17 January 2019
ABOUT ZHEJIIANG PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD, (ZPC)
DETAILS
Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that
Zhejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC)
will use a range of process technology
from Honeywell UOP,
the world’s leading licensor of
refining and petrochemical process technology,
for the second phase of
an integrated refining and petrochemical complex
in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province.
The complex is one of several new large industrial sites
that are part of
China’s current national economic development plan.
In the first phase of the project announced in 2017,
ZPC selected Honeywell UOP technologies
for hydroprocessing and heavy oil upgrading,
and to make aromatics
for plastic resins, films and fibers
that are the basis for millions of products.
For this second phase of the project,
Honeywell UOP will supply a wide range of
technology licenses,
engineering design,
key equipment, and
state-of-the-art catalysts and adsorbents,
more than doubling the plant’s aromatics capacity.
In addition, the Honeywell
Experion® Process Knowledge System will provide
process controls and automation systems
for the complex.
The second phase of the project will include:
- A two-train LD Parex™ aromatics complex —
including the
UOP Sulfolane™, Isomar™ and Tatoray™ processes —
for the production of
4.8 million metric tons per year of paraxylene,
a primary ingredient in plastics - A refining section with
three Honeywell UOP Unicracking™ process units
to convert vacuum gas oil and distillate
into petrochemical feedstock - Two Continuous Catalyst Regeneration
(CCR) Platforming™ units
to produce aromatics and blend stocks
for making high-octane fuels, and
a reverse Butamer™ unit to produce normal butane - Honeywell Experion® Distributed Control Systems
designed and configured
especially for Honeywell UOP processes
Honeywell UOP is the world’s leading licensor of process technology
for the production of aromatics.
As of 2018, UOP licensed
more than 100 complexes and
more than 700 individual process units
for the production of aromatics, including more than
300 CCR Platforming process units,
158 Sulfolane units,
85 Butamer units,
80 Isomar units,
58 Tatoray units,
100 Parex units worldwide.
Bryan Glover,
vice president and general manager,
Process Technology and Equipment,
at Honeywell UOP
“This second phase of the complex by itself
will process 20 million tons per year of crude oil
and produce another six million tons per year of aromatics
when completed,”
“It will be
the largest crude-to-chemicals complex
in the world, with more than 50 percent of
the crude converting to petrochemicals.
Due to its sheer scale, the complex will help China move closer
to achieving self-sufficiency in paraxylene
while serving as a major new source of propylene,
jet fuel and more.”
Global media contact:
John Simley
+1.847.391.2278
john.simley@honeywell.com
China media contact:
Emily Deng
+86.182.2143.6771
Jingyin.deng@honeywell.com
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