Petroleum ether is widely used and product output has increased

Petroleum ether is a light petroleum product. It appears as a colorless and transparent liquid with the smell of kerosene. It is mainly a mixture of pentane and hexane. Petroleum ether is usually produced from platinum reforming raffinate or straight-run gasoline through fractionation, hydrogenation or other methods. It is mainly used as a solvent and oil extraction, such as dehydration and extraction of chemical raw materials, cleaning of electronic products and precision instruments. Washing of high-purity chemicals, purification of fine chemical products such as pharmaceuticals and intermediates, etc., can also be used for organic synthesis and chemical raw materials, such as the preparation of synthetic rubber, plastics, nylon monomers, synthetic detergents, pesticides, etc., and its industrial chain The downstream involves petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pesticide, precision instrument cleaning and other fields.

In the global petroleum ether market, countries and regions such as Europe and North America have developed petrochemical industries. Petroleum ether has a long history of development and advanced production technology, and it has very strong competitiveness in the global market. Among them, ExxonMobil was the first company to start producing hydrocarbon chemical solvents, and it was also the namer of the name “D series solvent oil”. With the development of petroleum ether and the upstream and downstream industries of its industrial chain in various regions around the world, the petroleum ether market continues to grow. In 2021, the global petroleum ether market will be 13.227 billion yuan.

At present, the production capacity of my country’s petroleum ether industry is mainly concentrated in the hands of Shandong Qingyuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Shenmu Fuyou Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Dongying Wanghao Chemical Co., Ltd., Dongying Xintong Petrochemical Co., Ltd. . Among them, Shandong Qingyuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is the only one with the largest petroleum ether production unit in China and the highest share of production capacity; other small and medium-sized enterprises generally have smaller production capacity and low market share.

In recent years, my country’s organic chemical industry has developed well, and the cleaning requirements for precision machinery, electronic products, etc. have gradually increased. Coupled with the development of gasoline blending, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other industries, the overall demand for petroleum ether products has increased, and the production of petroleum ether has increased. growth. According to the “China Petroleum Ether Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, in 2022 In the first half of the year, the output of China’s petroleum ether industry was 425,300 tons, with an output growth rate of 4.1%.

From the perspective of the enterprise, petroleum ether can make full use of the company’s original solvent oil device. By controlling the oil production process conditions, new product petroleum ether can be added without changing the operation of the original device, which can improve the company’s product structure and enhance the company’s performance. comprehensive competitiveness. In addition, with the development of domestic gasoline blending, organic chemical and other industries downstream of petroleum ether, the demand for petroleum ether continues to grow, and companies can also obtain good economic benefits by producing and selling petroleum ether products.