SINGAPORE (ICIS)-CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Company (CSPC) said on Wednesday that the producer has activated a new styrene monomer/propylene oxide (SMPO) and polyol unit at its integrated facility in Huizhou, China.
The company said in a statement that the new SM/PO unit at the plant can produce 630,000 tons of SM and 300,000 tons of PO per year, and the other three new units process PO into 600,000 tons of polyols per year.
The new SM/PO plant is the second of its kind built in the complex and uses Shell’s own process technology.
According to the ICIS demand and supply database, the first SM/PO plant produces 700,000 tons/year of SM and 320,000 tons/year of PO.
The company said: "The start-up of the new unit successfully completed the'second phase' expansion of the CSPC complex, and the second ethylene cracking unit was put into operation in 2018."
This integration is reflected in providing customers with up to 6 million tons/year of intermediate and high-performance chemicals, including polyols, ethylene glycol, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
CNOOC is already formulating the third phase of the expansion plan for the Huizhou base. CNOOC, Shell and the Huizhou government signed a strategic cooperation agreement in May last year.
"The third phase will involve the construction of a third ethylene cracker and the first deployment of Shell's advanced linear alpha olefin technology in Asia," it said.
Shell and CNOOC also announced a memorandum of understanding last year to explore a commercial-scale polycarbonate production facility at the site, using Shell's diphenyl carbonate process technology.
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