Zhejiang selects LyondellBasell technologies for five petrochemical plants
Published by Alex Hithersay,
Editorial Assistant
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
LyondellBasell has announced that Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd (ZPCC) has selected LyondellBasell’s polypropylene (PP), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) technologies for five new plants.
The plants will be built in ZPCC’s petrochemical complex in Zhoushan City, China.
The complex will include two 450 000 tpy PP plants that will use LyondellBasell’s Spherizone PP process technology and two LDPE plants, 300 000 and 400 000 tpy respectively, which will use Lupotech T process technology. The complex will also include a 350 000 tpy HDPE plant which will use Hostalen ACP process technology.
At a total capacity of almost 2 million t, these new licenses constitute the largest volume of new capacity ever licensed by LyondellBasell in a single location.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/petrochemicals/03102018/zhejiang-selects-lyondellbasell-technologies-for-five-petrochemical-plants/
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