Lummus Novolen technology awarded polypropylene contract
Published by Callum O'Reilly,
Senior Editor
Hydrocarbon Engineering,
Lummus Technology has announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co. Ltd at its petrochemical facility in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China.
Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a 900 000 tpy polypropylene unit as well as basic design engineering, training and services, and catalyst supply. The unit consists of one line of 300 000 tpy and one line of 600 000 tpy, the largest single-line capacity that has been licensed in the market today.
"We are grateful to Jin Guo Tou for selecting Novolen, which builds on the recent series of awards and strong track record of our PP technology," said Leon de Bruyn, Lummus Technology's President and Chief Executive Officer. "With Novolen, our clients can achieve optimised performance of their facilities and produce a flexible range of products for all PP applications while enjoying low capital and operating costs."
Lummus Novolen Technology GmbH licenses polypropylene technology and provides related engineering and technical support/advisory services. Novolen also supplies NHP® catalysts for the production of high-performance polypropylene grades and NOVOCENE® metallocene catalyst for the production of special polypropylene grades.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/petrochemicals/06042021/lummus-novolen-technology-awarded-polypropylene-contract/
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