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Ineos to provide polyethylene process technology to Ascent shale-cracking facility

| By Mary Page Bailey

Ineos Technologies (Rolle, Switzerland; www.ineos.com) has announced that it has entered into license agreements for its Innovene S and Innovene G polyethylene technologies to be used by the proposed Ascent (Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise) petrochemical complex currently being evaluated by Odebrecht and Braskem in West Virginia, U.S.
 
The Innovene G and Innovene S plants produce a full range of linear-low-density and high-density polyethylene with multiple catalysts, serving polyethylene customers with innovative and consistent products.
 
Peter Williams, CEO of Ineo Technologies, said: “The selection of the Innovene G and Innovene S technologies for this landmark project in the United States is another milestone in the strategic technology partnership between the two companies.  We are looking forward to working with the Ascent team to deliver a successful world scale polyethylene complex in the Appalachian Region.”

Ineos has also signed polyethylene licensing agreements for Innovene S plants with Braskem-IDESA, which is building the Etileno XXI petrochemical complex in Mexico that is expected to be commissioned in 2015.