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Sichuan Integrated Refining and Petrochemical Complex
Facility Type:	Petrochemical
Scope:	New Construction
Owner:	PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
Location:	Chengdu, Sichuan China
Region:	Far East
Modified: September 23, 2008

Project description

PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (PetroChina Sichuan) is building an integrated refining and petrochemicals complex near Chengdu in China's Sichuan province.

When completed in 2010, the grassroots facility is expected to be one of the most integrated facilities of its kind in the world. PetroChina Sichuan will apply a number of technologies licensed by UOP LLC, including the following: UOP Unicracking hydrocracking unit; UOP CCR Platforming continuous catalytic reforming unit; UOP Parex para-xylene unit; UOP Isomar isomerization unit; and UOP Tatoray toluene disproportionation unit. In addition, PetroChina will license Dow's UNIPOL Polypropylene Process Technology for the complex's single-train polypropylene facility and Davy Process Technology's LP Oxo Selector 10 technology for the hydrofomulation unit.

PetroChina Sichuan will have the capacity to produce 600,000 metric tons per annum (mtpa) of para-xylene, 350,000 mtpa of benzene, and 450,000 mtpa of polypropylene. In addition, the complex will process 2.2 million tons per year of heavy gas oil from crude oil into diesel, kerosene, and naphtha.

Key Stats

Major process units:
hydrocracking unit (UOP Unicracking); continuous catalytic reforming (CCR) unit (UOP CCR Platforming); para-xylene unit (UOP Parex); isomerization unit (UOP Isomar); single-train polypropylene facility (Dow UNIPOL Polypropylene Process Technology); toluene disproportionation unit (UOP Tatoray); hydrofomulation unit (LP Oxo Selector 10)

Products:
para-xylene (600,000 mtpa); benzene (350,000 mtpa); polypropylene (450,000 mtpa); diesel; kerosene; naphtha

Cost:
21 billion yuan

Contractors:
UOP LLC (basic engineering; primary technology licensor); Aker Solutions (process design and technical advisory services); Dow Technology Licensing; Davy Process Technology Limited (Johnson Matthey subsidiary)

PetroChina Awards PP Project To Dow, Aker Solutions
Jul 29, 2008 - PetroChina has selected UNIPOL Polypropylene Process Technology from Dow Technology Licensing for its new 450 KTA polypropylene facility in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and Aker Solutions will provide process design and technical advisory services.

PetroChina Awards UOP Contract for Integrated Complex
Jul 10, 2008 - UOP LLC announced Thursday that PetroChina has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for a new integrated refining and petrochemicals complex near Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.