Definition of petrochemical
:a chemical isolated or derived from petroleum or natural gas
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Water in the Houston Ship Channel, which serves the Port of Houston and Houston's petrochemical complex, is at levels never seen before, Linder said.
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Water in the Houston Ship Channel, which serves the Port of Houston and Houston's petrochemical complex, is at levels never seen before, Linder said.
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The company shut the plant Friday as Hurricane Harvey was bearing down on the Houston area and its petrochemical plants.
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At the company's Beaumont petrochemical refinery, Harvey damaged a sulfur thermal oxidizer, a piece of equipment that captures and burns sulfur dioxide.
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Within cities, poor communities of color often live in segregated neighborhoods that are most vulnerable to flooding, or near petrochemical plants of superfund sites that can overflow during the storm.
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The Texas Gulf Coast is punctuated with lots of developed infrastructure, from housing to roads and bridges and a robust network of petrochemical plants, refineries, and other heavy industry.
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BP Plc has offloaded assets including a $1.7 billion stake in a Chinese petrochemical venture and Shell exited its Irish venture for $1.2 billion.
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The growth of bioplastics could also eat away at demand from the petrochemicals industry, which McKinsey and Co. estimates will drive 70 percent of growth in demand for oil through 2035.
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First Known Use of petrochemical
1942
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Definition of petrochemical for English Language Learners
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: a chemical that is made from petroleum or natural gas
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