Braskem Sign a Contract to Supply Ethane from US – 28 Mar 2016

Braskem has signed a 10-year contract with Enterprise Products Partners for the supply of ethane imported from the US, starting in mid-2017, Braskem said in a statement on March 21.

The company will invest around R$380 million ($104.84 million) to adopt the use of shale-gas ethane feedstock in its operations and to diversify the supplying of its petrochemical complex in the state of Bahia – which is currently 100% naphtha-based – allowing it to use up to 15% of ethane.