Lihuayi Group Co. Ltd. subsidiary Lihuayi Lijin Refining & Chemical Co. Ltd. (formerly Lijin Petrochemical Plant Co. Ltd.) has let a contract to KBR Inc. to supply technology licensing, catalyst, and basic engineering design services for an olefins production unit at its 5.5 million-tonne/year refining complex in Dongying, China.
In addition to basic engineering design services, KBR will deliver licensing for its proprietary Catalytic Olefins Technology (K-COT) and Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE) technology for the proposed unit, the service provider said.
The unit—for which a capacity was not disclosed—comes as part of a strategy designed to enable Lihuayi to increase overall profitability by further integrating its refinery with petrochemical production as well as increase its market competitiveness, said Xu Yunting, Lihuayi’s chairman and chief executive officer.
This latest contract to KBR follows Lihuayi’s previous award to the service provider for implementation of phenol technology at the Dongying site, KBR said.
Further details regarding the proposed project—including a value of the latest contract and a timeline for construction of the new unit—were not disclosed.
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