Sonatrach-Total JV lets contract for C3 Oleflex unit

Sept. 16, 2019
Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymeres, a 51-49% joint venture of Sonatrach and Total, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP to provide its proprietary C3 Oleflex technology for a grassroots 565,000-tonne/year polymer-grade propylene plant in Arzew, Algeria.

Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymeres (STEP), a 51-49% joint venture of Sonatrach SPA and Total SA, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide its proprietary C3 Oleflex technology for a grassroots 565,000-tonne/year polymer-grade propylene plant in Arzew, Algeria (OGJ Online, Oct. 8, 2018).

Alongside technology licensing, Honeywell UOP also will provide basic engineering design, services, equipment, catalysts, and adsorbents for the proposed plant, the service provider said.

In addition to converting domestically produced propane into propylene, STEP will further convert the propylene into polypropylene plastic to supply customers in Algeria, along the Mediterranean, and in other markets like Europe, according to Bryan Glover, vice-president and general manager of Honeywell UOP’s petrochemicals and refining technologies business.

Further details of the propane dehydrogenation-polypropylene project, including its planned start-up and contract value, were not disclosed.

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