Clariant enters catalyst R&D partnership with Tianjin University
The partnership will establish the “Clariant-TJU Academy”.
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The partnership will establish the “Clariant-TJU Academy”.
The methyl tert-butyl ether and Butene 1 plants are the first of their kind in Indonesia, according to the company.
The two lines, which will use INVISTA’s latest P8 PTA technology, will be installed in Rudong, Nantong City, Jiangsu province, China.
The company will use C3 Oleflex™ technology for propane dehydrogenation for the production of 750 000 t of polymer-grade propylene at its plant in Qinzhou, Guangxi, China.
The STRATCO alkylation unit will enable Hengyi Industries to generate low-sulfur, high-octane, low-Rvp alkylate with zero olefins that meets the criteria of the China VI standard.
The new entity has a crude refining capacity of 300 000 bpd and is due to start a new 800 000 tpy ethylene complex in September at the Zhongke plant.
China is expected to contribute about 89% of the region’s total capacity growth by 2024.
The refinery in Vietnam is looking to seek a replacement for shrinking domestic Bach Ho output.
The plant, located in northwestern China, began 45 days of maintenance on 1 July.
The company has started up a fifth purified terephthalic acid line on Changxing Island in Dalian, China.
Covid-19 and a pessimistic economic outlook will have a near-term impact on oil demand and the refining sector in Asia Pacific. But in the long-run, demand continues to be robust driven by a future demand for mobility and petrochemicals.
The civil works is part of a project to transform the existing oil refinery in Sriracha into an environmental-friendly facility that will produce higher quality transportation fuels.