CHINA: Hengli selects CB&I's Catofin technology for new petrochemical project in Dalian
Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery has awarded a contract to CB&I to provide its Catofin technology for the production of propylene and isobutylene in Dalian, China.
Under the contract, CB&I's Catofin catalytic dehydrogenation technology and Clariant's tailor-made Catofin catalyst will be used at a grassroots 300,000-t/y propane and 600,000-t/y butane dehydrogenation unit for the joint production of propylene and isobutylene. The unit is the "largest single-train dehydrogenation plant in the world," CB&I noted.
A completion date was not given for the unit, which is part of an integrated 20-million-t/y refining and petrochemical complex on which Hengli recently started construction.
The USD11.5-billion complex, located near the company's 6.6-million t/y purified terephthalic acid facility, includes a 4.5-million-t/y aromatics project. Construction on the complex is expected to be completed in two and a half years.
Source: Weekly “PetroChemical News”, Durham, NC, USA; 4 Jan 2016
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)
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