LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology selected for Quanzhou Grand Pacific Chemical Co. Ltd. polypropylene plant

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Name:

LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology selected for Quanzhou Grand Pacific Chemical Co. Ltd. polypropylene plant

Location:

Quanzhou

Company:

LyondellBasell

Estimated Cost:

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Source:

lyondellbasell.com

Introduction:

LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, announced that Quanzhou Grand Pacific Chemical Co. Ltd. (QGPC), a fully owned Chinese subsidiary of Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corporation (GPPC) of Taiwan, will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol technology for a new facility. 

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The process technology will be used for a 450 KTA polypropylene plant to be built in Quanzhou, P.R. China.

“The Spheripol process is the most widely used polypropylene technology in the industry and is very well established in the Asian market,” said Neil Nadalin, Director of Licensing at LyondellBasell. Nadalin added: “The licensing track record of the Spheripol technology remains outstanding, allowing operators to grow their business based on a technology with leading operating cost, excellent product properties and outstanding plant operability.”

Spheripol technology is the leading polypropylene process technology with more than 27 million tons of licensed capacity. The latest fifth generation Spheripol technology includes process improvements that further maximize operational efficiency. The plant will commence operations using Avant ZN catalyst.

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