The Russian petrochemical conglomerate SIBUR says it has increased its design capacity to produce methyl tertiary butyl ether in the Tchaikovsky area of Perm Territory to 220,000 tonnes/year from 200,000 tonnes/year.
Two of its companies produce MTBE in the area: Uralorgsintez, which operates an NGL fractionation plant with capacity of 750,000 tonnes/year, and Sibur-Khimprom, which produces 500,000 tonnes/year of petrochemicals from liquid hydrocarbons.
