The feedstock for benzene and paraxylene is either naphtha or condensate The Cilacap paraxylene plant uses naphtha from Pertamina around 590,000 tons a year.

The extension of the contract drew question from paraxylene consumers in the country as all PTA producers, which need paraxylene as the main basic material, have to rely still on import for that material and have to pay with foreign exchange for it.

Until 1997, benzene and paraxylene were produced only by Pertamina from its Cilacap mill in Central Java.

Paraxylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon and isomer of xylene compound, which is derived from dimethylbenzene.

Al Zour Refinery's petrochemicals section features an aromatics complex to produce 1.4 million metric tons per year of paraxylene, with LD Parex aromatics technology -- including Sulfolane, Isomar, and Tatoray processes.

[USPRwire, Thu Jun 06 2019] Paraxylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, which is used as feedstock to manufacture industrial chemicals, notably purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and dimethyl terephthalate (DMT).

Summary: Paraxylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, which is used as feedstock to manufacture industrial chemicals, notably purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and dimethyl terephthalate (DMT).

As far as petrochemicals are concerned, production of polypropylene by Orpic in February 2019 increased by 14 per cent to 49,000 tonnes, while output of paraxylene and benzene also rose by 35 per cent and 23 per cent to 106,000 tonnes and 32,000 tonnes, respectively.

Summary: Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Mar 5 (ANI): Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government on Tuesday accorded approval to the proposal submitted by Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) to set up an integrated refinery with aromatics complex for production of Paraxylene and Purified Terepthalic Acid at a total investment of Rs.

'PTA is made from petrochemical paraxylene and both have shown price paradox.