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7^th Dec 2020: Equipped with KBR’s proprietary Selective Cracking Optimum Recovery (SCORE) technology and SCORE SC-1 furnaces, the new 1-million tpy ethylene plant is now operating, KBR said on Dec. 7. Commissioning of the new ethylene complex—which actually began in September 2020 with startup of the plant’s 400,000-tpy high-density polyethylene (HDPE) unit, followed by a 130,000-tpy butadiene extraction unit, as well as six other units—is part of the first phase of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical’s broader second-phase expansion program at Quanzhou further increase crude processing capacity, chemical integration, and sophistication of operations at the complex, according to the operator’s website. (Source)

28^th Jul 2020: State-controlled firm Sinochem is now looking to start up its Quanzhou naphtha cracker at the end of August. The cracker has 1mn t/yr of ethylene and 500,000 t/yr of propylene capacity, and a full stream of petrochemical derivative units including 100,000 t/yr EVA, 400,000 t/yr HDPE, 200,000/450,000 propylene oxide/styrene (PO/SM), 580,000 t/yr PP and 120,000 t/yr BD capacity. Sinochem has its own LPG supplies from the Quanzhou refinery. LPG is likely to make up about 10pc of the cracker's feedstock mix. (Source)