Dow Inks Deal for Alberta Oil Sands Feedstock

Dow Chemical and Aux Sable Canada (ASC; Calgary) have entered into an agreement for the sale of ethane and ethylene to Dow from ASC’s Heartland Offgas Plant (HOP), which is currently under construction at Fort Saskatchewan, AB. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and Dow declined to comment whether it planned to expand downstream capacity. “The oil sands represent a large, untapped feedstock source for Dow’s Alberta operations,” says Jeff Johnston, president of Dow Chemical Canada. The arrangement is a “long-term sale...

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