CZECH REPUBLIC: Unipetrol proceeding with rebuild of fire damaged ethylene plant
Unipetrol is going ahead with reconstruction of its 544,000-t/y Zaluzi ethylene plant in Litvinov, Czech Republic, damaged by fire earlier this year.
Linde Engineering will provide engineering, procurement and construction management for the project, while Technip will be responsible for delivering some technological components, including four new pyrolysis furnaces.
The ethylene plant, as well as a polypropylene facility and two polyethylene units with a combined capacity of 595,000 t/y, were all closed following the August fire.
The ethylene plant is expected to resume operating at 65% capacity in July 2016, with full capacity “very roughly estimated” for October 2016, Unipetrol said.
“We are doing our maximum in order to put the ethylene unit into operation in the shortest possible term,” noted Unipetrol Chief Executive Marek Switajewski.
Source: Weekly “PetroChemical News”, Durham, NC, USA; 7 Dec 2015
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)
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