Overview 2005 M publicgeneralQenos Intro 2005 ppt Qenos

Overview 2005 M: publicgeneralQenos. Intro 2005. ppt

Qenos • Qenos is a petrochemical company owned by Orica & Exxon. Mobil • Qenos has manufacturing sites in Altona, Victoria and Botany, New South Wales.

Who is Qenos? • 920 employees • Integrated olefins & polyolefins • Australia’s only producer of polyethylene • Australia’s only producer of synthetic rubber • Annual turnover $800 M

Qenos Altona Olefins Elastomers Plastics Resins

Qenos Altona Qenos Plastics Esso BHP Longford/LIP Ethane Gas Oil Qenos Resins PE Ethylene Olefins Qenos Resins PP Propylene Mobil Refinery Polyethylene to hundreds of customers for many industries Polypropylene to customers for many industries Customers SCN Qenos Elastomers Butadiene Carbon Black Feedstock Customers Rubber to the tyre industry and others

Qenos Botany Qenos Alkathene & Alkatuff Botany Industrial Park Qenos Olefines

Qenos Botany Cooper Basin Ethylene Alkatuff® Ethylene Alkathene® South Australia Polyethylene to hundreds of customers for many industries Ethane pipeline Mixed C 3 stream Kurnell Refinery Qenos Olefines Ethylene Exports Ethylene Propylene Customers

Qenos Botany • Olefines manufactures ethylene • Alkatuff and Alkathene plants manufacture polyethylene • Alkathene ® is low density polyethylene • Alkatuff ® is linear low density polyethylene • LDPE and LLDPE are used in plastic films, coating layers, toys and tanks

Qenos Olefins • Main products are ethylene, propylene, butadiene, gasoline and tar • Feedstocks are ethane and gas oil from Bass Strait • Furnaces are used to crack the feedstock at up to 900 deg. C • Distillation is the main separation process

Qenos Plastics • Manufacture high density polyethylene • High density polyethylene (HDPE) - made in low pressure process • HDPE is used in milk bottles, containers and pipes

Qenos Resins • Manufacture high density polyethylene and polypropylene • Low pressure slurry reactors • HDPE is used in containers, pails and pipes • Polypropylene (PP) is used in toys, outdoor furniture and food containers

Qenos Elastomers Application: Tyres and Retread • Manufactures polybutadiene rubber (BR) and distributes styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) • BR and SBR are used in making tyres and retread • BR - excellent flex and bounce - major component in tyre sidewalls • SBR - excellent wear resistance - major component in tyre tread

Polyethylene

Qenos Technical Centre • The Qenos Technical Centre is the premier polyolefins laboratory organisation in Australia. • It provides a highly capable, modern and customerfocussed facility to ensure that the capability and quality of products are maintained.