MOSCOW (MRC) -- French engineering giant Technip has been awarded by CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Company a contract to supply its proprietary ethylene technology and process design package for a grassroots 100,000 tpy ethylene plant in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing.
This contract also covers technical support during detailed engineering, pre-commissioning and start-up.
Key components of Technip’s ethylene technology for this project include: its Ultra Selective Conversion (USC) furnace technology preferred for high-capacity, low-cost liquid and gas cracking capabilities; its Advanced Recovery System (ARS) technology utilizing the Heat Integrated Rectifier System (HRS), which reduces energy consumption in liquids cracker designs.
The products of this ethylene plant will feed other downstream units at the complex. Technip’s operating center in Houston, with the support from the Group’s operating center in Mumbai, is currently executing the project. Mechanical completion is scheduled by mid-2015.
"This award strengthens Technip’s presence in the Chinese market, where its ethylene technology is recognized for its reliability, feedstock flexibility and lowest energy consumption," said Stan Knez, Technip’s senior vice president of process technology.
As MRC informed earlier, last year, Technip won FEED work on Sibur Russia PE project. The first contract concerns a linear low/high density gas phase polyethylene plant. Meanwhile, the second deal is for a high density slurry phase polyethylene plant. Each plant will consist of two parallel production trains with a total capacity of 1.5 million tpy of polyethylene.
Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry. Present in 48 countries, Technip has state-of-the-art industrial assets on all continents and operates a fleet of specialized vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction.
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