Chinese operator lets contract for C3 Oleflex unit
Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical Co. Ltd. (QXTD), a subsidiary of Zibo Qixiang Petrochemical Industry Group Co. Ltd., has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide its proprietary C3 Oleflex technology for a grassroots polymer-grade propylene unit at its operations in Zibo, Shandong Province, China.
Alongside technology licensing, Honeywell UOP also will deliver the process design package, proprietary and nonproprietary equipment, on-site operator training, technical services for start-up, as well as continuing operation, catalysts, and adsorbents for the project, the service provider said.
Designed to expand production of propylene in response to growing demand for propylene derivatives, the new unit will join QXTD’s existing C3-C4 Oleflex unit that converts propane and isobutane into propylene into propylene and isobutylene.
With the new C3 Oleflex unit, QXTD will produce additional quantities of polymer-grade propylene to make propylene oxide for production of polyurethanes.
A timeframe for the project’s completion was not disclosed.
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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.
