OREANDA-NEWS. April 19, 2012. The Russia-based petrochemical company JSC Gazprom neftekhim Salavat, headquartered in Salavat (Bashkortostan) completed the first phase of technical modernization of ethylbenzene production.

The company is implementing a technical modernization of benzene transalkylation unit at the Monomer plant.

The project will be a transition from the gas-cycle to the liquid-phase transalkylation, which will allow the company to reduce energy and resource consumption, raise the efficiency of the process and receive an additional 10% of ethylbenzene and styrene.