MOL commissions butadiene facility and starts work on S-SBR unit with JSR

On 10 November 2015, MOL Group commissioned a 130,000 t/y butadiene extraction unit at its site in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.

The company says it has invested about USD 150 million in the new facility. In parallel, MOL has started construction on a new 60,000 t/y S-SBR plant in Tiszaújváros with its joint venture partner JSR Corporation. According to MOL, the venture will provide the possibility to further expand the company’s petrochemical product portfolio along the value chain, as a stable supply of feedstock can be secured from the adjacent butadiene extraction unit. Owned 49 % by MOL and 51 % by JSR, the venture expects to reach mechanical completion of the ­S-SBR plant by the end of 2017.