How high can polyethylene and polypropylene plant capacities rise?

Jayant D. Divey is a polyolefins technology consultant supporting clients in technology evaluation and selection, process design and troubleshooting for polyolefin and petrochemical plants. He retired from Reliance Industries Ltd. as the Senior Vice President responsible for polyolefins technologies in integrated petrochemical complexes. Divey has more than 40 yr of experience with PE and PP technologies and has published several articles on the subject. He has also worked as a technology manager in fluid catalytic cracking light olefins handling C2–C5 hydrocarbons. He has led many projects from concept to commissioning through design basis and engineering. Divey earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from the Laxminarayan Institute of Technology Nagpur University and an MS degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.