By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Dec. 13 -- Japan Energy Corp. will invest ¥70 billion to build a 580,000 tonne/year (tpy) aromatics complex and a 60,000 b/sd condensate splitter at the 190,000 b/sd Kashima Oil Refinery.
The new complex, which will use Axens technologies, is scheduled to start-up in early 2008.
The complex will produce 410,000 tpy of paraxylene and 170,000 tpy of benzene from a feedstock of 20,000 b/sd of heavy naphtha from imported condensate.
