MOSCOW (MRC) -- Lummus Technology has announced an award for its ethylbenzene technology from a customer in Jiangsu Province, China, according to Hydrocarbonprocessing.
Once complete, the unit will produce 508,000 tonnes/year of ethylbenzene via the EBOne technology.
"We look forward to continuing to provide our world-class technology to customers in China, a critical market for us now and in the future," said Leon de Bruyn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lummus Technology. "This award is a testament to the superior performance of our ethylbenzene technology, which is proven to maximize plant uptime, provide high-quality products, optimize production costs and reduce investment costs."
The scope for this project includes the technology license, basic engineering, training and related site services.
Lummus' customer has previously licensed technology solutions including the BP paraxylene process technology and ISOCRACKING technology via Lummus Technology's Joint Venture with Chevron called Chevron Lummus Global (CLG).
As MRC reported previously, in February 2021, Lummus Technology announced an award for its Indmax Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL). The Indmax FCC unit is part of NRL’s refinery expansion project, which will increase crude processing capacity from the current 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA at their facilities in Golaghat, Assam, India.
We remind that in July 2020, Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL), a flagship company of The Chatterjee Group (TCG), along with its international partner Rhone Capital acquired US-based Lummus Technology at an enterprise value (EV) of USD2.725 billion (around Rs 20,590 crore) from McDermott International. In the joint acquisition, HPL’s share is at 57 per cent, the balance would be held by Rhone Capital. Under the new dispensation, Lummus Technology would function as a ‘standalone’ autonomous entity.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report, Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 241,030 tonnes in January 2021 versus 217,890 tonnes a year earlier. Only shipments of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market reached 141,870 tonnes in January 2021 versus 123,520 tonnes a year earlier. Supply of homopolymer PP and PP block copolymers increased
Lummus Technology is a master licensor of proprietary technologies in refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and coal gasification sectors, as well as a supplier of proprietary catalysts, equipment and related engineering services. It has about 130 licensed technologies and more than 3,400 patents and trademarks.
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