Hengyi Industries lets contract for polypropylene unit at Brunei refinery

Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd. has let a contract to Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH for a large-scale polypropylene unit at its 8-million tonnes/year integrated refining and petrochemical complex on Pulau Muara Besar island in Brunei.

Lummus’ scope includes the technology license for 1,000 kton per year (kta) polypropylene unit as well as basic design engineering, training, and technical services.

The unit is Lummus’ largest polypropylene license to date and will be one of the largest polypropylene units in the world, the service provider said.  

The award follows Hengyi’s contract to a division of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. to license technology for an alkylation unit at the refining and petrochemical complex in August (OGJ Online, Aug. 25, 2020).