By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 7 -- Yangtze River Acetyls Co. Ltd. (YARACO) has awarded Aker Kværner the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase for YARACO's project to expand an acetic acid facility at Chongqing, China. The amount of the contract was not disclosed.
The work will entail redesign within the core processing plant, including implementation of BP Chemicals's Cativa process technology to expand the capacity of the existing acetic acid plant to 350,000 tonnes/year. The contact also covers design of a new carbon monoxide plant to provide additional feedstock.
Aker Kværner will carry out the FEED contract for the acetic acid plant as well as coordinate the total core plant FEED scope for both projects. Frankfort-based Lurgi Oel Gas Chemie GMBH, meanwhile, will work as a subcontractor to carry out the FEED contract for the CO plant.
