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The Polypropylene Plant has been created.

#polypropylene

#safripol

#spheripol

#KAP

Safripol a polymer producer from South Africa has been created.

#safripol #southafrica  #polypropylene  #hdpe  #polyester  #pet  #hostalen  #spheripol  #invista 

All Polyolefin and EO/EG Technologies from Phase 1 and Phase 2 have been added as well as their production capacities.

#polyethylene  #polypropylene  #ethyleneglycol  #hpeo  #meg   #hdpe  #lldpe  #pp  #ineos  #lupotech  #spheripol  #spherizone  #univation  #unipolpe  #master  #lyondellbasell  #shell  #cnooc  #china  #cspc 

29^th May 2024 | Successful Signing! Significant Achievements in the Southeast Asian Market

Hualu Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd., and CC6, subsidiaries of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation (CNCEC) jointly signed an EPCC general contract for a 300 KTPA Propane Dehydrogenation to Polypropylene (PDH/PP) project with Vietnam Phu My Plastic Company (PMP) in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 23^rd.

The project is located in the CAIMEP Industrial Park in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. The main construction includes a 300 KTPA PDH unit, a 300 KTPA PP unit, utility facilities, as well as plant-wide systems and auxiliary production facilities involving design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
 

12^th March 2019 | Plastics Manufacturer In Vietnam Taps Honeywell Technology To Produce Propylene

Phu My Plastics Production JSC to become first in Vietnam to use Honeywell’s Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation technology

DES PLAINES, Ill., March 12, 2019 — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that Phu My Plastics Production JSC will use Honeywell UOP’s C₃ Oleflex™ technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its facility in Vietnam. The plant will help meet growing domestic demand for plastics in Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia. This is the first award for Honeywell’s propane dehydrogenation technology in Vietnam.

Honeywell UOP will provide technology licensing for the Oleflex process, the process design package, proprietary and non-proprietary equipment, on-site operator training, technical services for startup and continuing operation, and proprietary catalysts and adsorbents.

21^st May 2019 | Phu My Plastics Production JSC selects LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology for its new 300 KTA polypropylene plant in Vietnam

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands, May 21, 2019 – LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that Phu My Plastics Production JSC. (PMP), has selected the Spheripol polypropylene process technology for a 300 KTA plant in Vietnam.


#phumyplastics  #pmp  #vietnam  #polypropylene  #propylene  #oleflex  #spheripol

The ethylene plant employing Huanqiu Engineering technology has a total of 7 cracking furnaces, including two gas furnaces and five liquid furnaces | weixin | 27 Oct 2024


Dushanzi Petrochemical Tarim Phase II Ethylene Project is accelerating

Petrochemical Industry Going Global Alliance | November 9, 2024

At present, Dushanzi Petrochemical is accelerating the construction of the Tarim 1.2 million tons/year Phase II ethylene project, which will quickly release 1.2 million tons of polyethylene, 450,000 tons of polypropylene, and 100,000 tons of rubber production capacity. At the same time, it can provide 400,000 tons of raw materials per year to drive the development of the downstream industrial chain.

The Tarim 1.2 million tons/year Phase II ethylene project adheres to the innovative and green construction concept and has built 11 major production units, 10 of which use domestic technology (9 use China Petroleum’s own technology); it maximizes the use of domestic technology and localized equipment, with a localization rate of 99%.

At the end of October this year, the first domestically produced dual-end functionalized solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber SSBR3540 F was successfully started up at the 240,000 tons/year SSBR/SBS rubber unit of PetroChina Dushanzi Petrochemical, filling the domestic gap. Currently, the production capacity of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber of Dushanzi Petrochemical has reached 160,000 tons/year.

#cnpc  #petrochina  #dushanzi  #tarim  #ethylene  #polyethylene  #polypropylene  #sbs  #rubber  #ssbr  #china 

SIPC 1.2 million tonne ethylene project was completed and put into operation in Tianjin

On 13th November the new ethylene complex operated by SIPC, also known as the 'ethylene and downstream high-end new materials industry cluster project', was successfully put into operation and the whole process was completed, producing qualified products. Sinopec INEOS (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (SIPC) is a joint venture between INEOS and SINOPEC. The project is built in the Nangang area of the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone.

The steam cracker plant with a 1.2 million tonne per year of ethylene is designed to provide 4 million tons annually of high-end chemical products and fine chemical feedstocks to the downstream every year. There are 13 downstream projects including high-density polyethylene, linear low-density polyethylene, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylonitrile, and polyolefin elastomers (POE).

The new ethylene complex, partly powered by solar and designed as an energy and water efficient project, is integrated with Sinopec Tianjin's 320,000 barrels per day refinery, Sinopec commented. The company uses a combination of Sinopec's own technology and imported technology to produce high-end, differentiated new materials that replace imports and fill domestic gaps.

The project took only 21.5 months from the start of civil construction to mechanical completion, breaking many records for similar projects, including the best overall coordinated control plan, the least number of workers, the deepest degree of factory prefabrication, the largest proportion of modular installation, the highest rate of localization of large equipment, and the widest application of digital intelligence.

#sinopec  #ineos  #sipc  #petrochemical  #ethylene  #ethyleneplant  #steamcracker  #polyethylene  #polypropylene 

With a total investment of 27.8 billion yuan, a new million-ton ethylene project was launched.

2024-10-22, Source

The total investment of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project is 27.8 billion yuan, mainly to build 13 sets of process production units such as 1 million tons/year ethylene, and implement oil refining adaptability transformation at the same time.

On December 22, 2023, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and Henan Shenma Guoxing Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. signed an investment cooperation intention agreement. The two parties will jointly invest to establish a joint venture to jointly build the Luoyang Petrochemical million-ton ethylene project and create a first-class green petrochemical advanced materials industry base in China.

On September 12, 2024, Sinopec Group approved the basic design of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project, marking that the Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project will enter the full construction stage.

The construction content of Luoyang Petrochemical Million Tons of Ethylene Project includes the construction of:
°a new 1 million tons/year ethylene unit,
°a 600,000 tons/year cracking gasoline hydrogenation unit,
°a 400,000 tons/year aromatics extraction unit,
°a 300,000 tons/year m-LLDPE unit,
°a 350,000 tons/year HDPE unit, and
°a 350,000 tons/year #3  polypropylene unit.

The project is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in December 2025.

After the project is put into production, it can sell about 3 million tons of various chemical products each year, increase the output value by 20 billion yuan, drive more than 160 billion yuan of downstream industrial chain investment, and form an industrial cluster of "hundreds of billions of investment and 10,000 jobs.

#luoyang  #petrochemical  #cpcc  #sinopec  #ethylene  #steamcracker  #hdpe  #lldpe  #polypropylene  #polyethylene  #gasoline  #pygas  #hydrogenation  #china  #henan

Sinopec INEOS (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. and manufacturing site have been added.


#sinopec  #ineos  #tianjin  #petrochemical  #olefins  #steamcracking  #ethylene  #polyethylene  #polypropylene  #hdpe  #lldpe  #poe  #elastomers  #acrylonitriele  #butadiene  #pygas  #aromatics  #mtbe 

Shaanxi Yanchang Coal Yulin Energy and Chemical and Jingbian production site have been added.


#jingbian  #shaanxi  #yulin  #china  #chinacoal  #yulinenergy  #yulinenergychemical  #mto  #methanoltoolefins  #pollyethylene  #polypropylene  #methanol  #fdd  #catalyticcracking 

Multiple technologies and productions have been added.

#gasoline #diesel  #jetfuel  #kerosene  #hydrotreatment  #adu  #polypropylene  #axens  #mitsui  #hypol  #R2R  #fcc #delayedcoker  #sydec 


 

Picture: Indian subcontinent refineries, via ppPLUS

India’s dependence on imports to meet its requirements of basic petrochemicals, including polymers, is only expected to rise, despite projects – under implementation and on the drawing boards. This is partly because the historical baggage of poor capacity builds will take time to catch up with rising demand.

In the last few years, however, India’s public sector refiners have climbed on the petrochemicals bandwagon, seeking value-added outlets for refinery streams. They have invested in aromatics (for feeding the polyester value chain), propylene (for polypropylene, PP, and some other chemicals notably, oxo-alcohols and acrylate monomers), linear alkyl benzene (LAB), a key detergent raw material, and a few other projects. And more are to come in the near-term.

There are several commonalities amongst the firm projects. For one, the emphasis seems to be on building the C3 (propylene) value chain. This is not surprising as FCC propylene offers a simple, low-cost route to the olefin and one that can be conveniently retrofitted into existing refinery operations. There is also an overwhelming emphasis on PP production, which may not be wise, as it runs the risk of overbuild should demand growth not pan out as anticipated.

There are other propylene derivatives that can be considered, and these merit attention if not by the refiners themselves then by third party investors for whom it will be more worthwhile. Much will hinge on the commercials of the olefin supply arrangement, but such business models are widely followed, including here in India, let alone in other countries.

Importantly, the government needs to recognise that the chemical industry as a key enabler of modern living, and not a nuisance to be constrained through regulation and red-tape. The priority must be on developing well-developed clusters where not just the petrochemical industry, but also the broad chemical industry – including the fine and specialty chemical industries, wherein India’s competitiveness is well recognised – can locate and start operations in double-quick time. Clusters are efficient and safe locales where the industry can thrive, as several countries have amply shown.
 
India needs a much larger and more diversified chemical industry than it has now. The former it seems is happening. Not so sure of the latter. The herd mentality to investments needs to change. Those who have dared to do so – and there are a few examples – have been amply rewarded. More need to emulate, not imitate, them!

Ravi Raghavan, 12 Nov 2024, Linkedin post.

#india  #petrochemicals  #chemicals  #valuechains  #propylene  #fcc  #refinery  #polyester  #aromatics  #olefins  #polypropylene  #acrylics  #lab  #chemicalindustry  #indianchemicals  #IOCL  #BPCL  #HPCL  #RelianceIndustries  #investment  #specialitychemicals  #finechemicals  #oilrefining  #polymers  #ethylene  #competitiveness 

Alkylation unit and polypropylene plant have been added as well as their production capacities. 

#alkylate #polypropylene  #sinopecst  #ionikylation  #alkylation  #gasphase 

Some productions and consumptions have been added to site.

Corresponding technologies need to be identified.

#sinopec  #zhanjiang  #refinery  #petrochemicals  #zhongke  #steamcracker  #eva  #polyethylene  #polypropylene  #ethyleneglycol  #meg 

Juzhengyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (Grand Resource) in DongGuang,  China has been fully modelled. The site converts propane into 1.2 million tonnes of propylene and 50,000 tonnes of hydrogen; the propylene is further converted into 1.2 million tonnes of polypropylene. Technologies employed are Catofin PDH from Lummus and Unipol PP from W.R. Grace.

#propane  #dehydrogenation  #pdh  #propylene  #polypropylene  #grandresource  #juzhengyuan  #dongguan  #hydrogen 

Dongguan Juzhengyuan Technology has been created and its parent company identified.

#dongguan  #juzhengyuan  #shenzen  #pdh  #polypropylene  #china  #grandresource 

Four Unipol PP Plants with a cumulative capacity of 1 million tons have been added to the Hazira and Jamnagar 1 (J1 DTA) production sites according to this ROYAL MARKETING communication putatively dated from 2014: 

Reliance Industries Limited is Asia's largest manufacturer of Polypropylene (PP). With a combined capacity of over 1 million tonnes, Reliance figures amongst the Top Eight Polypropylene producers in the world. Reliance holds a 70% share of the Indian Market and caters to 3% of the worlds consumption of PP.

Reliance Industries Limited commissioned its first PP plant with a capacity of 350 KTA in Oct'96 at Hazira Petrochemical Complex. This was followed by the commissioning of two lines of 200 KTA each at it's Jamnagar Petrochemical Complex in April/May'99. The third line at Jamnagar of 200 KTA was commissioned in Dec'99.

Reliance has adopted the world acclaimed Unipol Process of Union Carbide (now merged with Dow Chemical) for manufacturing PP at all its sites. Unipol process combines the production efficiency of gas phase fluidized bed reactor technology with the high activity and stereospecificity of the SHAC catalyst system. The two production sites offer a wide range of Homopolymer, Random and Impact copolymer grades. These can cater to the entire spectrum of Extrusion, Injection & Blow molding processes.


#unipol  #unipolpp  #wrgrace  #gasphase  #reliance  #polypropylene  #hazira  #jamnagar  #reliance  #india 

LyondellBasell Spherizone technology model has been updated with PFD and technology units.

#polypropylene  #spherizone  #lyondellbasell  #multizone 

SINOPEC ST-PP technology added.
Some technology details are missing to complete the technology description and model.

#sinopec  #polypropylene  #stpp 

SINOPEC ST-PP technology added.
Some technology details are missing to complete the technology description and model.

#sinopec  #polypropylene  #stpp 

LyondellBasell's Spheripol technology description has been updated.

#lyondellbasell #spheripol  #technology  #polypropylene 

Site created.
Most production capacities have been added.
Crackers feedstock details as well as individual cracker capacity are missing.
PAO plant not yet added as the corresponding technology has not yet been added to the database.

#lao  #pao  #polypropylene  #innovene  #kbr  #steamcracker  #olefinplant  #ethylene  #propylene  #alvin  #texas  #ineos

The US$5 billion Long Son Petrochemicals Company Limited (LSP), the largest petrochemical complex in Vietnam, will begin its commercial operations from October 2024. Photo: Ngoc Hien / Tuoi Tre

Long Son Petrochemicals Company Limited (LSP), the biggest petrochemical complex in Vietnam, will begin commercial operations from October this year.

Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) Chemicals, the parent company of LSP, on 1st August released its business performance in the first half of this year.

The firm revealed that LSP was projected to generate revenue of VND15 trillion (US$592.8 million) this year and VND38 trillion ($1.5 billion) by 2025.

The petrochemical complex was initially scheduled for commercial operations in the second quarter of this year.

However, it grappled with a technical problem during its trial operation early this year, resulting in its suspension from March to June this year to remedy the problem and improve its operation capacity.

The complex, when put into commerical operation, will supply plastic pellets to the domestic and global markets.

The global economic downturn and oversupply will be great challenges for the project, according to SCG.

LSP, covering 464 hectares of land in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, is the first integrated petrochemical project in Vietnam.

In vietnam, SCG’s revenue totaled nearly VND16.4 trillion ($656 million) in the first six months of this year, rising 12 percent over the year-ago period.

Thammasak Sethaudom, president and CEO of SCG, said SCG’s performance in the second quarter of this year was better than that in the previous quarter.

The group yielded VND88.38 trillion ($3.5 billion) in total revenue and VND2.6 trillion ($102 million) in profit of last quarter, up three and 53 percent, respectively, over the previous quarter.

Its revenue hit VND174 trillion ($7 billion) in the first half of 2024.

Tuổi Trẻ Online, 3rd Aug 2024

#polyethylene  #polypropylene  #steamcracking  #vietnam  #scg 

Credit: @ExxonMobil, Port-Jérôme (Gravenchon) refinery

ExxonMobil Chemical 🇫🇷 France (EMCF) announced on April 11 the definitive shutdown of the steam cracker and the polyethylene, polypropylene, adhesives and associated logistics facilities units at the Gravenchon site in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine (Seine-Maritime) in 2024. This will result in the loss of 677 jobs out of a workforce of 2,400 employees in France during 2025, the company said in a press release. In detail, 647 positions will disappear on site and 30 at the company's management in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). The Port-Jérôme refinery activities are not affected. The site will continue to produce and supply fuels, lubricants, base oils and bitumens. Similarly, the activity of Infineum, the joint venture between ExxonMobil and Shell for the production of additives, is not part of the announcement. In 2020, 35 million euros were invested in these operations also located in Gravenchon.

#fuels  #lubricants  #bitumen  #polyethylene  #polypropylene  #steamcracking  #steamcracker  #refining  #refinery  #france  #exxonmobil 

Mass Balances of Borouge 1, Borouge 2 and Borouge 3 have been completed. Borouge 4 site's model has been initialized but will be finalized when the project comes on-stream. With each further stage, the sites are becoming more complex, as shown in the mass balance table of Borouge 3. The Mass Balances are presented as simplified block flow diagrams (Borouge 1 visual, Borouge 2 visual, Borouge 3 visual). Technologies have been identified for all assets of all three projects as shown for the Borouge 3 technology table. By clicking on the blue 'T' icons in the diagrams or on the technology name in the technology table, the corresponding technology is shown (e.g. Linde Steam Cracker) and by clicking on the green 'F' icons, the flow details for the corresponding asset are displayed.

#polyethylene  #polypropylene  #steamcracking  #ethyleneplant  #steamcracker 

On April 1^st, INEOS has completed the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ 50% share of Naphtachimie (720 ktpa steam cracker), Appryl (300 ktpa polypropylene business), Gexaro (270 ktpa aromatics business) and 3TC (naphtha storage, a 50/50 JV between Petroineos and TotalEnergies) announced on July 5^th. These businesses have until today been joint ventures between the two companies. A number of other infrastructure assets have also been acquired including part of TotalEnergies ethylene pipeline network in France.

INEOS will now fully integrate the Naphthachimie, Gexaro and Appryl petrochemical businesses, assets and infrastructure into INEOS Olefins & Polymers South at Lavera in Southern France. Gexaro, which is located on the Lavera refinery site will continue to be operated by Petroineos.

Source: INEOS Press Release, Apr 1^st, 2024

#steamcracker  #aromatics  #polypropylene  #naphtha  #naphtha  #pipeline  #ethylene  #olefins  #refinery