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Antonija Posted 20 years ago
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ethylen glicol

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Pethrochemical industry

The year 1920 is considered to be the beginning of development of organic pethrochemical industry, when the first commercial processes of production of isopropanol and ethylen glicol were created in the USA.
  

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Petrochemical industry The year 1920 is considered to be the beginning of the development of the organic petrochemical industry, when the first commercial production process of isopropanol and ethylene glycol came online in the USA.

  • Petrochemical industry The year 1920 is considered to be the beginning of the development of the organic petrochemical industry, when the first commercial production process of isopropanol and ethylene glycol came online in the USA.
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Petrochemical industry

The year 1920 is considered to be the beginning of the development of the organic petrochemical industry, when the first commercial production process of isopropanol and ethylene glycol came online in the USA.
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Thank you , Alan.

What does it mean to come online?
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When an oil well first starts pumping oil ino the pipes feeding it into storage tanks or transporter tanks, the oil goes into the 'lines' so it 'comes online'.

The terminology then passed into common use for any chemical plant so when it first passes the expected product through the pipes to storage or transport, it 'comes online'.

The terminlogy may have originated in the first
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Thank you, Alan, for your explanation.

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