PTTAR gives 10 million baht for research

PTT Aromatics and Refining has allocated 10 billion baht (US$) million to promote three research projects by Chulalongkorn University’s Petroleum and Petrochemical College. Under the deal, the university will look for ways to increase the efficiency of crude distillation units, as well as produce aromatics from pentane-containing naphtha and the methylation of benzene and toluene to mixed xylenes. (July 21, 2010)