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Randy Rabenhorst
Nexant, Inc.

Randy Rabenhorst is a Managing Consultant in Nexant’s Energy and Chemicals Advisory practice in White Plains, NY. He has been a consultant to the chemicals, plastics, and specialty chemicals industries for over 25 years, with notable experience in olefins, polyolefins, rubber, polyols, aromatics, propylene oxide, foamed polymers, and organo-metallics. Randy is an expert in strategy, polymer competitiveness and market dynamics, and has managed several feasibility and due diligence assignments in olefins, polyolefins, CTO/MTO, MEG, C4s and rubber. Areas of interest include development of: strategies for growth and profitability, competitive assessments, value-chain assessments, product and market positioning, and acquisition valuations. Prior to his role as a management consultant, Mr. Rabenhorst held various management positions in marketing, finance, and sales for Chemical Waste Management and BF Goodrich. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, as well as an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland.

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On Purpose - What's Driving New Propane Dehydrogenation Projects in North America?

Author Randy Rabenhorst

Global demand for propylene is rising, but lighter crude slates at U.S. refineries and the use of more ethane at U.S. (and overseas) steam crackers has reduced propylene production from these plants. That has led to the development of more “on-purpose” propylene production facilities — especially propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants — in both the U.S. and Canada. More than 2 million metric tons/year of new PDH capacity has come online in North America since 2010, another 1.6 MMtpa is under development, and propane/propylene economics may well support still more capacity being built by the mid-2020s, maintaining the U.S. and Canada’s position as propylene and propylene-derivative exporters. Today, we begin a series looking at “on-purpose” production of propylene by PDH plants and what the development of these facilities will mean for U.S., Canadian and overseas markets.