China has chosen Texaco Inc.'s gasification technology in construction of an oxochemical unit as part of its Beijing ethylene project.
Texaco's proprietary gasification process was selected by China National Chemical Construction Corp., a division of China's Ministry of Chemical Industry.
The gasification unit, expected to start up by late 1994, will use heavy fuel oil as feedstock to generate synthesis gas for manufacture of 50,000 metric tons/year of 2-ethylhexanol and 20,000 metric tons/year of n-butanol. The oxochemical plant will be one of four units in the Beijing ethylene project.
Texaco said the main advantage of its gasification technology is the ability to use a variety of feedstocks-coal heavy oil, petroleum coke, natural gas, and other hydrocarbons-to generate synthesis gas.
The Beijing ethylene project is the sixth major Texaco gasification license agreement signed this year.
Two other gasification projects have been licensed in China to produce town gas, chemicals, and fertilizer. In addition, Texaco's gasification technology has been licensed for two cogeneration projects in Italy, and Tampa Electric Co. recently chose the Texaco gasification power system for a 260,000 kw power project in Florida.
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