Petrochemical Products
The term petro-chemistry, although rather uncommon, covers many everyday products: plastics, softeners, washing raw materials, solvents as well as preliminary products for additional chemical processing. Petro-chemistry is concerned with the production of chemical elements based on petroleum. The raw material of petro-chemistry is primarily petroleum. This is also the reason why petro-chemistry and refineries work very closely together.
Schwechat at Vienna (Austria) is an important location in terms of petro-chemistry. Due to joint investments made by OMV and Borealis totaling EUR 400 million, its competitive position has been strengthened and lastingly secured. The Burghausen Refinery (Germany) has been supplying the South East Bavarian chemical triangle for almost 40 years with a unique petrochemical product range.
