Lease condensate in ethylene production

[drea1978]

Hi,

I am looking for some some guidance on the following questions.

1 -Is is possible to use lease condensate directly as a feedstock to manufacture ethylene? Are there contamination/issues, if so what are they?

2- When i look at ethylene production facilities worldwide, it seems there are only a handful of plants that seem to run condensate (not naphtha). Are these facilities running plant condensate (ie condensate thats derived from natural gas fractionation)

Thanks, I appreciate your help and look forward to hearing from you.

Drea