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​Propylene is considered the oldest petrochemical feedstock in the gas industry. It is one of the smallest stable unsaturated hydrocarbon molecules used in the gas industry and one of the highest volume chemicals produced globally. The propylene molecule is produced as a co-product of ethylene production through the steam cracking (steam Pyrolysis) of hydrocarbon feedstocks. Feedstocks used for steam cracking range from ethane to naphtha and gas oils. Propylene is produced as a by-product of petroleum refining. Propylene is used mainly to produce polypropylene plastics for extrusion and injection molding and fibers and for manufacturing cumene (used in phenol production). Propylene is also used to make propylene oxide, acrylic acid, oxo-alcohols and isopropanol.