Substantial natural gas liquids recovery from tight shale formations has produced a significant boon for the US chemical industry. As fracking technology improves, shale liquids may represent the same for other geographies. As with any major industry disruption, the advent of shale resources permits both the chemical industry and the community an excellent opportunity to have open, foundational discussions on how both public and private institutions should research, develop, and utilize these resources most sustainably. This review summarizes current chemical industry processes that use ethane and propane from shale gas liquids to produce the two primary chemical olefins of the industry: ethylene and propylene. It also discusses simplified techno-economics related to olefins production from an industry perspective, attempting to provide a mutually beneficial context in which to discuss the next generation of sustainable olefin process development.

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页岩气对C2-C3烯烃生产的影响：现有技术和未来技术。

从致密的页岩地层中回收大量的天然气液体为美国化工行业带来了巨大的福音。随着压裂技术的改进，其他地区的页岩液可能代表相同的含义。与任何重大的行业破坏一样，页岩资源的出现使化学工业和社区都获得了一个极好的机会，就公共和私人机构应如何以最可持续的方式研究，开发和利用这些资源进行公开的基础性讨论。这篇综述总结了当前的化学工业过程，这些过程利用页岩气中的乙烷和丙烷来生产工业中的两种主要化学烯烃：乙烯和丙烯。它还从行业角度讨论了与烯烃生产相关的简化技术经济学，