Hengli commissions unit at Dalian complex

Hengli Petrochemical has started up the world’s largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant at its integrated 400,000-b/d crude-to-paraxylene refining and petrochemical project in Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park on Changxing Island in Dalian, China.

Robert Brelsford

July 11, 2019

Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co. Ltd. has started up the world’s largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant at its integrated 400,000-b/d crude-to-paraxylene refining and petrochemical project in Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP) on Changxing Island in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China (OGJ Online, July 18, 2018).

Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd.'s dehydrogenation plant.

The single-train dehydrogenation unit uses proprietary CATOFIN catalyst and heat-generating material from McDermott International Inc. division Lummus Technology’s catalyst partner Clariant International Ltd. to process 500,000 tonnes/year of propane and 800,000 tpy of isobutene for production of propylene and isobutylene, McDermott said on July 11.

Alongside technology licensing, McDermott also provided the process design package, training, and technical support for the new propane dehydrogenation unit, the service provider said.

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Robert Brelsford

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Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast, West Coast, Canadian, and Latin American markets. He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University.