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Benzene is combined with other molecules to produce new chemicals. It is widely used to make various products for daily use such as plastics, synthetic rubbers, detergents, and agricultural pesticides. Toluene and xylene are used as solvents to dissolve chemical products to produce paint and ink. OCI is the nation’s only BTX manufacturer that use byproducts from steelmaking. BTX is produced with the hydrogenation of coke oven light oil, a byproduct from steel production, by reaction under high temperature and pressure. Impurities and unsaturated hydrocarbons are extracted by extractive distillation.

Plastics manufacturing

Paint solvent

Ink solvent

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  Extracting high value-added byproducts

  The only company that uses coke oven light oil, a byproduct of steelmaking

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  Stable supply

  Securing sufficient raw materials by using byproducts from the domestic steelmaking industry

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  Advanced technology

  Responding to various quality needs of customers

• 1. Supply of
  raw materials

  OCI supplies BTX

• 2. Processing
  companies

  Plastic, paint and ink manufacturers

• 3. Final products

  Plastic, paint, ink, etc.