28 March 2013
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ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing LLC
has signed an agreement to license
its tubular process technology
to Sasol North America
for a new low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant
in Lake Charles, La., USA.
with 420,000 tons per year capacity
expected to be completed in late 2016.
About LDPE technology
- Sasol also licensed ExxonMobil Chemical
Tubular Process for its LDPE plant in
Sasolburg, South Africa, that opened in 2005.
- Advantages of Tubular Process Technology are
* broad grade-slate capabilities
* high reactor uptime
* lower total costs
compared with commercial gas-phase reactors.
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