Oriental Energy starts up on-purpose propylene production
Ningbo Fortune Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (NFPC) and Zhangjiagang Yangzi River Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (YRPC), both subsidiaries of Oriental Energy Co. Ltd., each have commissioned 600,000-tonne/year on-purpose propylene units at their respective plants in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, and Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, in China.
NFPC and YRPC are now producing a combined total of 1.2 million tpy of on-purpose propylene from propane using Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary UOP LLC’s proprietary C3 Oleflex process technology, UOP said.
In addition to licensing process technology, UOP delivered engineering design, equipment, staff training, technical service, as well as proprietary catalysts and adsorbents for the operators’ Oleflex units, the service provider said.
Increased on-purpose propylene production from NFPC and YRPC comes as part of the companies’ efforts to meet China’s rising demand for polypropylene and other downstream chemical and plastic products.
Chinese demand for propylene, which currently accounts for more than 15% of total global demand, is growing at a rate of 4%/year, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
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