MOSCOW (MRC) -- Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co. (Baofeng Energy) has selected KBR's proprietary cracker technology for its new methanol-to-olefins (MTO) project to be built in Ningxia, China, according to Apic-online.
Under the contracts, KBR will provide process technology licensing and process design packages for Baofeng Energy's 500,000-t/y coal-to-olefins facility and its 500,000-t/y C2-C5 comprehensive utilization project.
Once complete, the complex will be the "largest" single-train MTO plant in the world, KBR noted. Value of the contracts and a project schedule were not given.
"KBR will use a combination of its best-in-class SCORE steam cracking and MTO recovery technologies to achieve Baofeng Energy's project objectives of highest yields and lowest capital investment," said KBR.
"The SCORE steam cracking unit will convert the ethane and propane feedstock into ethylene and propylene, which are later separated and further purified in the MTO recovery section to ensure the quality needed to produce polymer-grade ethylene and propylene."
Johnson Matthey was recently chosen to be the licensor and supplier of associated engineering, technical review, commissioning assistance, catalyst and equipment supply for a new methanol synthesis unit for the project.
As MRC reported earlier, Ningxia Baofeng Energy has brought on-stream its No.1 MTO unit following a maintenance turnaround. The company resumed operations at this unit on August 2, 2020. The unit was shut for maintenance on 1 July, 2020. Located at Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, the MTO unit has an ethylene and propylene production capacity of 300,000 mt/year each.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's DataScope report, PE imports to Russia dropped in January-June 2020 by 7% year on year to 328,000 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the main decrease in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia rose in the first six months of 2020 by 21% year on year to 105,300 tonnes. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase in imports.
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