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Next Wave Brings Texas Ethylene-to-Alkylate Plant Online
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20 Mar 2024
Next Wave Energy Partners LP has commissioned its long-planned Project Traveler ethylene-to-alkylate production plant at the operator's 53-acre site in Pasadena, Tex. adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel (OGJ Online, Nov. 21, 2019).
Project Traveler achieved commercial operations as of Mar. 20 and is now producing low-sulfur, high-octane, low-RVP alkylate with zero olefins—marketed under the trade name Optimate—as a gasoline blending component to help meet North America's increasing demand for cleaner-burning fuels, New Wave said.
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