UOP selected by Sinopec for new aromatics project

New Shanghai complex to bring 600 KMTA of new para-xylene capacity to China

27-Apr-2007

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., has selected UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services and equipment for an aromatics project to be installed at their Shanghai facility.

Engineering design is currently in progress with commissioning of the complex scheduled prior to the end of 2008.

The new plant, located in Shanghai, China, will produce 600 thousand metric tons per annum of para-xylene using UOP's ParexTM process. Para-xylene is a key ingredient in the production of PTA (purified terephthalic acid), which is used to make polyester for fabric and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) chips for carbonated soft drink and water bottles. The new plant will also produce 280 thousand metric tons per annum of benzene, also a building block in plastics production. The demand for para-xylene in China is expected to grow at an annual rate of 14 percent over the next 10 years driven largely by the downstream market.

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