillips Chemical licenses this process for use in its Pascagoula facility.
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Ending Stocks
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Primary stocks of crude oil and petroleum products held in storage as of 12 midnight on the last day of the month. Primary stocks include crude oil or petroleum products held in storage at (or in) leases, refineries, natural gas processing plants, pipelines, tank farms, and bulk terminals that can store at least 50,000 barrels of petroleum products or that can receive petroleum products by tanker, barge, or pipeline. Crude oil that is in-transit by water from Alaska, or that is stored on Federal leases or in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is included. Primary Stocks exclude stocks of foreign origin that are held in bonded warehouse storage.
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Endothermic
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The characteristic of a chemical reaction indicating it absorbs or uses energy, typically in the form of heat.
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ETBE (Ethyl tertiary butyl ether)
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An oxygenate blend stock formed by the catalytic etherification of isobutylene with ethanol.
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Ethane
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A normally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon. It is a colorless paraffinic gas that boils at a temperature of -127.48 degrees Fahrenheit. It is extracted from natural gas and refinery gas streams.
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Ether
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A generic term applied to a group of organic chemical compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, characterized by an oxygen atom attached to two carbon atoms (e.g., methyl tertiary butyl ether).
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Ethylbenzene
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An intermediate used in the production of styrene. Derived from benzene and ethylene. Also, a non-xylene impurity that is naturally present in mixed xylenes and is also created during its fractionation.
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Ethylene
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A colorless, flammable gas, ethylene is the largest volume petrochemical in the world. Ethylene has a number of uses, including the production of plastics such as polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Chevron Phillips Chemical is a top ethylene manufacturer in North America. Ethylene is mainly produced through the steam cracking (steam pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon feedstocks. Feedstocks used for steam cracking range from ethane to naphtha and gas oils. Some ethylene is also produced as a byproduct of petroleum refining.
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Exothermic
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The characteristic of a chemical reaction indicating it releases energy, typically in the form of heat.
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Exports
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Shipments of crude oil and petroleum products from the 50 States and the District of Columbia to foreign countries, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. possessions and territories.
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Expoxidation
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The reaction in which an olefin is converted to a cyclic, three-membered ether, i.e. an epoxide or oxirane
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Extractive distillation
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A type of distillation involving a fractionating column and characterized by use of an additive, often a solvent, which modifies the vaporization characteristics of the materials being processed to make them easier to separate. Example: Extraction of crude xylenes to remove non-aromatics and other impurities.
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Extrusion
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A technique for making flat plastic sheet or profiles from a variety of resins. Articles using this technique include containers for food, beverages and personal care items, flat sheets for truck liners, plastic pipe, and large extruded sheets for geomembrane, pipe, and window framing. |
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