Chinese chemical producer lets contract for C3 Oleflex unit
Shanghai Huayi (Group) Co. subsidiary Guangxi Huayi New Material Co. Ltd. has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide its proprietary C3 Oleflex technology for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at its integrated petrochemical complex in Qinzhou, Guangxi, China.
As part of the contract, Honeywell UOP will deliver licensing for the Oleflex technology, in addition to catalysts, adsorbents, and other unidentified services for the plant, which will produce 750,000 tonnes/year of polymer-grade propylene to help meet China’s growing demand for propylene derivatives, the service provider said.
Huayi will use on-purpose propylene production from the plant as feedstock for the complex’s downstream acrylic acid unit, as well as cumene and phenol units, to support creation of industrial and consumer products, according to Honeywell UOP.
The service provider disclosed neither a value of the contract nor a timeframe for the project’s targeted completion.
This latest contract award follows Huayi’s selection of Johnson Matthey and Dow earlier this year to license their LP Oxo SELECTOR 10 technology for a new 300,000-tonnes/year butanol plant to be built at the Qinzhou complex, according to a Feb. 13, 2020, release from Johnson Matthey. Alongside technology licensing, the service providers will deliver customized plant design, performance warranties, technical support pre- and post-plant startup, as well as ongoing technology updates.
A timeline for commissioning of the butanol plant project, however, was not revealed.
Robert Brelsford | Downstream Editor
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.
