What is Benzene?

Benzene is a chemical that occurs naturally in crude oil. Natural benzene is supplemented by additional volume made in the refining process. Benzene is used in making many common products such as tires, carpets, compact discs and pharmaceuticals.

Manufacturing Information

Benzene is manufactured at Sunoco's Marcus Hook, PA, Toledo, OH, Philadelphia, PA, and Eagle Point (Westville, NJ) refineries. Through a joint venture partnership with Suncor Energy Inc., Sunoco Chemicals also markets benzene produced at Suncor's Sarnia, Ontario, Canada refinery. Benzene is transported by barge, railcar, tank trucks and through pipeline. It is extracted from reformate by the Udex process and can be further processed into cyclohexane by hydrogen addition or into cumene by reacting with refinery grade propylene. Benzene is a minor component of gasoline.

Acetone
Alpha-methylstyrene
Benzene
Bisphenol-A
Cyclohexane
Nonene
Orthoxylene
Phenol
Polypropylene
Propylene Tetramer
Sunoco 100
Sunoco 150
Toluene
Xylene