Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemical Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of ShengHong Petrochemical Group Co. Ltd., has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide process technology for a project to increase propylene production at its existing operations in Lianyungang City in China’s province of Jiangsu.
As part of the contract, Honeywell UOP will deliver provide licensing for its proprietary C3 Oleflex process technology, the process design package, equipment, on-site operator training, technical services, as well as catalysts and adsorbents for the project, the service supplier said.
Part of an expansion of Jiangsu Sailboat’s olefins complex—which currently uses Honeywell UOP’s proprietary methanol-to-olefins process to produce ethylene and propylene—the new unit, once completed, will increase polymer-grade propylene production at the site by 700,000 tonnes/year and overall output of short-supply, high-end petrochemical products to more than 2.5 million tpy.
Additional output of propylene from the site will further help China meet its rising demand for plastics used to make a wide range of consumer goods, Honeywell UOP said.
Details regarding a value of the contract or a timeframe for the project’s completion were not disclosed.
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