CB&I has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co. Ltd for the license and engineering design of a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.
The unit will use CB&I's CATOFIN® technology to produce 900 000 tpy of propylene. It will also utilise CATOFIN catalyst and heat generating material from Clariant. Once the unit is complete, it will be the world's largest single-train PDH unit.
"CB&I's CATOFIN technology offers unmatched reliability and optimisation," said Daniel M. McCarthy, CB&I's Executive Vice President of Technology. "For our customers who license the technology, these benefits result in lower capital and operations costs for their projects and investments."