CNOOC lets contract for Ningbo integrated refining complex

China National Offshore Oil Corp. subsidiary CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has let a contract to CB&I, Houston, to deliver technology licensing and design for a grassroots polypropylene plant at its refining and petrochemical complex in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. 
April 4, 2018

China National Offshore Oil Corp. subsidiary CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has let a contract to CB&I, Houston, to deliver technology licensing and design for a grassroots polypropylene plant at its refining and petrochemical complex in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China.

CB&I will provide process design engineering as well as licensing of its proprietary Novolen gas-phase polypropylene process technology for the new 300,000-tonne/year unit, CB&I said.

As part of the order, CB&I also will supply its proprietary Novolen high-performance catalyst for the unit, which will produce a full range of polypropylene products with a focus on high-end copolymers, according to the service provider.

CB&I did not disclose a value or duration of the contract.

In July 2016, CNOOC Ningbo Daxie Petrochemical completed a nearly $2-billion modernization and upgrading program at the complex to lift overall crude processing capacity at the site to 7 million tpy, according to reports from local Chinese media outlets.

Originally known as the distillation integrated utilization project, the revamp intended to boost refining capacity at the site to 8 million tpy, according to documents from CNOOC and the Daxie state-level development zone.

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