{"id":15606,"date":"2019-12-16T10:03:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T01:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?p=15606"},"modified":"2023-02-16T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:37:31","slug":"rise-rise-petrochemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15606\" class=\"elementor elementor-15606\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64378a45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64378a45\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-229f3d3b\" data-id=\"229f3d3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3cc2f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3cc2f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Look around your home or workplace and you\u2019ll likely find plenty of petrochemical products. Take an ordinary ballpoint pen, for example. Its plastic body as well as ink ingredients, such as pigments, oils and surfactants, are made from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/encyclopedia\/petroleum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petroleum<\/a>, which is naturally occurring and widely known as crude oil.<\/p><p>It might seem surprising that various everyday objects start out as a black, sticky liquid bubbling up to the Earth\u2019s surface, but that highlights the importance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/encyclopedia\/petroleum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petrochemistry<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a branch of chemistry concerned with refining and processing petroleum. Meanwhile,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexico.com\/en\/definition\/petrochemical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petrochemicals<\/a>\u00a0may be defined as chemicals obtained from petroleum. Over several decades of innovation, the petrochemical industry has developed various steps to turn unrefined petroleum into ordinary household products.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6a9e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d6a9e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The petrochemical possessions we can\u2019t do without<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c518c23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c518c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Petrochemicals are the basis of numerous plastics, paint, clothing, cosmetics, medicine, and even food ingredients. Just as 70 percent of the human body consists of water, 70% of our belongings are derived from petrochemicals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c20d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04c20d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/The-Petrochemicals-All-Around-Us.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The Petrochemicals All Around Us\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQzOTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzEyXC9UaGUtUGV0cm9jaGVtaWNhbHMtQWxsLUFyb3VuZC1Vcy5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/The-Petrochemicals-All-Around-Us.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34397\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/The-Petrochemicals-All-Around-Us.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/The-Petrochemicals-All-Around-Us-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/The-Petrochemicals-All-Around-Us-833x1024.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: Korea Petrochemical Industry Association<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e835143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e835143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The magic of petroleum<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1689a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c1689a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crude oil extracted from the ground contains several impurities like sand and sulfur. But when it is refined, petroleum can produce petrochemicals like base oils and intermediary materials that become the raw materials for thousands of different processing industries.<\/p><p>Crude oil\u00a0is purified in distilled form, which can produce different results depending on the heating point. For example, gasoline or diesel are petrochemicals extracted at different temperatures. For the purposes of the petrochemical industry, we are particularly interested in producing naphtha, which requires a temperature between 30-180 C, and can then be converted into some of the most common petrochemicals \u2013 base oils such as benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) as well as intermediary materials like para-xylene (P-X) and styrene monomer (SM).<\/p><p>These can then be used to create chemical chains that form well-known materials that are directly used by the plastic and textile industries, like polyester, nylon, and polyurethane.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9697056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9697056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Petrochemial Industry - An Overview\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQzOTgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9uZXdzLnNhbXN1bmdjbnQuY29tXC91cGxvYWRcLzIuMFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzNcLzIwMTlcLzEyXC9QZXRyb2NoZW1pYWwtSW5kdXN0cnktQW4tT3ZlcnZpZXcuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1569\" src=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-34398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview.jpg 940w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview-501x1024.jpg 501w, https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/Petrochemial-Industry-An-Overview-752x1536.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e503de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e503de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are petrochemicals the future of oil?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58ac2fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58ac2fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">As the world\u2019s energy sources continue to diversify away from fossil fuels, analysts are concluding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/business\/petrochemicals\/future-oil-chemicals-fuels\/97\/i8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">the future of oil is in chemicals, not fuels<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports \u201cpetrochemicals are rapidly becoming the largest driver of global oil demand.\u201d The IEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/petrochemicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forecasts<\/a> petrochemicals will make up more than a third of oil demand growth to 2030 and almost 50 percent to 2050. The same report points out demand for plastics has almost doubled since 2000, outperforming all other bulk materials \u2013 and notes much of its consumption so far has been in developed nations, with \u201chuge potential for growth worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bp.com\/content\/dam\/bp\/business-sites\/en\/global\/corporate\/pdfs\/energy-economics\/energy-outlook\/bp-energy-outlook-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BP\u2019s 2019 Energy Outlook<\/a> supports the IEA\u2019s expectation, asserting that the use of oil as a feedstock for petrochemicals is the \u201clargest source of oil demand growth\u201d to 2040, even factoring in regulations to limit single-use plastics.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandviewresearch.com\/industry-analysis\/petrochemical-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global petrochemicals market<\/a> was valued at USD 539.3 billion in 2018 and is set for a CAGR of 8.5 percent during the period 2019-25. Asia Pacific is expected to be responsible for two-thirds of international petrochemical demand due to strong economic growth, as well as the rise of manufacturing and consumption.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Samsung C&amp;T Trading &amp; Investment Group deals with various petrochemicals, from base oils such as benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) to intermediary materials like P-X, SM, mixed xylene (MX), and mono ethylene glycol (MEG). Samsung C&amp;T both trades these items directly and finds solutions for suppliers and end-users, and is proud of its presence in all areas of the petrochemical business chain. As it deals with three million tons of petrochemical products annually, Samsung C&amp;T\u2019s business activities are closely related to our lives.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look around your home or workplace and you\u2019ll likely find plenty of petrochemical products. Take an ordinary ballpoint pen, for example. Its plastic body as well as ink ingredients, such as pigments, oils and surfactants, are made from\u00a0petroleum, which is naturally occurring and widely known as crude oil. It might seem surprising that various everyday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trading-investment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Look around your home or workplace and you\u2019ll likely find plenty of petrochemical products. Take an ordinary ballpoint pen, for example. Its plastic body as well as ink ingredients, such as pigments, oils and surfactants, are made from\u00a0petroleum, which is naturally occurring and widely known as crude oil. It might seem surprising that various everyday [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"958\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7c21bf3897113ac1b49ed07b1d871d08\"},\"headline\":\"The rise and rise of petrochemicals\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\"},\"wordCount\":603,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Trading &amp; Investment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\",\"name\":\"The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":958},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The rise and rise of petrochemicals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/samsuncnt-logo-title_1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/samsuncnt-logo-title_1.png\",\"width\":377,\"height\":118,\"caption\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7c21bf3897113ac1b49ed07b1d871d08\",\"name\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d10e6d83d18667e1ca1fca3f84a838fccb76ead77ab29431ce042fd74fafec1d?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d10e6d83d18667e1ca1fca3f84a838fccb76ead77ab29431ce042fd74fafec1d?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager\"},\"description\":\"The Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager can be reached at cnt.pr@samsung.com.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/author-samsung-ct-global-pr-manager\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","og_description":"Look around your home or workplace and you\u2019ll likely find plenty of petrochemical products. Take an ordinary ballpoint pen, for example. Its plastic body as well as ink ingredients, such as pigments, oils and surfactants, are made from\u00a0petroleum, which is naturally occurring and widely known as crude oil. It might seem surprising that various everyday [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/","og_site_name":"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","article_published_time":"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":958,"url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/"},"author":{"name":"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7c21bf3897113ac1b49ed07b1d871d08"},"headline":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals","datePublished":"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/"},"wordCount":603,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg","articleSection":["Trading &amp; Investment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/","url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/","name":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals - Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-12-16T01:03:46+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-16T08:37:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/12\/petrochemicals-4-featured-image-1200x959-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":958},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/features\/trading-investment\/2019-12-rise-rise-petrochemicals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The rise and rise of petrochemicals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/","name":"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/samsuncnt-logo-title_1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/upload\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/07\/samsuncnt-logo-title_1.png","width":377,"height":118,"caption":"Samsung C&amp;T Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7c21bf3897113ac1b49ed07b1d871d08","name":"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d10e6d83d18667e1ca1fca3f84a838fccb76ead77ab29431ce042fd74fafec1d?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d10e6d83d18667e1ca1fca3f84a838fccb76ead77ab29431ce042fd74fafec1d?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager"},"description":"The Samsung C&amp;T Global PR Manager can be reached at cnt.pr@samsung.com.","sameAs":["https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/author-samsung-ct-global-pr-manager\/"],"url":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34401,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15606\/revisions\/34401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.samsungcnt.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}