Dow化学公司对其位于荷兰的Terneuzen乙烯厂进行的扩能技术改造已进入最后阶段，按 计划将于2001年第四季度投运，到时该厂产能将净增0.6 Mt/a，成为全球最大的产能达1.7 Mt/a的石脑油裂解乙烯厂。Dow化学公司用于此次扩建投资达5×108 US$。 2001年全球乙烯市场供应增速明显高 Dow Chemicals has entered the final stage of its energy-enhancing technological transformation of its Terneuzen ethylene plant in the Netherlands. It is scheduled to be put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2001, when the plant’s production capacity will increase by a net 0.6 Mt/a, becoming the largest in the world. The naphtha cracking ethylene plant with a capacity of 1.7 Mt/a. Dow Chemical used this expansion to invest 5x108 US$. In 2001, the global ethylene market supply increased significantly